The Varanger Sami Museum is a museum for Sami culture and history in Varangerbotn in Nesseby in Troms og Finnmark. The museum is working with the Sea Sami history along Varangerfjord, Sami prehistory and contemporary Sami culture.
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An informative dive into Sami traditions and history. The outdoor section is connected to the Varangerbotn naturreservat bird-watching observatory, where you can catch a glimpse of the unique animals and plant life sustained by the subarctic fjord system. Visitors include bar-tailed godwits (lappspove), Eurasian oystercatchers (Tjeld), and the Arctic-breeding sea ducks Steller's eider and King eider...
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Very nice small Sami museum, which take you from the ice age to the present. If you don't like big museums this one is exactly for you. There is few touch screens, where you can get more informations almost about everything. They have as well one room with duodji /handcraft - it's nice made, you have the feeling, that you are in nobles...
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A small but very nice museum with an exhibition that focus more on the fishing sea sami culture. Which is nice since this group is less known. This Museum get a full score for several reasons - however it is quite small so I agree with Svebak below, it might not provide enough for a longer visit and it's only open during tourist season...
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