What is cultural sites?

The term "cultural sites" include:

1. Land fixed antiquities, which are physical traces of human activity, survivors from earlier times and the context in which these tracks are located in.
2. Buildings whose preservation because of their historical or architectural value are essential.
3. Culture Historical regions where conservation because of their historical value is significant. Within these three areas two kinds of conservationcan be used:
   decidedconservation
   automatic conservation
   

Land Fixed ancient monuments

Abandoned cemeteries, tent rings from post-colonial time, cairns, Norse fields and stone dikes in connection with Norse-fields are not protected. If some of these sites have a special value, the matter of conservation must be raised, and the Greenland National Museum should decide to conserve them (optional conservation).

All other land fixed ancient monuments, more than 100 years old, are automatically protected (de facto conservation).
This also applies to shipwrecks and installations below sea level or in lakes.
It is also all the standing buildings that are more than 100 years old and out of service.

Buildings

NKA can decide to list the whole building, the building's exterior or individual building parts. All cases of listing will include a public hearing before any decission is made. The level of conservation must be described in a protected declaration. Owners of a listed building will keep it protected in good condition with regard to conservation.
Pitches, gardens, outbuildings, fences and so may be subject to conservation. It requires, however, that the surroundings are part of the whole worthy of protection.

Culture Historical regions

Cultural sites occur in the interaction between culture and nature, there must therefore be a possibility to conserve larger areas, which may provide a framework about culture memories, and thus can provide an understanding of the local environment.
A cultural area, for example, can be a large settlement with house ruins, ponds, pits, fire shelters, etc. spread over a large area or an area of special events without visible cultural sites (Aluk, singing battle fields), or areas of protected cultural monuments and gardens, paths, view sites or similar .

Conservation Procedures

The Procedure is described in the Act, § 17 and 18. Aspirations for conservation or modification of waiver of conservation can be raised by the owners, users, state, municipal or local museum. The documents must always be sent to the Greenland National Museum, who will conduct a public hearing and hear The Cultural Heritage Board. When the material is processed the Museum will determine the case. The museum's decision is final. It is not possible to appeal about the content of the dicision. There may be complaints about the administrative process.