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Eyrarbakki Maritime Museum
South Iceland
The Maritime museum in Eyrarbakki offers a unique trip back in time, where you can see numerous items from the time when sailors, living on the south coast, rowed out to sea every day. A large twelve-rower, Farsæll, is the largest item of t
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Grenivík Fishing Museum
North Iceland
Open from 1st of June to 31st of August, every day from 1 pm-5 pm. The Fishing Museum is in the old baiting shed, called Hlíðarendi. The shed was built in 1920. In the first year, the house was used as a shipyard, where Sigfús Þorsteinsson
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The Bobby Fischer Center
South Iceland
This centre houses memorabilia of the 11th World Chess Champion BOBBY FISCHER and the Selfoss Chess Club. The American Bobby Fischer became the World Chess Champion when he defeated the Soviet grandmaster and reigning World Champion Boris S
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Pálshús - Natural History Museum in Ólafsfjörður
North Iceland
Pálshús, one of the oldest houses in Ólafsfjörður, is today a museum and a cultural centre, located at Strandgata 4 in Ólafsfjörður. The oldest part of the house was built in 1892. The house is named after Páli Bergssyni, one of the main in
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Duus Museum - Cultural Center
Reykjanes
Duus Museum is the Art and Cultural Center of Reykjanesbær where you can experience diverse exhibitions and cultural activities all year round. The museum houses exhibition halls for the Art Museum of Reykjanesbær and Heritage Museum of Rey
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Visit vikings, The Commonwealth farm
South Iceland
The Commonwealth farm in Þjórsárdalur is one of Iceland's best kept secrets. The farmhouse, built on the site of one of the manor farms of the Age of Settlement, is constructed as experts thought it would have been. Visitors have the opport
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The Icelandic Aviation Museum
North Iceland
The Icelandic Aviation Museum is located in a large hangar at Akureyri Airport. The museum covers Iceland's aviation history with photographs, videos, artefacts, models and historic aircrafts, which some are in airworthy condition and fly i
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Safnahúsið in Nordfjordur
East Iceland
The museum building "Safnahúsið" in Nordfjordur includes 3 museums: Tryggvi Collection An impressive introduction to the art of painter Tryggvi Ólafsson from Nordfjordur. The exhibition offers a cross-section of the well-known artist´s care
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Bjarnarhöfn Shark Museum
West Iceland
At Bjarnarhöfn Shark-museum visitors get to experience a unique Icelandic culture. This family owned museum offers you a peak into their history. This family has been involved with sharks for the past four centuries with the only change bei
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Holt - Memorial Museum of Alda Halldórsdóttir
North Iceland
Holt - Memorial Museum of Alda Halldórsdóttir. This was the home where Alda Halldórsdóttir was born in 1913 and lived and grew up with her mother and uncle. The house along with its interiors, shows in a unique way a typical working-class h
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Steinasafn Petru
East Iceland
Ljósbjörg Petra María Sveinsdóttir was interested in stones all her life and started to collect them in earnest in 1946. Most of her stones were found in Stöðvarfjörður and other places in East Iceland because Petra didn´t go much looking f
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The Transportation Museum at Ystafell
North Iceland
The transportation museum at Ystafell was established by Ingólfur Kristjánsson and Kristbjörg Jónsdóttir in 1998. The museum is the oldest of its kind in Iceland. Its main role is to preserve and show various ways and means of transportatio
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Local Museum
North Iceland
The Folk museum Byggðasafn Húnvetninga- og Strandamanna welcomes you! It was founded fifty years ago and contains a precious collection of rare objects displaying local history and culture.The museum is owned by local authorities in the Hún
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Reykjavík Art Museum - Ásmundarsafn
Reykjavik
Reykjavík Art Museum ( Harbour House , Hafnarhús, Kjarvalsstaðir and Ásmundur Sveinsson Sculpture Museum ) is located in three unique buildings across the city and holds some of the most distinguished works in Iceland´s artistic landscape.
