Sisimiut Museum

The museum is located in several historic buildings in Sisimiut and showcases local history, including artifacts from ancient Inuit cultures and exhibits on...

The museum in Sisimiut is located – like most museums in Greenland – in beautiful buildings from the colonial era. One of these is The Blue Church, our oldest church if we disregard the Norse church ruins in South Greenland. Sisimiut Museum offers a very fine collection of local history from ancient times to the present. A peat house has been built in connection with the museum. You will find an exciting exhibition at the museum with many artifacts from the Saqqaq culture, one of the early Inuit cultures in Greenland. These finds were found in ruins and manure heaps nearby and testify to many thousands of years of habitation in the area. There is also a special exhibition about fishing in Sisimiut. Fishing and hunting have made Sisimiut Greenland’s second-largest town, so in the exhibition, you will experience a former fish factory model, and you can see examples of vessels and dog sleds that are indispensable for fishermen and hunters.