The ALPS Museum in Bern, Switzerland, has prepared an exhibition about Greenland. The exhibition opens October 24, 2024. The ALPS Museum in Bern focuses on daily life in mountainous regions. This time the museum has created an exhibition on life in Greenland. The exhibition consists of 7 rooms with audiovisual elements. Each room has a theme, such as mineral resources or music and culture.
Naalakkersuisoq of Business, Trade, Mineral Resources, Justice, and Gender Equality, Mrs. Naaja H. Nathanielsen, has been interviewed for the exhibition. The subject of the interview amongst other things includes Greenland’s geological resources and the exploitation of them in a global perspective. The exhibition also touches on geology and prevention of mountain slides, a subject close to the Swiss’ own experiences with mountain slides.
The visitor experiences video footage of people from different parts of Greenland. Mr. Jonas Kristensen, a hunter from Kullorsuaq, and rapper and cultural personality, Mr. Kim Jakobsen, known as Kimojax by most, are some of the people seen and heard through the video screens. All interviews are subtitled in German, French, and English.
Naalakkersuisoq of Business, Trade, Mineral Resources, Justice, and Gender Equality, Naaja H. Nathanielsen says: “I appreciate that a museum like ALPS Museum in Switzerland shows such open interest and curiosity towards Greenland, Greenlandic life and living conditions. I am pleased to have shared Greenland’s perspective on important questions on mineral resources, and Greenland’s underground. It is also nice to have contributed to an exhibition on Greenland where voices from several parts of Greenland are heard and seen. I hope that many will come and see the exhibition.”
The opening of the exhibition takes place with Greenlandic participation in the form of the head of the Greenland Representation in Copenhagen, Mr. Jens Heinrich. Actress, Mrs. Aka Niviâna Mørch, and musician, Mr. Inunnguaq Petrussen, will also attend the opening. ALPS Museum in Bern expects many guests to visit the exhibition.
Contact: Head of Department Jørgen T. Hammeken-Holm, lg.qonan@heoj, +299 34 68 46 or head of the Greenland Representation in Copenhagen, Jens Heinrich, kd.kdshg@ehej , +45 31 16 66 14.
Photo by Gian Suhner, ALPS Museum: Atsiannguaq Olsen, Kullorsuaq.