Nuuk Art Museum

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Nuuk Art Museum.

Nuuk Art Museum (Danish: Nuuk Kunstmuseum) is a national museum in Greenland, located in Nuuk, the capital.[1][2] The museum contains a notable collection of paintings, watercolors, drawings, graphics, figures in soapstone, ivory, and wood, with many items collected by the businessman Svend Junge.[1] Of particular note is a collection of over 150 paintings by Emanuel A. Petersen.[1]

Establishment

The museum was founded on 22 May 2005, occupying a former Seventh-day Adventist Church building in Kissarneqqortuunnguaq, Nuuk.[3] The museum was donated to the citizens of the Municipality of Nuuk on the same day.[4] The art museum was completed and inaugurated on 21 June 2007, Greenland National Day.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nuuk Art Museum, Greenland.
  2. Nuuk Art Museum, Greenland.com.
  3. "The Art Museum of Nuuk." Greenland. Accessed November 5, 2012
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