Sisimiut Museum
The National Image Database of Greenland
The web site 'Culture Greenland' (www.culture.gl) has been running since February 2002. The site is a gateway to Internet resources on Greenland covering topics like education, sports, cultural institutions and events etc. The site is in English, in Danish, and in Greenlandic.
As a special resource on 'Culture Greenland' The National Image Database of Greenland (www.culture.gl/picture) has been created. The purpose with this national image database is give access to as many as possibly of the many photographs and other images that exist of Greenland.
Both 'Culture Greenland' and The National Image Database of Greenland are run by Sisimiut Museum. Museums, private persons, organizations, and companies are involved in the project.
The paper will tell about the organizational construction around The National Image Database of Greenland with its up to 98 local image databases feeding the national image database with images and the paper will discus the principal ideas behind the project.