Visit us this summer

Gamslett fiskarbondegård, Svensby in Lyngen

Opening hours: Thursday–Sunday 10 AM–4 PM (July 9 – August 2)

Exhibition and café

We are building a traditional boathouse with longitudinal beams and interlocking log rafters. You are welcome to stop by and follow the work.

Gamslett fishing farm offers insight into the fishing-farmer culture that was widespread in Northern Troms for several hundred years. Visit the exhibition showing the life and people of Gamslett.

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Markedsplassen, Skibotn in Storfjord

Opening hours: Wednesday–Sunday 10 AM–4 PM (June 17 – August 9)

Exhibition and café

This summer, the exhibition “The Reindeer Pasture Commission of 1913–1915, Revisited” from the Sámi Archive is on display. Photos and documents from the archive of the commission that mapped reindeer herding’s use of land across national borders.

The Skibotn Market Square conveys the history of the traditional market, which is mentioned in written sources as early as 1571.

Markedsplassen Storfjord Foto Ørjan Bertelsen

Holmenes sjøsamiske gård, Birtavarre in Kåfjord

Opening hours: Thu–Sun 10 AM–4 PM (July 9 – July 26)

Café

Holmenes Coastal Sámi farm bears witness to life on a Coastal Sámi farm from 1850 up to the 1930s.

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Maursund gård, Kågen in Skjervøy

Opening hours: Thu–Sun 10 AM–4 PM (July 9 – August 2)

Open café  by the local Kalen Association on Saturdays from August 8th to 29th, 11 AM–2 PM

Exhibition and café

Maursund gård tells of a prosperous era of trading and freight boat traffic. Here you get an insight into the local trade history and the people who have lived on the farm.

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Halti, Storslett in Nordreisa

Opening hours:

  • Monday – Wednesday – Friday 10 AM–2 PM (until June 5)
  • Monday–Friday 9 AM–3 PM (June 8 – August 15) / Saturday 11 AM–2 PM (July)

Exhibitions

Utstilling Møter

The exhibition Møter – Encounters – Deaivvadit – Kohtaamissii takes you on a journey from coast to mountain plateau through the history of Northern Troms.

Museumsutstilling om bjørn. Tre montre med gjenstander, sett på avstand. Plansjer med tekst og bilde på veggene. Foto

The exhibition Bjørnespor (Bear Tracks) shows how bear and human have lived side by side in Northern Troms for 5,000 years. The bear has been feared, but also respected. It has inspired stories, beliefs, and myths.

Ticket prices

  • Adult: NOK 80
  • Student/senior: NOK 60
  • Children under 16 years old: FREE
  • Group with more than 10 people: NOK 60