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Bike ride from Bodø to Kjerringøy trading post
Kjerringoy trading post is one of Norway's best preserved trading posts from the 19th century. You can cycle here from Bodø city center in one day, through one of the region's most beautiful coastal landscapes.
The Jekt Trade Museum is a stop on a new European cultural route
Via Querinissima is officially certified as a Cultural Route of the Council of Europe. This means that The Jekt Trade Museum in Bodø is now part of a European cultural network that stretches from Venice to Northern Norway.
We celebrate International Museum Day with half price
May 18 is International Museum Day, and this year the day is about how museums can build bridges between people across culture, society and geography. Nordlandsmuseet marks the day with a 50% discount on entrance tickets at Kjerringøy trading post , City Museum in Bodø and The Jekt Trade Museum from Monday 18th to Friday 22nd May.
The visitor mine will reopen on May 13th.
From May 13th you can once again take the original mining locomotive 1.6 kilometers into Sulitjelma Mountain. Sulitjelma Visitor Mine opens for a new season, and experienced mining guides are ready to share stories about life as a miner in the 1900s.
15th-century hospitality inspired an international project
In June, academics, artists, social actors, local residents and researchers will gather at Røst and in Bodø to explore the concept of "hospitality." A project inspired by a story from the 15th century.
Research from Nordlandsmuseet : When art tells the city's story
Marija Griniuk, Head of Department South at Nordlandsmuseet , has published a scientific article in the international journal The International Journal of the Arts in Society . The article was published on March 26, 2026 and is based on the work on the exhibition First Strike City at the City Museum in Bodø .
Easter on Kjerringøy trading post
From March 28 to April 4, the market is open every day from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM with a café and a stall. A week of activities for all ages awaits you, from candle casting and egg painting to music quizzes, historical tours and family Easter. Keep an eye out for the Easter eggs hidden around the area. Count all the ones you find and compete for prizes.
Guest curator Mengyao Xia: wants to strengthen "aesthetic democracy" in an AI-mediated image culture
Mengyao Xia is a PhD student in social design at Kyushu University in Japan. Her research explores aesthetic democracy and material-based participatory methods in AI-mediated visual culture. During her stay at the City Museum in Bodø As a guest curator, she has worked practically in the exhibition room with map material related to Hans Ragnar Mathisen, and describes the experience as an important meeting between theory and practice.
How the reindeer got blue hooves - a performance for schools and kindergartens
Museum educators Eirin Edvardsen and Lasse Frøsgård have been touring schools and kindergartens in recent weeks with the performance “How the Reindeer Got Blue Claws”.
From Sápmi to Taiwan: collaboration highlighted in Chronology of Urgencies
A meeting at a seminar during the Insomnia festival in Tromsø was the starting point for a long-term collaboration between artist Hans Ragnar Mathisen and Taiwanese, Tromsø-based artist Lin Pei-Han. Now the collaboration is highlighted in connection with the exhibition Chronology of Urgencies at the City Museum in Bodø .
We are looking for summer hosts for several of our museums.
Nordlandsmuseet is looking for mediators and summer hosts for several of our museums in the summer season 2026. The position is suitable for those who enjoy working with people, mediation and the public, and who want a summer job in a historical setting.
Spring lecture: When “made in Bodø "was a given"
When “made in Bodø "was a given - here is the spring lecture"