Alta museum - English

Alta has the largest concentration of rock art made by hunter-gatherers in northern Europe. The rock art comprises both rock carvings and rock paintings made from 7000 to 2000 years ago. The rock art in Hjemmeluft, Kåfjord, Transfarelv, Storsteinen and Amtmannsnes was inscribed into the UNESCO’s World Heritage List, but the rock art at Isnestoften, Kråknes, Svartskog, Årøya and Komsa is not on the list. All the rock art in Alta is under open skies.Hjemmeluft is the largest of the World Heritage sites in Alta, and the only one that has been made readily accessible to the general public. Along the pathways you can stroll through a landscape with wonderful views and an intriguing past stretching over 5000 years. Alta Museum, which is situated in Hjemmeluft, illustrates that story in a number of ways.