Qeqertarsuaq Museum

The original museum building is the old inspector’s residence, later the bailiff’s and doctor’s residence, erected in 1840. Established in 1992, the museum was given another building in 2005, in which a so-called cold museum is designed for kayaks, boats and sledding equipment, as well as other major exhibits. The collections are quite comprehensive and include originals and copies of Jakob Danielsen’s watercolours, a fine collection of carving works, finds from several archaeological sites in the area, costumes and clothing, hunting implements, a cooper’s and joiner’s workshop, the bailiff’s full-dress uniform, measuring instruments from and a picture exhibition on the Arctic Station as well as an exhibition on whales.

A particular focus of the museum is the whale hunting period, the time of the town as the ‘capital’ of North Greenland and the life and work of Jakob Danielsen. In addition, there is a small room where the museum has a memorial room for writer and priest Otto Sandgreen.

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
• Qeqertarsuaq
• Religion and religious communities
• The colonial period until the war years
• Towns and settlements
• Traditions and tales
• Visual arts and crafts

Read more about Culture in Greenland