Qaqortoq Museum
Qaqortoq Katersugaasivia
A town museum in an old blacksmith's workshop built in 1804, with Inuit kayaks, hunting tools, Norse relics and displays of colonial-era life.
The museum is beside the market square. Its main building is a stone-built former blacksmith's workshop completed in 1804, one of the oldest buildings in town. Exhibits include Inuit kayaks (qajaq), sealskin clothing, hunting and fishing tools, and traditional beaded women's costumes. There are also archaeological finds from the Norse period and displays of life at the Danish colonial trading post, as well as a reconstructed early 20th-century Greenlandic family living room. The museum is small, and it takes about 45 minutes to see everything. It is a good place to learn background before visiting the Hvalsey ruins. Opening hours change with the season and are shorter in winter, so check before you go. Admission costs a few dozen Danish kroner.
Opening hours
Summer, Mon–Fri approx. 10:00–17:00; shorter on weekends (check official website)
Nearby sights
- Mindebrønden Fountain
- Church of Our Saviour
- Stone & Man Sculptures
- Lake Tasersuaq Hike
- Narsaq
- Hvalsey Church Ruins
- Igaliku
- Brattahlíð (Qassiarsuk)