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
Whether you have just started your studies in Bodø region, or have been here for a while, we invite you on a historical journey through our museums in Salten.
Nordlandsmuseet has been nominated for this year's main award at the Enlightenment Conference in Bodø The award will be presented at the gala dinner at Ramsalt Hotel on Thursday, September 24th.
The Opplystprisen goes to a business that has taken major steps in its own development, and which through its growth has contributed to positive ripple effects for the entire Salten region. The jury considers, among other things, economics and growth potential, innovation and sustainability, reputation, regional ripple effects, as well as management and ownership.
Nordlandsmuseet is a proud partner this year and is contributing with a program day at the City Museum in Bodø under Bodø Biennale 2026. In addition, the biennale's outdoor dance performance Anima Choir and outdoor performance ENE will be shown at The Jekt Trade Museum .
The Nordland Collection Network invites speakers to a professional seminar on the storage and reorganization of museum collections on March 9-10, 2027 in Bodø . Deadline for abstract submission September 30, 2026.
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.
Events
For almost 30 years, Aktuell magazine has given us unique stories about our history. Author and journalist Bjørn Tore Pedersen comes to Steigen to tell you more about this.
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.
With needles and yarn – Norwegian knitting traditions seen through the Nordlandsmuseet's collections
We are marking World Mental Health Day with an exciting lecture about how mentally ill people have been met and treated throughout history. In collaboration with Mental Health Sørfold .
We invite you to a memorable and swinging concert with JAZZÅ? This will be a farewell evening for band founder and band member, guitarist Odd Birkelund.
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.
Through warm, tactile and poetic textile works, textile artists Vibeke Steinsholm and Monika Sunnanå Ravnanger explore the textile cultural heritage along the Norwegian coast and in Iceland.
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
Nordlandsmuseet has a significant collection of rye. The largest is the collection from Kjerringøy trading post , where 14 whole and half ryes are preserved. A rye is a woven bedspread made of wool. One side is smooth, with warp and weft in wool, and resembles a blanket. The other side has dense floss, tied in during the weaving. The floss is made of thick wool yarn, often with interspersed cuts of rags from woven wool fabrics, sometimes cotton. The garment has many names: rye, napparye, lofotrye and boattrye.