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Nuuk Art Museum (Danish: Nuuk Kunstmuseum) is a national museum in Greenland, located in Nuuk, the capital.[1][2] The museum contains a notable collection of paintings, watercolors, drawings, graphics, figures in soapstone, ivory, and wood, with many items collected by the businessman Svend Junge.[1] Of particular note is a collection of over 150 paintings by Emanuel A. Petersen.[1]

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Nuuk Art Museum

Nuuk Kunstmuseum
Location within Nuuk
Established	2005
Location	Nuuk, Greenland
Type	Art museum
Website	http://www.nuukkunstmuseum.com/

Establishment

The museum was founded on 22 May 2005, occupying a former Seventh-day Adventist Church building in Kissarneqqortuunnguaq, Nuuk.[3] The museum was donated to the citizens of the Municipality of Nuuk on the same day by Svend and Helene Junge.[4][5] The art museum was completed and inaugurated on 21 June 2007, Greenland National Day.[6]

See also

• List of Greenlandic artists

References

External links

• Nuuk Art Museum website

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