- 02/12/2025
- 6:00 pm
- University Museum of Bergen, Muséplassen 3
Arctic Frontiers and the University Museum of Bergen will host a number of activities to celebrate the exhibition ‘Bergen-Greenland: The Forgotten Histories’. The celebration will bring together artists, curators, visual anthropologists and researchers from Greenland, Norway and Denmark, who have contributed to knowledge sharing about the history and connection of Bergen and Greenland.
Through a combination of historical documents, art, and more recent research material the exhibition invites the audience to reflect on how the connections between Bergen – and the whole of Norway – and Greenland have been shaped, and what these connections mean today. It broadly covers the development from the 17th century, the era of Egede’s colonial and mission enterprise, financed by wealthy Bergen merchants, to our own time. The exhibition project not only aims at bringing forth new knowledge but also challenge established understandings of the past.
The celebration will culminate with a public, open panel discussion, where contributors to the exhibition will join experts from Bergen, Norway, Greenland and Denmark.
Program
A panel discussion, which is open to the general public, will give the opportunity for the invited guests and exhibition creators to highlight their work, and raise awareness of the forgotten stories of Bergen and Greenland’s long history. A series of keynote talks will begin the evening activity. A series of panel discussions will focus on various aspects of the exhibition, from colonialism to seal skin trade, to contemporary art displays, and how museums and galleries play a vital role in education and storytelling.
Following the panel discussion, there will be an open reception with the possibility for mingling and networking.
Partners
