All Things Nordic #20: 'All Things... Museums!!!'
Your Digest from Scandinavia and the Nordic Countries
Summary: The Maniitsoq Museum (Greenland) | ‘ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum’ (Jutland, Denmark) | Munch Museum (Oslo) | Hafnarhús: Reykjavík Art Museum | ‘Tirpitz Museum’ (‘Blåvand Bunker Museum’) | Åjtte Museum in Jokkmokk (Sami culture) | Top secret nuclear bunker turned into Cold War museum | Helsinki: the National Museum of the Future | Trapholt Museum of Modern Art, Craft and Design (Kolding, Jutland) | Reykjavík Maritime Museum | ‘Flugt’, the refugee museum (Oksbøl, Jutland) | Warhol’s ’15 minutes of fame’ expression actually came from Stockholm | ‘Out there’ podcast: ‘Sigurður Guðmundsson – From ARS LONGA contemporary art museum (est. 2021) to influential SÚM group (est. 1969)’
The Maniitsoq Museum (Greenland)
In 1970, the four old (1850s) colonial buildings that today house the museum were dismantled and reassembled on the Illunnguit area in Kirkegårdsdalen, where they would constitute the new Maniitsoq Museum.
‘ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum’ (Jutland, Denmark)
Established in 1859, the ‘ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum’ is oldest public art museum in Denmark outside Copenhagen
MUNCH Museum’s building has transformed Oslo‘s skyline
Hafnarhús: Reykjavík Art Museum
Renovated by Studio Grandi architects in 1998-2000, Hafnarhús (the old harbour warehouse) offers a progressive exhibition program with local and international contemporary artists
‘Tirpitz Museum’ (‘Blåvand Bunker Museum’)
Tirpitz Museum, also called ‘Blåvand Bunker Museum’, is a museum in Blåvand, built in an old bunker and featuring exhibitions on the Atlantic Wall, the west coast of Denmark
Åjtte Museum in Jokkmokk (Sami culture)
Located in Jokkmokk, just north of the Arctic Circle, Åjtte is the world’s leading museum on Sami culture
Top secret nuclear bunker turned into Cold War museum
‘Regan Vest’ top secret nuclear bunker was intended to house Danish government and authorities for 30 days in the event of a nuclear war
Helsinki: the National Museum of the Future
The National Museum of Finland closes to the public until the spring of 2027: designed by JKMM architects, the 55m euros construction project is the largest in the museum’s history
Trapholt Museum of Modern Art, Craft and Design (Kolding, Jutland)
Set within a large sculpture park and located in a scenic area overlooking the Kolding Fjord, the museum’s architecture is an attraction in itself
This waterfront museum explores Iceland’s dramatic relationship with the sea, and how the ocean formed a nation
‘Flugt’, the refugee museum (Oksbøl, Jutland)
‘Flugt’ is the new refugee museum that Denmark opened in the former refugee camp in Oksbøl, West Jutland
Warhol’s ’15 minutes of fame’ expression actually came from Stockholm
The first printed use of it was in the program for a 1968 exhibition of Warhol’s work at the ‘Moderna Museet’
In this episode we speak with Sigurður Guðmundsson, Artist and co-founder of the international contemporary art museum ARS LONGA
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