June 9, 2023

The National Gallery of the Faroe Islands - Past, present and future

Opening of the special exhibition on Friday 16 June at 16-18

30 years ago Listasavn Føroya - the National Gallery of the Faroe Islands - was ready to welcome guests into its newly-built museum with ample space for a large art collection which would form the core of the museum’s future activities: collecting, conservation, research into and dissemination of Faroese art.

The exhibition opens on Friday 16 June at 16-18.

Program:

Karina Lykke Grand, director, welcomes

The artist Sigrun Gunnarsdóttir gives a speech

A greeting from Sirið Stenberg, Minister of Culture and Social Affairs, is read out

The exhibition opens

Poetry walk around the museum: Búi Rouch and Gunnvør Hoydal Brimnes, poets, read poems about pictures and art in various places in the museum.

Knút Háberg Eysturstein, musician, plays some songs.

 

There will be free entry and everyone is welcome.

 

Read more about the exhibition here <<

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Free concert at the National Gallery with Lyon Hansen

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Culture Night at the National Gallery

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Opening hours for the summer

From 1st May, the museum is open every day from 11 am - 17 pm.
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+298 223579 / 503763
info@art.fo
Gundadalsvegur 9, P.O. Box 1141 FO-110 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Opening hours
From 1 May - 31 October
Monday - Sunday 11 - 17

From 1 November - 30 April
Monday, Thursday to Sunday 11 - 16

(1th Thursday every month 11 - 20)









Admission
Adults: 90 DKK
Senior discount ticket: 70 DKK
Students: 25 DKK
Children and young people under 20 years: free

Group discount min. 12 adults: 60 DKK per person

Annual pass for one: 225 DKK
Annual pass 1+1 - bring a friend for free: 300 DKK

The annual pass includes free entrance to the museum as well as free admission to guided tours, concerts and events.

In addition to that, you get 10% discount on posters, books and postcards as well as 10% discount in the museum café.
+298 223579 / 503763
info@art.fo
Gundadalsvegur 9, P.O. Box 1141 FO-110 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands