VAPPUS for Android

11 things about VAPPUS

1. You can learn about the Sámi history, traditions and local communities, vernacular architecture and traditional building techniques, ways of livelihood, handicrafts and arts, religion and spirituality, traditional knowledge production and cultural diversity from coastal areas to the inland.

2. The museums display Sámi arts, history, tradition and culture, and show knowledge production and cultural diversity from coastal areas to the inland.

3. The association of RiddoDuottarMuseat comprises of The Sámi Museum and Art Collection in Karasjok, The Sámi Rural Museum in Kautokeino, Porsanger Museum, and Kokelv Coastal Sámi Museum in Kvalsund municipality.

4. VAPPUS is the official application, which guides you while you are walking in the outdoor Sámi museums and the main exhibitions in Karasjok, Kautokeino, Porsanger and Kokelv.

5. RiddoDuottarMuseat is a Museum Association, which includes four Sámi museums and a Sámi Art collection in West-Finnmark.

6. In the future, when the Sámi Art Museum will be built, the visitors will enjoy the great collection of indigenous Sámi arts.

7. By the help of our VAPPUS, you will get a comprehensive knowledge about the local and overall Sámi heritage, and about the diversity of cultures in West-Finnmark and in all Sápmi.

8. The Sámi art collection in Karasjok is a museum storage comprising of about 2000 art pieces.

9. You will see the diversity of the Sámi traditions from the costal line of the Arctic ocean to the forest and tundra areas in the inland.

10. Sápmi is the land of the Sámi people across the borders of four national states, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Northwest Russia.

11. By visiting all our Sámi museums, you will learn that Sámi national costume and clothing have their recognizable features, which vary from one Sámi area to another.