The Sámi Museum in Karasjok was established in 1972 as the first Sámi cultural institution in Norway. This year we celebrate Museum's 50 year anniversary! 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.
Sámiid Vuorká-Dávvirat 1972 – 2022
Opening hours in summer and autumn 2022:
10.06-14.08
Every day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
15.-31.08
Monday – Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
From September 1: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
The Outdoor museum is open on week days 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Welcome!
A new anniversary exhibition: “RUOKTOT – The Return of the Sámi Drums"
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!
THE OUTDOOR MUSEUM
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!
ENTRANCE FEE
Adults NOK 90
Students / pensioner NOK 60
Children under age 15 Free entry
Groups over 10 persons NOK 60 per person
You can find us here (link)
