Digital exhibitions
Explore our digital exhibitions and discover stories, projects, images, and collections from anywhere in the world. Scroll through exhibitions covering a range of themes and explore Greenland’s cultural heritage online.
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Airports and change
The airports in Kangerlussuaq and Narsarsuaq were established as American military bases during World War II. For 80 years, they have served as Greenland’s lifelines and as hubs for both international civil aviation and scientific research. They have connected the country and served as the gateway to the rest of the world.
To preserve this cultural heritage, the Greenland National Museum & Archives has documented the history of the airports. Through an extensive photographic project with photographer Roberto Fortuna, we have captured the physical settings and the narratives tied to these locations.
The exhibition was open from 2 March to 30 September 2026.
Puggut Anernerat
Breathing Membranes
Puggut Anernerat is an art and cultural heritage project exploring and revitalising the Kalaallit Inuit tradition of working with gut-skin. The project brings together traditional craft knowledge, contemporary craftsmanship, and artistic expression, highlighting gut-skin as a versatile material with unique qualities.
Discover how our ancestors worked with and used gut-skin, how the tradition is being explored and developed today, and how knowledge and skills have been shared through workshops and activities with the community.
MAPPING NUNAAT
Rethinking Greenlandic Cartographic Heritage
The exhibition highlights how Indigenous peoples in the Arctic—including Greenland—perceive, name, and understand their land on their own terms. It shows that mapping is more than just geographical data; it also reflects perspectives and knowledge shaped over generations. The exhibition offers insights into, among other things, how the Inuit have mapped their land.
Expedition Relics
For over a century, there was a great interest in organizing expeditions to Greenland. Several episodes mark history, many ending in tragedy and failure. The evidence of these expeditions along Avannaarsua is reflected in the objects left behind by 19 expeditions carried out between 1853 and 1934. Relics are exhibited.
Visit the exhibition and learn about the relics. The exhibition will be available from April 6th until August 18th, 2024, at the museum.
NORDAFAR
NORDAFAR, a historical fishing port in West Greenland. NORDAFAR was established in 1953 and closed in 1985. The port welcomed fishermen from Norway, the Faroe Islands, Denmark, Greenland, as well as ships from European countries. NORDAFAR has been a place full of with life - you have now the opportunity to step into an exhibition that offers a glimpse of everything that made NORDAFAR a unique place, told through the lens of four selected buildings.
Visit the digitized exhibition and learn about the port through abandoned buildings.
The cabins speak...
On Greenland’s East coast there are historical cabins and stations scattered throughout the national park.
National Museum open a special exhibition about the cabins. Hunting lodges that were established between the year 1908-1960 store stories about the Trapper Era, the Struggle for Sovereignty in Northeast Greenland, World War II. Visit the online exhibition and get to know the stories.
GREENLAND 1721-2021
A COLONY. A NATION. A PEOPLE.
The new special exhibition "GREENLAND 1721-2021 A COLONY. A NATION. A PEOPLE." can now be experienced in a virtual exhibition.