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. 

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.

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 .

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.

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.  

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”.

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 .

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.

When “made in Bodø "was a given - here is the spring lecture

The Nordlandsmuseet has hired Monica Celius as the new director of the Hamsun Center in Hamarøy – a center dedicated to the life and writings of Knut Hamsun. Since its opening in 2009, the Hamsun Center has established itself as a significant cultural institution, both nationally and internationally.