Northern Norway » Gamvik Museum 71°N

The Gamvik Museum is a local museum of the municipality of Gamvik, and we focus on local coastal culture and fishing industry in our exhibition.

The museum is situated in the fish merchant building Brodtkorb in Gamvik. The exhibition contains the history of the local settlement from 8000 B. C. until today, the life of fishermen who were both fishermen and farmers, and we also tell the story of the local women and document the important part the women played in the struggle to survive.

Additionally, we demonstrate the use of natural resources in Gamvik through the times. The Museum has a zoological collection, which shows the most common birds and mammals of Nordkyn.

The work procedures of the dried fish production is demonstrated, and the course of the year in the coastal community is shown in a slide show.