What is Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum?
{{coord|69|38|53.52|N|18|57|35.64|E|display=title}} '''Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum''' is a [[museum]] in [[Northern Norway]]. The museum has many different [[Art|artworks]] on display. It first opened in 1985 and moved to its current [[location]] in [[Tromsø]] in 2001. The building was first built to be a [[Post office|post]] and [[Telegraphy|telegraph]] office in 1917. It was then used as a [[police station]] in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Msn|date=2016-06-11|title=Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum|url=https://www.museumsnett.no/nordnorsk-kunstmuseum/|access-date=2023-04-02|website=Museumsnett|language=nb-NO}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Dunderovic|first=Milan|last2=Skogvang|first2=Hege|date=November 16, 2004|title=Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum (Art Museum of Northern Norway)|url=https://arkitekturguide.uit.no/items/show/798/|access-date=April 2, 2023|website=Arkitekturguide}}</ref> [[File:Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum januar 2018.jpg|thumb|Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum during the Polar Night]] The museum has different [[Exhibition|exhibitions]] that change during the year. The exhibitions show art from different times and [[Artist|artists]]. They also have a collection with around 2,200 works. The museum collects art from many different sources, including private collections. They have art from artists like [[Peder Balke]], [[Adelsteen Normann]], and [[Olav Christopher Jenssen]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=About us|url=http://www.nnkm.no/en/content/about-us|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306001519/http://www.nnkm.no/en/content/about-us|archive-date=March 6, 2014|access-date=April 2, 2023|website=Nord Norsk Kunst Museum}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Collection {{!}} Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum|url=https://www.nnkm.no/en/node/141|access-date=2023-04-02|website=www.nnkm.no}}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The museum is important for [[Northern Norway]], and they have smaller exhibitions in different parts of the region. In 2015, they opened a new location called [[Kunsthall Svalbard]].<ref