The Nuuk Art Museum, or Nuuk Kunstmuseum, is a local art museum in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. It was founded on May 22, 2005, in a former Seventh-day Adventist church building. Svend and Helene Junge donated it to the citizens of Nuuk Municipality. An exhibition extension of about 205 square meters opened on June 21, 2007, Greenland's National Day. The museum covers about 600 square meters.
It displays about 250 paintings, watercolors, photographs, drawings and graphics, plus about 50 figures in bone, tusk, wood and soapstone. It holds over 150 paintings by Emanuel A. Petersen.
The collection focuses on how outside artists have viewed Greenland and how local artists view it. Visitors can use an audio guide and an art walk through the city.
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