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Museum Nord

Coordinates: 68°30′14″N 14°47′59″E / 68.50389°N 14.79972°E / 68.50389; 14.79972
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68°30′14″N 14°47′59″E / 68.50389°N 14.79972°E / 68.50389; 14.79972 Museum Nord is a Norwegian museum consortium for the northern part of Nordland county, including the districts of Lofoten, Vesterålen, and Ofoten. The museum is set up as a foundation and was established on December 13, 2002.[1][2] It opened in 2004 and it is one of three museum consortia in Nordland; the other two are the Helgeland Museum and the Nordland Museum.

The reconstructed longhouse at the Lofotr Viking Museum in Borg on Vestvågøya
MS Finnmarken is part of the Coastal Express Museum in Stokmarknes in Hadsel Municipality.
Museum Nord, Narvik in the former NSB administration building in Narvik Municipality

The museum unit has about 53 permanent employees and 13 full-time-equivalent positions through the company Lofotr Næringsdrift AS, which is wholly owned by Museum Nord.[1] Museum Nord's administration is located at Melbu in Hadsel Municipality (staff and archives) and Borg in Vestvågøy Municipality (business and marketing). The director of the museum unit, with offices in Melbu, is Geir Are Johansen.[3]

The museums included in Museum Nord receive 60% operating support from the state, 20% from the county, and 20% from their municipality.[1]

Units

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Museum Nord has 21 units divided in 11 municipalities. The Lofotr Viking Museum was originally a separate museum, with the same status as Museum Nord, the Nordland Museum, and the Helgeland Museum, but it was later made a unit of Museum Nord.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "About Us". Museum Nord. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "Bakgrunn for etableringen av Museum Nord". Museum Nord. Archived from the original on December 24, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "Contact". Museum Nord. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
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