The Northern Norway Art Museum was founded in 1985 and moved into its current building in 2001. The building itself has a history: designed in 1917 as a post and telegraph office, it later became a police station before being converted to a museum.
The collection includes works by Peder Balke, Harriet Backer, Anna-Eva Bergman, and other Norwegian artists, with a strong focus on art from and about northern Norway. The museum has worked closely with Sámi artists and institutions, and won Norway's Museum of the Year award in 2017.
Free admission. The museum is small enough to see in about an hour but the quality of what is on display is high. It is on Sjøgata in the city centre, easy to combine with a walk along the waterfront.
The collection includes works by Peder Balke, Harriet Backer, Anna-Eva Bergman, and other Norwegian artists, with a strong focus on art from and about northern Norway. The museum has worked closely with Sámi artists and institutions, and won Norway's Museum of the Year award in 2017.
Free admission. The museum is small enough to see in about an hour but the quality of what is on display is high. It is on Sjøgata in the city centre, easy to combine with a walk along the waterfront.
