Nordic National Museums Strengthening Arctic Heritage

• Main Authors: Jørgensen, Anne Mette Randrup, Appelt, Martin, Hammarlund-Larsson, Cecilia, Schultz, Martin, Vainonen, Pilvi, Ween, Gro Birgit, Wold, Taran V.R.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Copenhagen 2020
• Subjects: History and Archaeology; Historia och arkeologi; Arctic; inuit
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-5964; https://doi.org/10.6027/temanord2020-514

Nordic national cultural history museums are linked with Arctic societies due to the shared heritage of substantial museum collections. We share concerns to re-vitalize, preserve and exchange knowledge on this heritage. Thanks to a grant from NMR’s The Nordic region and its neighbors to the west the National Museum (DK) in partnership with the Museum of Cultural History (NO) in 2017-19 successfully executed the project Arctic heritage in Nordic museums. Strengthening Arctic efforts in Nordic national museums. This volume presents recommendations within the project’s three major fields: 1) Intensified collaboration on digital strategies and heritage perspectives with Canadian Inuit organizations, 2) a comprehensive and critical analysis of digital databases of cultural institutions in the ABM sector, 3) the constitution of a feasible and sustainable Nordic Cross-Arctic Museum Network.