SPITSBERGEN AIRSHIP MUSEUM
JANUARY 2010 CLOSED
From August 10th 2009 we have a centennial exhibition over
Walter Wellman's 1909 attempt to reach the North Pole.
The exhibition is financed by the Svalbard Environmental Protection Fund. Read more (Norwegian only)..
Spitsbergen Airship Museum opened 15th November 2008. The purpose of the museum is to impart the history and importance 3 airships have had in the Arctic.
- "America” (Wellman Chicago Record Herald Polar Expedition) in 1907/1909
- ”Norge” (”Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile, Transpolar Flight”) in 1926
- ”Italia” expedition (with Nobile) in 1928, as well as the rescue expeditions, at and close to Nordaustlandet, Svalbard, that followed the 1928 expedition.
The nations that participated in these historical events (Norway, Russia, Italy, America, Sweden, Czech Republic, Holland, France and Finland) are represented.

