Galleri Svalbard
Galleri Svalbard
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Galleri Svalbard was established in 1995. The gallery displays the permanent art and culture collections from Kåre Tveter, The Svalbards Collection (arctic maps, books and money) and The Recherche Collection (litographies fra the expeditions in 1838 og 1839). The gallery also has art for sale and displays 7-8 new exhibitions a year. In our museum shop there is also a selection of gift articles and books with different art books, general literature about Svalbard and a selection of designer goods. Coffee, tea and various refreshments are offered in the Art Café. Right next to us is The Arts and Crafts Centre of Longyear, where local artisans exhibit their works.
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sport10010
Bronxville, New York, USA79 contributions
May 2016 • Friends
We walked up from the town. It is a pleasant walk, about 3 km from the center of town. There are a number of artists working here. An excellent gallery and coffee bar. We purchased a few items from one of the artists. (The photographer on the second floor. She has some excellent polar bear photos) We very much enjoyed our brief stop.
Written May 19, 2016
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junior1707
Schorndorf, Germany45 contributions
Feb 2020
Here you find art in all kinds and for every purse and wallet. nice souvenirs and good chats are the main reason to join this place
Written February 28, 2020
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JaneMay
Northamptonshire, UK319 contributions
Jul 2019 • Friends
After two weeks on a small ship this was our first experience of Longyearbyen. The art was varied and well displayed. There was also a small cafe and a lovely gift shop. A nice calm atmosphere.
Written July 20, 2019
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manstondrive
Bishops Stortford, UK1,727 contributions
Sep 2018 • Friends
We tried to pop in before our flight home but the venue does not open before 11.00 which is annoying. It looked good from the outside but will never know
Written September 8, 2018
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EiWiSu
Drammen, Norway1,894 contributions
May 2019 • Friends
It was interesting to come here for the temporary exhibition - and artist who has genuinely managed to capture the light of the arctic (summer exh 2019) but what was just as interesting was the collection of books and maps. This was highly relevant in understanding Svalbard history.
Recommendable!
Recommendable!
Written May 12, 2019
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Jan L
Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde, Belgium31 contributions
Mar 2019 • Couples
This place is nice to visit, it's bigger than it looks from the outside. We spent more than an hour watching the beautiful pictures.
Written April 15, 2019
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Daune C
2 contributions
Feb 2019
Svalbard is a terrific place to visit as part of a winter holiday, the people are extremely helpful and friendly to visitors.
Our trip on snowmobiles to the radio station hotel 90klms was an unbelieveable experience, our guide made sure we were safe at all times and our hosts at the radio station hotel were delightful. The food was amazing and we had a great experience.
Our trip on snowmobiles to the radio station hotel 90klms was an unbelieveable experience, our guide made sure we were safe at all times and our hosts at the radio station hotel were delightful. The food was amazing and we had a great experience.
Written March 16, 2019
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jagsjg
Pimpama, Australia165 contributions
Sep 2018 • Couples
The collection of historical maps concerning the discovery of Spitsbergen is of great interest. In particular the maps showing the original names (mainly Dutch and English) before many of the names were 'Norwegianised'. Gilesland gets a mention.
Written October 9, 2018
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A.MACCA
UK447 contributions
Dec 2017 • Solo
Called into the Gallery regarding a photography issue. Spoke to a very friendly, professional lady in the gallery.
She was very friendly and helpful. They do have a small amount of photographic equipment for sale.
But some of the photos taken by the two Gallery Photographers are excellent.
While talking to this lady. She confirms the two photographers do wildlife photographic tours. Which i had not found on my research prior to going to Svalbard.
Contact the Gallery via their website if you wanted to book some trips rather than the usual Spitsbergen/Hurrigriten trips
They specialist re all wildlife, polar bears.
Even though i was not able to rectify my photographic equipment problem till i got home. It was really nice vositing the gallery and having a chat with this friendly Norwegian lady. Discussing wildlife photographic trips they do. Contact for a bespoke and small group trips
She was very friendly and helpful. They do have a small amount of photographic equipment for sale.
But some of the photos taken by the two Gallery Photographers are excellent.
While talking to this lady. She confirms the two photographers do wildlife photographic tours. Which i had not found on my research prior to going to Svalbard.
Contact the Gallery via their website if you wanted to book some trips rather than the usual Spitsbergen/Hurrigriten trips
They specialist re all wildlife, polar bears.
Even though i was not able to rectify my photographic equipment problem till i got home. It was really nice vositing the gallery and having a chat with this friendly Norwegian lady. Discussing wildlife photographic trips they do. Contact for a bespoke and small group trips
Written February 18, 2018
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morningsglory
Boulder, CO89 contributions
Jan 2018 • Solo
I often take a liking to small, intimate galleries and museums, so this art exhibition was fantastic. They have a beautiful collection of studies on Arctic light and maps, and a space where you can purchase crafts from local artists. Admission was about 70 NOK, well spent.
Written February 11, 2018
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Di you still have original Kåre Tveter paintings for sale. I saw some for sale last year ...
Lesley-Ann Hoare
Written September 9, 2019
The exhibition on Kåre Tveter in May was a temporary show and is no longer available. But the gallery has artworks for sale throughout the year and an idea would probably be for you to contact them by mail to see what’s for sale at the moment.
Gallerisvalbard.no
Written September 9, 2019
fik en fin invitation gennem Glasnettet
der stod bare ikke HVOR!!!
ER DET PÅ SVALBARD ELLER I DANMARK?
Written January 19, 2018
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