Nordlandsmuseet consists of 20 different museum facilities in Bodø , Fauske , Hamarøy , Beiarn , Gildeskål , Meløy , Saltdal , Steigen and Sørfold .
Our largest facility is the Hamsun Center, The Jekt Trade Museum , City Museum in Bodø and Kjerringøy Handelsted.News
In a week it will break out again Hamarøy with the cultural festival The Hamsun Days . This year's festival, which has the subtitle "The Ring is Over", has a packed program that will both challenge and embrace the audience in the very best way!
Nordlandsmuseet has received a grant from the Arts Council of Norway's trainee scheme to hire a full-time trainee. From 1 January 2027, Irena Hishchynska will take on the role to strengthen the collection work.
Every year receives Nordlandsmuseet inquiries from people who want to donate objects, photographs or other objects to our collections. Such gifts are valuable, they can fill gaps in the story we tell, or supplement what we already have.
On 28 and 29 June, Performance Studies in Sápmi brought together artists, researchers and performance artists from Sápmi, Norway, Finland, the USA and Lithuania in Bodø The festival was initiated in 2024 by Marija Griniuk, department head in Nordlandsmuseet , as part of her postdoctoral research on political performance art.
Nordlandsmuseet has activities for children at most of our facilities throughout the summer. Here's what awaits you and your family this summer.
Are you going on holiday in Salten this summer? Here is inspiration for what you can experience at the Nordlandsmuseet facilities, grouped by themes and experiences.
Little did Lars Larsen know when he came over the mountains from Sweden that his new home in Norway would become a cultural monument and museum. Little did he know that the small living room would one day be visited by thousands of people – from schoolchildren to the Crown Prince and Princess themselves.
From 8 to 12 June, Head of Department Marija Griniuk, Head of Communication Magnus Sivertsen Sørvig and Museum Director Barbro Laxaa presented a research paper at the Design Research Society conference (DRS 2026) in Edinburgh. DRS is an international organisation that promotes research in education, art and practice, and the conference brings together academics, practitioners and researchers from all over the world.
Events
Children's days on Kjerringøy trading post : Rowing trip with a Nordland boat in Kjerringøysundet, old-fashioned toys and help the silent Jentine!
Northern Norway has distinguished itself with very creative choices of first names. Professor Emeritus Gulbrand Alhaug at the Department of Linguistics, UiT, will Steigen library to give a lecture on the choice of first names in Northern Norway over the last 150 years.
Bodø Biennale: Performance Studies in Sápmi
Performance Studies in Sápmi is a festival for politically engaged performance art, initiated in 2024 as part of Marija Griniuk's postdoctoral research on the curation of politically charged performance art. The 2026 edition focuses on meetings between different generations of performance artists and researchers working on political performance and Sámi contexts.
From the kitchen corner, humorist Kristian juggles his own interpretation of Hamsun's Nobel Prize-winning novel with anecdotes, readings and stories. Aided only by the kitchen utensils he has at hand.
Welcome to the exhibition opening with light refreshments.
In the art exhibition Arctic Highways, artists reflect on Sami culture and social life. The journey in the exhibition extends from the past and into the future.
An intense theatre performance about stalking and obsession, and what happens when boundaries become blurred. Based on a true story and known from Netflix.
A warm and exciting family show about friendship, courage and being loved for who you are.
Exhibitions and special opening hours
The City Museum in Bodø invites you into the city's industrial heritage with the Made in exhibition Bodø Here you will learn about workshops and factories throughout the 20th century, and reflect on how local industry, production and working life have left their mark – in the city, in society and in people.
The exhibition Chronology of Urgencies is a chronological presentation of Hans Ragnar Mathisen's artistic work as a response to political struggles and activism among the indigenous Sami people.
The summer season at the Hamsun Center begins on June 13th. The center will be open every day, and we will start the daily program where you can, among other things, participate in an architectural walk and attend this year's lecture on Knut Hamsun. The summer season lasts until August 16th.
June 13-28: 11 am-4 pm daily
June 29 - August 2: 11 am - 6 pm daily
August 3-16: 11 am-4 pm daily
Guided tour every hour.
Fauske Folk Museum is open Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 AM–4:00 PM from June 16 to August 15.
The café in Leivsethuset is open every Wednesday from the 1st to the 29th. July 11:00-15:30.
In the art exhibition Arctic Highways, artists reflect on Sami culture and social life. The journey in the exhibition extends from the past and into the future.
Story of the month
Outside the City Museum in Prinsens gate stands a 3.55-meter-high stone block. It is a monolithic stone from the Early Iron Age, erected between 1,500 and 2,500 years ago.