Ishavsmuseet with exciting collaboration with Svalbard Museum

The Ishavsmuseet has long had a clear intention to elevate the Ishavsmuseet to an even higher and broader level, both professionally and in terms of expertise, and it is important for the Ishavsmuseet to emerge as a central player among the polar collections in Norway.

Ishavsmuseet Aarvak sees this as important museum work, where communication, history, and collaboration will be the focus. This is museum communication and museum work at its very best!

This agreement strengthens the ties between these two museums, and will help develop museums in a common strategy where it is necessary for management, research, dissemination and renewal.

Furthermore, we will collaborate in and develop the professional network, strengthen expertise and exchange information between the two museums.
It is also important to strengthen the historical documentation base and strengthen ties between the polar museums in Norway.
Ishavsmuseet Aarvak is very pleased with this agreement, which will help to establish the plans and goals that the museum in Brandal has had over time to become an even more central player in polar Norway.

This agreement also confirms the museum's basic idea of ​​communicating our important polar history, and that we have a strong focus on this.

Together with our previously established collaboration with the Fram Museum in Oslo and Pier 21 in Canada, we are confident that this will develop our museum, increase interest in our history and strengthen the closeness to our recent polar history.
It raises the status of the Ishavsmuseet to new heights. And we are certain that this will make us stronger in our efforts to achieve the status that the Ishavsmuseet deserves.
And not least, it gives us expertise, deeper knowledge, and much more empathy, understanding, and cooperation in our museum work than we could have gained in any other consolidation.

This is a big day for us at the Ishavsmuseet, and we would like to thank the Svalbard Museum, led by Tora Hultgren, for this. Once we have gradually coordinated, much good will come out of both this cooperation agreement and the two previously signed agreements. The Polar Cooperation currently consists of the Fram Museum, Pier 21, Svalbard Museum and the Ishavsmuseet Aarvak.

THE FRAM MUSEUM IN OSLO

During a very successful polar evening at the Ishavsmuseet on January 25, which marked the start of a very active museum year 2012, a cooperation agreement was signed between the Frammuseet in Oslo and the Ishavsmuseet in Brandal. Throughout the autumn and winter, the parties have had several good discussions about future cooperation.

The Arctic Museum has long had a clear intention to raise the Arctic Museum to an even higher level both academically and in terms of expertise, and it is important for the Arctic Museum to stand out as a central player among the polar collections in Norway.

The agreement also signals how the country's most famous polar museum views Ishavsmuseet as an important player in polar Norway. Both parties agree that the intention of the agreement is that the other polar museums in Norway will also become part of this collaboration.

This agreement strengthens the ties between these two museums, and will help develop museums in a common strategy where it is necessary for management, research, dissemination and renewal. The agreement includes strengthening professional competence, developing dissemination work, formalizing professional cooperation, and disseminating knowledge and increasing interest in polar history and people in the past, present and future.

Furthermore, we will cooperate in and develop the professional network, strengthen expertise and exchange information between the two museums. Also important are the joint meetings, strengthening the historical documentation base and strengthening the ties between the polar museums in Norway. Ishavsmuseet Aarvak is very pleased with this agreement, which will help to establish the plans and goals that Ishavsmuseet has had over time to become an even more central player in polar Norway. We have missed these close ties to the polar environment, and now look forward with anticipation and inspiration to developing this further for the best for the museums.

This agreement also confirms the Ishavsmuseet's fundamental idea of ​​communicating our important polar history, and that we have a strong focus on this. In this respect, we could not find a better partner to develop this work with than the Fram Museum.

 

THE CANADIAN MUSEUM OF IMMIGRATION

The Ishavsmuseet in Brandal, Norway, www.ishavsmuseet.no is hoping to hear from Norwegian-Canadians with a connection to the town of Brandal, the village of Hareid or any neighboring areas in Norway. Also of interest are the memories of any Norwegian-Canadians with a connection seafaring or the seal hunting industry in Canada.

Questions, personal stories, and digital photographs can be donated to the museum by emailing Willy Nesset at verfts-s@tussa.com or Webjorn Landmark at webjorn@ishavsmuseet.no The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is also eager to hear from Norwegian-Canadians so that we can preserve their memories and share them with museums like the Ishavsmuseet. Please find a link to ouer online Request form below or email Carrie-Ann Smih at libary@pier21.ca

www.pier21.ca/research/collections/the-story-collection/tell-us-your-story

Martin Karlsen, the ISHAVSMUSEET AARVAK's ambassador in Halifax, Nova Scotia brings flowers and thanks to our new friends at the CANADIAN MUSEUM OF IMMIGRATION AT PIER 21, Halifax, Marie Chapman, CEO, Carrie-Ann Smith, Chief of Audience Engagement, Martin Karlsen and Fiona Valverde, Director, Marketing, Communications and Development.

The CANADIAN MUSEUM OF IMMIGRATION AT PIER 21 collects, shares and pays tribute to the Canadian immigration story.

Active museum member, sent on behalf of ISHAVSMUSEET AARVAK, Else Karlsen recently visited the CANADIAN MUSEUM OF IMMIGRATION AT PIER 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia to discuss how each museum could begin sharing resources and collecting materials to enhance both collections.

Soon www.pier21.ca  will feature a call for contributions from Norwegian-Canadians with a connection to the villages Brandal and Hareid, neighboring areas and all of Norway as well as stories and images from Norwegian-Canadians with a connection seafaring or seal hunting industries in Canada.

As we know there has been a long and strong connection in the areas of seal hunting and seafaring between Norway and Newfoundland, which neighbors Nova Scotia. Norwegians settled on Canada's east coast and multiple Norwegian companies established themselves in the seal, whale, and fishing trades.

We at ISHAVSMUSEET AARVAK www.ishavsmuseet.no are very pleased and proud to include The CANADIAN MUSEUM OF IMMIGRATION AT PIER 21, Halifax in our museum network. There has been and will continue to be a strong connection between Canada and our region here on the west coast of Norway. We are happy that both parties wish to develop this relationship.

For ISHAVSMUSEET AARVAK it is extremely important to have this opportunity to study the seal hunting history specifically, since we know how important this has been for our two countries. Also important is the fact that many Norwegians settled in Canada. Now we have the source to help us find out more about all those people and to share our common history on both sides of the Atlantic.

Our polar and arctic network now consists of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Frammuseet www.frammuseum.no  and the Arctic Museum Aarvak. We look forward to announcing who will be the next museums to join us. Together we are stronger, together we develop, and together we will share all our knowledge and documentation with everyone who visits our websites and our museums.

 

SVALBARD MUSEUM