On 5 March 1972, the then Julianehåb Museumsforening opened its first exhibition in the old blacksmith’s shop. In the mid-1970s, Anda Høegh built and furnished a traditional peat house in the backyard of the museum. In the autumn of 1997, the municipality took over the old colonial manager’s residence from 1804 that was subsequently renovated, and in the spring of 1998 the museum moved out of the blacksmith’s shop. The official opening of the museum in the colonial manager’s residence took place on 21 June of that year.
Further reading
- Churches and church building
- Hans Egede and the work for the mission service
- Home Rule (1979‑2008)
- Kujataa – farming on the brink of the ice sheet
- Qaqortoq
- Religion and religious communities
- The colonial period until the war years
- Towns and settlements
- Traditions and tales
- Visual arts and crafts
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