Qaqortoq Museum — Kalaallit Nunaanni Katersugaasiviit in Greenlandic — is the primary cultural institution in southern Greenland. The collection covers both Inuit and Norse history, with particular strength in pre-contact Inuit material culture: hunting tools, clothing, kayak equipment, and everyday objects that tell the story of a people who lived successfully in one of the world's most unforgiving environments for centuries.
The Viking and Norse holdings include artifacts from the area's medieval Norse settlements, which flourished between roughly 985 and 1408 AD before mysteriously disappearing. Carved bones, iron tools, and decorative objects make up much of the collection. The museum also holds colonial-era photographs and items relating to the Danish administration of Greenland — a history that is still complicated and contested.