Postbox 644
9171 Longyearbyen
Svalbard, Norway

Tel: +47 79021705
+47 95735742
+47 91383467
Fax: +47 79021734

 

                  

          SPITSBERGEN AIRSHIP MUSEUM

OPEN DAILY

1030 - 1530

Closed from October

    

        We have a centennial exhibition covering

          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.

 

 

 

Spitsbergen Airship Museum