Varanger Sami Museum

Sami boots (Northern Sami: Seahkohat), made from brown and white hide from a reindeer leg, exhibited at the Varanger Sami Museum.

The Varanger Sami Museum (Northern Sami: Várjjat Sámi Musea, Norwegian: Varanger Samiske Museum, VSM) is a museum for Sami culture and history in Varangerbotn in Unjárga Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.[1][2][3]

The museum is working with the Sea Sami history along Varangerfjord, Sami prehistory, and contemporary Sami culture. The museum was established in 1983, and has since 2012 been a part of the joint museum Deanu ja Várjjat Museasiida.[4]

The main building was erected in 1994, inspired by traditional Sami architecture. The main building contains a basis exhibition, the children's room Stállobiedju (the Stallo's den) and temporary exhibitions. VSM is also maintaining the cultural landscape and the excavations at Mortensnes (Ceavccageađge).[5][6]

References

1. varjjat.org Várjjat Sámi Musea
2. Varanger Sami Museum; lonelyplanet.com
3. Varanger Sami Museum; varanger.com
4. Deanu ja Várjjat Museasiida; digitaltmuseum.no
5. luondu.no, Ceavccageađge/Mortensnes cultural heritage area
6. Mortensnes Cultural Heritage Site; visitnorway.com

External links

• Museum website
• saivu.com; web exhibit on Sami mythology

70.1724°N 28.5603°E / 70.1724; 28.5603