The Aasiaat Museum ( kl, Aasiaat Katersugaasiviat) is a
museum in
Aasiaat,
Qeqertalik Municipality
Qeqertalik (, da, Den Ene med Øerne, lit=The One with Islands) is a municipality of Greenland created in 2018 from four southern regions of the former Qaasuitsup Municipality.
Geography
Qeqertalik Municipality is flanked in the south by the ...
,
Greenland.
History
The establishment of the museum started in late 1960s when there were some discussions on transforming the house of former whaling captain Frederik Lynge into a museum. In April 1977, the museum committee was formed. The museum was finally opened on 3 December 1978 at location B-404. In summer 1986, a museum curator was hired and the museum became eligible to receive funding from the
Naalakkersuisut. In 2002, the museum moved to its current location at B-24. The building used to house the colony manager.
Exhibitions
The museum has a section of permanent exhibition as well as contemporary exhibitions.
Exhibitions show historical artifacts from Greenland.
The exhibitions include:
*
Inuit hunting tools
* Two
umiaqs, one made with
sealskin and the other with
canvas
Canvas is an extremely durable plain-woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, shelters, as a support for oil painting and for other items for which sturdiness is required, as well as in such fashion objects as handbags ...
* A Greenlandic
dog sled
A dog sled or dog sleigh is a sled pulled by one or more sled dogs used to travel over ice and through snow. Numerous types of sleds are used, depending on their function. They can be used for dog sled racing. Traditionally in Greenland and the e ...
* A
sod house
The sod house or soddy was an often used alternative to the log cabin during frontier settlement of the Great Plains of Canada and the United States in the 1800s and early 1900s. Primarily used at first for animal shelters, corrals, and fences, ...
, which is a model of what Greenlandic homes looked like during the late
1800s 1800s may refer to:
* The century from 1800 to 1899, almost synonymous with the 19th century (1801–1900)
* 1800s (decade)
File:1800s collage.jpg, 420x420px, From top left, clockwise: Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Emperor of the French Empire and ...
and early
1900s The 1900s may refer to:
* 1900s (decade), the decade from 1900 to 1909
* The century from 1900 to 1999, almost synonymous with the 20th century
The 20th (twentieth) century began on
January 1, 1901 ( MCMI), and ended on December 31, 2000 ( MM ...
*
Traditional costumes, showing men's and women's costumes
See also
*
List of museums in Greenland
References
External links
*
1978 establishments in Greenland
Museums in Greenland
Qeqertalik
Museums established in 1978
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