Categories: Archives, Greenland, History and Culture, Museums
The museum was started in mid-1960s as the first museum in Greenland. The archive is available for enquiries concerning records on or from Greenland.
The Museum
The museum was started in mid-1960s as the first museum in Greenland. The collections have ever since expanded the collections, from excavations and with repatriated material from the Danish National Museum. The museum works with archaeology, recent history, arts and crafts. The museum houses the central registers of listed buildings and monuments and undertakes conservation provisions of the law on protection of monuments and buildings, as well as participating in nature conservancy and urban planning. The museum advises the Greenlandic government in all affairs regarding permission for excavation of ancient monuments. All excavated material belongs to Greenland.
The Archive
The archive is primarily tasked with ensuring the preservation of archival material and is furthermore responsible for the collection, organization, preservation, registration, research and dissemination of Greenland's cultural and social historical development.The institution receives records from all public institutions in Greenland as well as from private donators. The archive is available for enquiries concerning records on or from Greenland.
