Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum

The Northern Norway Art Museum (Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum) (est. 1985) is a Norwegian foundation aimed at spreading knowledge and interest for the visual arts in Northern Norway. It's the country's youngest^[1] and most northern art museum. It opened its doors on March 17th 1988, and moved to its current location in 2001^[2]. The current director is Jérémie Michael McGowan.

Northern Norway Art Museum presents different temporary exhibitions of both contemporary and historical art during the year, in addition to the permanent collection. The permanent collection contains aproxemately 2100 works, of which only a small, representative amount is on display. The collection includes artworks from the late 18th century to the present day. Northern Norway Art Museum also deposits art from the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, SpareBank 1 Northern Norway Art Foundation, Sparebankstiftelsen DNB NOR, Tromsø Kunstforening and private collections. Key artists include Peder Balke, Adelsteen Normann, Harriet Backer, Anna-Eva Bergman og Olav Christopher Jenssen.

The museum has a special responsibility for the northern parts of Norway, and tours 2-3 smaller exhibitions in Nordland, Troms, Finnmark and Svalbard. On February 7th 2015 the satelite Kunsthall Svalbard opened in Longyearbyen, Svalbard as a dedicated arena for contemporary art^[3]. H.R.M. Queen Sonja did the official opening, and the first exhibition was Glacier by Joan Jonas.