Top Things to do in Svalbard
7 Museums in Svalbard That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in Svalbard, Norway including Svalbard Museum, North Pole Expedition Museum, ArtArctic Gallery, Longyearbyen Kunst og handverksenter, Barentsburg Souvenir Shop, Svalbard Museum, Art Hall Svalbard.
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1. Svalbard Museum
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4.5 based on 1,299 reviews
The exhibition presents fragments of Svalbard's 400-year history and describes factors that help support life and the activities taking place here, which together reveal the close relationship between sea and land, nature and cultural history.
Reviewed By GlbTrotterGirl
Svalbard museum is a small but very informative place. You can learn a lot about the geology of the island, the animal types and histocal facts of Svalbard archipelago. It has a nice and welcoming environment and if you want to take it easy for a couple of hours you can easily do it there
2. North Pole Expedition Museum
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4.5 based on 363 reviews
Open every day from 9 am to 2 pm. The (formerly Spitsbergen Airship Museum) museum is an expedition museum and the northernmost aviation museum in the world. The museum is about expeditions to the North Pole, departing from Svalbard. The emphasis is on the 'America', the 'Norge' and the 'Italia' expeditions. Several hours of the original expedition movies running continuously. The exhibitions is a collage between old newspapers, postcards, photos, plane models, several hours of original movie material, clothes, stamps, letters, telegrams and more. Open daily from February until September.
Reviewed By esterciao - Barcelona, Spain
A really interesting museum that you should visit at least one time while you are in Longyearbyen! It's the perfect place to visit when you are there, just to understand much better where on earth you have arrived to!! The museum displays the main expeditions taken to the North Pole departing from Svalbard and shows the incredible job of collecting high quality-material made by the people who founded this private Museum.
3. ArtArctic Gallery
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4.0 based on 44 reviews
Museum and Exhibition Center. Get known with the history of the Pomors – the first Russians on Svalbard and their unique culture. History of Soviet settlements of Barentsburg and Pyramiden
4. Longyearbyen Kunst og handverksenter
5. Barentsburg Souvenir Shop
A separate souvenir shop where the choice of souvenirs is a bit bigger than in the post. There are souvenirs made in the Handicraft Center or by traditional craft masters in the North of Russia. Huge variety of the souvenirs, from magnets to the watercolor paintings and best-seller hoodies.
6. Svalbard Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1 reviews
