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Museums and galleries in Tromsø

8 museums and galleries in Tromsø, from the big collections to small independent spaces.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

Museums and galleries in Tromsø

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    Perspektivet Museum

    Has temporary exhibits on the North. Their location in an 1838 building in the main street is superb, and there is free admission.

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    Polar Museum

    Polarmuseet i Tromsø

    The museum is housed in an old warehouse from 1830 and displays Arctic hunting from Tromsø and expeditions to the Arctic. A guidebook is provided for English and other languages, though many of the displays are in Norwegian, so you'll need a translation app to read them such as Google Translate.

    Closed · opens 11 am tomorrow120 kr

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    Polstjerna

    A preserved seal hunting vessel, right next door to Polaria. Combined entry with Polarmuseet, Tromsø University Museum or Polaria available.

    11:00-17:00 June 15th-August 15th (Summer only)40 kr

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    The Northern Norwegian Art Museum

    Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum

    Has art from Northern Norway from 1800 onwards, and Norwegian art in general. Look out for their temporary exhibits.

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    Troll Museum

    Tromsø SeaTroll

    The museum which opened in 2021 features Norwegian folklore traditions. A trip to the troll museum, which claims to be the only one of its kind in Norway, lets the audience view folklore from Norway with augmented reality tablets.

    Daily 10:00–18:00Adult 180 kr, free admission for kids under 5 yr; family ticket 2 adults+2 kids is 450 kr

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    Tromsø Museum

    University Museum

    A rather large museum with a number of different exhibits on the North. Look out for their Sami exhibits, the Archaeological Exhibit, Religious art and Northern Lights machine. Avoid Sundays, as weekend daddies let their little monsters run screaming through the exhibits.

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    Tromsø War Museum

    Tromsø Forsvarsmuseum

    It's in a wartime German bunker, and focuses on the sinking of the "Tirpitz" in 1944. It's open in summer only, because of the temperature.

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    The Tromsø Gallery of Contemporary Art

    Tromsø Kunstforening

    Has temporary exhibits of contemporary art.

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Tromsø (CC BY-SA 4.0).