In 1986 the building was moved to Qaanaaq and is now housing the small local museum of Thule.

thulemuseum@greennet.gl.

The purpose of the Museum is collecting and registering objects from the Thule area. These objects describe the Inuit story in the area going back more than 3,000 years.

Of course many subjects displayed are related to Knud Rasmussen's activities. Besides being a trader, Knud Rasmussen made several expeditions to Canada, Alaska and north-east Greenland. These expeditions were financed partly by the income from the trade station in Thule.

In cooperation with Nunatta Katersugaasivia (National Museeum of Greenland), the National Museum of Denmark, and other museums, annual archeological expeditions are made to map the Inuit local history and link it to the Inuit history in general.

It is said that the U.S. Admiral Robert Edwin Peary was the first man to reach the North Pole. However he did it escorted by several experts in arctic travelling - the Inuit hunters from the Thule area.

Returning from one of the arctic expeditions, Peary was accompanied by polar Eskimos, which he wanted to show off in the U.S. These Inuit had a very hard time in the U.S. It is told that they died because of homesickness and lack of defence against common diseases. In 1996 their human remains were finally brought back to Qaanaaq and buried.