The Sámi Museum in Karasjok was established in 1972 as the first Sámi cultural institution in Norway. The museum has over 5,000 objects in the collections. This is the largest museum collection representing Sámi cultural history in Norway. The museum consists of a main building with exhibitions and magazines as well as an open-air museum.

OPENING HOURS

Open tuesday-thursday at 9AM-3PM
Museum is closed all other days.

We are open during Christmas!
December 23. we are open from 9AM until 6PM
December 27. and 28. we are open from 12PM until 5PM

Note! Outdoor museum is closed for the winter. Opens again in the spring.

ENTRANCE FEES

Adults NOK 150
Students / retirees NOK 90
Children under the age of 15: free entry
Groups (more than 10 persons) NOK 90 per person

 

On March 21 at 6 p.m. we open a new exhibition:

With an Eye for the Sámi: Alan Borvo´s Postcard Collection".

Et gammelt postkort med motiv av lavvo og mennesker i samiske klær
Postcard from Alan Borvo’s collection.

 

For update regarding opening hours during this summer m: Follow information update on our website and Facebook.

 

For group reservations, please take contact: post@rdm.no  or call:+47 784 69 950 / +47 406 11 82

 

For museum tours for groups outside regular opening hours, please, contact for an arrangement. Welcome!

It is possible to make group reservations: post@rdm.no
Please, see our homepage and facebook-page for updates on the situation.
For information about Coronavirus and travelling, see her.

 

 

Njalla
Njalla, a small storehouse in a postcard from the 1990s. In the Outdoor museum one can see the restoration of the storhouse.

THE OUTDOOR MUSEUM

 

Welcome to the Outdoor Museum with the help of our digital guide VAPPUS.

 

Logo til VAPPUS
VAPPUS – The digital guide at RDM

We offer digital guided tours at our Outdoor Museum. The digitally guided tours contain text, pictures, maps, audio, and video.

Our digital application, VAPPUS, is free for museum visitors and can be downloaded from the App Store and Google Play.

VAPPUS is available in English, Norwegian, Finnish and Sámi.

For group reservations, please take contact: post@rdm.no  or call:+47 784 69 950 / +47 406 11 82

 

For museum tours for groups outside regular opening hours, please, contact for an arrangement. Welcome!

 

For groups with an old agreement and bookings, the old prices will stay until 1. October.

You can find us here (link)

We are just a couple of minuts to walk from Sápmi park!