DÁG, the museum department, is involved in the project Dávvirat Duiskkas/ Artefacts in Germany. The project will provide an overview of Sámi collections in German museums, link collection history and artefact-specific knowledge, and lead to increased expertise in both German cultural heritage institutions and Sámi museums.
The project was initiated by the then Minister of Culture, Trine Skei Grande, following Sámi Parliament President Aili Keskitalo's visit to Berlin in 2019, where she visited MEK, which has a large collection of Sámi cultural artefacts in its magazines.
Over the next five years, Sami artefacts in German collections will be mapped and disseminated. The aim is to provide German museums with knowledge and expertise so that they can show their collections to the public in a better way. At the same time, museums in Norway will gain better knowledge of Sami artefacts in German collections. Among other things, the project will facilitate knowledge sharing, dissemination of Sámi culture and way of life, collaboration on exhibitions, production of copies of artefacts, digitisation of collections and making collections available internationally. The aim is to create a deeper understanding and knowledge of the creation, provenance, function and significance of Sámi artefacts, both historically and in the present day. KUD has organised and funded the project, the Sami Parliament is the project owner and the Sami Museum Association is the project manager. Cathrine Baglo is the project manager.
DÁG, the museum department, has participated in digital meetings in the project, and had a visit from project manager Catrine Baglo. We participated in the project's first visit to museums Germany 10 - 14 October 2022. Read more about this trip here.
More information about the project can be found here.
The Hanseatic city of Lübeck has a long tradition of contact with the Nordic countries. So it's not surprising that the Lübeck Museum has a collection of around 90 Sami artefacts, including a drum. The drum came to the museum through the collection of Pastor Jacob von Melle (1659-1743) and is said to be from Åsele Lapland.