74 years after the tragedy: Brattind gets a place at the Ishavsmuseet
In 1952, five Arctic ships sank in the Vesterisen, and a total of 79 men perished. Among them were the 14 men aboard the Brattind of Tromsø. Over 70 years later, wreckage was found north of Iceland. Extensive work to identify the find showed that the remains were from the Brattind. Now the story of the ship and the man who never returned home will be brought to light at the Ishavsmuseet.
Saturday, October 24th at 7:00 PM The Sea's Feast Table
Autumn is seafood, and we invite you to the ocean's feast table with bacalao, crab soup, shrimp, scampi, mussels, crab claws, stuffed crab shells, crayfish, etc.
Lutafisk at the Ishavsmuseet on November 6, 2026
THIS YEAR'S ETAR FESTIVAL AT THE ISHAVS MUSEUM – IT'S HAPPEN AGAIN!
LUTAFISH – LOVED, HATED AND DEFENDED WITH BEAK AND CLAW.
New Polar Evening at Ishavsmuseet Friday 24 April at 7:00 PM
Moscow, May 6, 1926. The Soviet Union adopted a new policy for sovereignty over Arctic territories. This policy implies Soviet sovereignty over Franz Josef Land. It challenges important Norwegian commercial interests as well as the Norwegian view of the international legal practice of annexing unclaimed land.
Join us on a unique and historical trip with Polarstar to Hodr Hjørungavåg Viking Site and to the Spanish Evening with Winemakers Dinner at the Ishavsmuseet in Brandal. Saturday, May 2, 2026. The trip starts from Skansekaia in Ålesund at 11:00.
THE EVENT IS SOLD OUT
Saturday, May 2 at 5:30 PM
Join us as we transform the Ishavsmuseet into a piece of Spain for an evening! Åge Folkestad – the eel sunderer who started Casa Vital in Altea over 25 years ago – invites you to a Spanish evening on home turf.
Friday, March 20 at 7:00 PM is a new Polar Evening at the Ishavsmuseet, and this time we will be visited by Hermann Gran who will tell us about his father, Trygve Gran.
Trygve Gran once participated in Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctica Expedition 1910–13 in the race with Roald Amundsen to be the first to reach the South Pole.
Sunday, March 8th, 13-17pm, there will be a Sunday dinner at the Ishavsmuseet. Large buffet with hot and cold dishes, dessert and coffee, NOK 350. We honor all strong women on Women's Day, and show the documentary film Ishavskjerringa from 2012 in the conference hall at 13.00pm and 15.00pm.
Arne Johan Nilsen, author and historian, will be giving a lecture at the Ishavsmuseet on Friday, February 20. Nilsen's lecture will be about one of the least known actions carried out by the working class, but also about historical whaling and whaling as it is conducted today. We will also hear the story of Helle, who is currently engaged in whaling.
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
Friday, February 6 and Saturday, February 7, 2026, from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM, invites
Ishavsmuseet children aged 10 to 12 years (born in 2014-2016) to join in
Explore the museum with various activities.
New Polar Evening at the Ishavsmuseet:
The Ellsworth Expeditions
For the first polar evening of the year at Ishavsmuseet on January 23rd at 7:00 PM, the Ishavsmuseet will be visited by Kenneth Staurset Fåne who will talk about the Ellsworth expeditions in Antarctica.
New Polar Evening at the Ishavsmuseet
The political game about Svalbard
Friday, November 21st at 7:00 PM, Svalbard veteran Birger Amundsen will come to the Ishavsmuseet to give a lecture about the political game over Svalbard. Serving of Arctic char after the lecture.
Saturday 15 November open 11 am-17 pm Sunday 16 November 12 pm-17 pm
This year's Christmas fair has a total of 67 exhibitors with sales stands over 4 floors, in and around Aarvak, offering lots of exciting food and craft products.