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The Living Art Museum
Reykjavik
The Living Art Museum (Nýlistasafnið) is a non-profit, artist-run museum and association, venue for events, exhibitions, performances, discussions and research. The museum was founded in 1978 in reaction to Icelandic art authorities disrega
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Maritime Museum
East Iceland
The museum mostly exhibits objects and utensils relating to fishing and seafaring in general. It also displays various reminders of local trade, industry, and medicine from times past. The collection is in a commercial building, “Gamla búð”
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Keldur, Rangárvellir
South Iceland
Want to travel back in time? At Keldur you can experience how Icelanders lived in the past. The old turf farm at Keldur is the oldest existing farmhouse in Iceland. It stands as a testament to the past, being the sole remaining farmhouse o
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Akureyri Toy Museum
North Iceland
Small, almost like a dollhouse, this early 19th-century building is filled with toys from the 20th century, some over 100 years old. Dozens of dolls and toy cars, cardboard games, muppets, action figures… just imagine the toy store of your
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Ósvör Maritime Museum
The Westfjords
Ósvör maritime Museum is a replica of an old Icelandic fishing station from the19th century that stands on the east side of Bolungarvík down by the sea. On display are the rowing boat Ölver, a crew hut with tools and equipment, a salt house
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Eldheimar
South Iceland
The exhibition focuses on the 1973 volcanic eruption in Vestmannaeyjar, without a doubt one of Iceland´s biggest natural disaster. Visitors get a glimpse into peoples lives on Heimaey before the eruption that would change their lives foreve
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Library of Water
West Iceland
Vatnasafn / Library of water is a long-term project conceived by Roni Horn for a former library in the coastal town of Stykkishólmur in Iceland. The building stands on a promontory overlooking the ocean and the town, and houses an exhibitio
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Saga Museum
Reykjavik
From the time of the earliest settlers, history is brought to life in a unique and exciting way. The Saga Museum intimately recreates key moments in Icelandic history, moments that have determined the fate of our people and which gives a co
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Hælið - The Great White Plague center
North Iceland
HÆLIÐ the great White Plague center. A visual exhibition about loss, sorrow and despair but also about hope, serenity and lust for life. Opening hours: June-August: Daily 13:00-18:00 May and September: Saturdays and Sundays 14:00-17:00 Also
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The Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft Museum
The Westfjords
The Museum of Sorcery and Witchcraft was opened in the summer of 2000 and attracts around 11 thousand guests every year. The exhibition tells the story of the witchcraze in Iceland in the 17th century and how witchcraft is presented in our
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Fræðasetur um forystufé
North Iceland
The Leader Sheep Centre in Þistilfjörður North-Iceland is unique. It is impossible to find a similar museum as Iceland is the only country in the world where Leader Sheep exists. You find collections of pictures, stories, and information ab
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The Icelandic Horse History Centre
North Iceland
The Icelandic Horse History Centre was founded it 2001 at Hólar in Hjaltadalur is located in the old stable at Hólar, built in 1931. The old stable was remodeled in 2010 and The Exhibition of the Icelandic Horse opened. Exhibitions The perm
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Snartarstaðir - District Folk Museum
North Iceland
Located at Snartarstaðir farm, two kilometers from the village of Kópasker, this museum presents a unique collection of local objects showing dayli life in the 19th and 20th centuries. There is a wide array of embroidery, woven goods, knitt
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Hafnarborg – the Hafnarfjörður Centre of Culture and Fine Art
Reykjavik
In the heart of Hafnarfjörður, there stands Hafnarborg – The Hafnarfjörður Centre of Culture and Fine Art, which houses a variety of cultural events, art exhibitions, concerts, workshops and lectures. The museum has two exhibition galleries
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Local Museum Hvoll
North Iceland
Due to construction, the museum will not be open to the public in the summer of 2023. You can contact Björk Hólm Þorsteinsdóttir, the director of the museum, via the email address: bjork@dalvikurbyggd.is. The museum’s collection comprises t
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Natural History Museum of Kópavogur
Reykjavik
The Natural History Museum of Kopavogur hosts one of the largest exhibitions of preserved animals in Iceland, alongside a diverse rock collection. The exhibition “Home” provides an immersive insight into Iceland's wildlife within its natura
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Gerðarsafn – Kópavogur Art Museum
Reykjavik
Gerðarsafn is a progressive museum with an emphasis on modern and contemporary art, located in the heart of Kópavogur. Gerðarsafn offers temporary exhibitions with works by Icelandic and international contemporary artists as well as display
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Wartime Museum
East Iceland
At the Icelandic Wartime Museum, you can travel back to the days of the Second World War and the military occupation of Reyðarfjörður . The museum gives a vivid insight into life during the war in a country which has never had an army or be
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Reykjavík Art Museum - Kjarvalsstaðir
Reykjavik
Reykjavík Art Museum ( Harbour House , Hafnarhús, Kjarvalsstaðir and Ásmundur Sveinsson Sculpture Museum ) is located in three unique buildings across the city and holds some of the most distinguished works in Iceland´s artistic landscape.
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Womens Collage Exhibition
North Iceland
The woman’s college heritage centre was founded by the friends of the woman’s college with support from the local culture fund. The aim of the heritage center is to preserve the history and artifacts from the college that was run for almost
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LÁ ART MUSEUM
South Iceland
LÁ Art Museum (Listasafn Árnesinga) welcomes you. It runs ambitious and various shows of contemporary as well as modern art in its four spacious exhibitions rooms. The exhibitions reflect our cultural heritage and our contemporary change. T
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Ólafsdalur í Gilsfirði
West Iceland
Ólafsdalur by Gilsfjörður, history of 1000 years Ólafsdalur is a small valley, surrounded by high mountains, where the first acriculture school in Iceland was established in 1880. The beautiful school-building is from 1896. Remains of many
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Litlibær
The Westfjords
Litlibær was built in 1895 by two families who originally lived in separate parts of the house, which was then divided in the middle with a wall. The house is made of timber with stone side walls and grass on the roof. Around 20 people live
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Geothermal Park
South Iceland
Hveragerði is undoubtedly one of the few populated sites in the world located on active geothermal area. At the Geothermal Park, visitors are invited to take a guided walk around the hot springs and learn about the geological history surrou
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Icelandic Horse Farm Lýtingsstaðir
North Iceland
Horseback riding Our peaceful farm Lýtingsstaðir is situated in the North of Iceland in Skagafjörður, only 20 km away from road#1. We offer horseback riding tours (beginner and experienced level) on beautiful trails, in small groups, and aw
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The Old Warehouse
North Iceland
The warehouse at Hofsós is among the oldest ones of its kind in Iceland. It is a log house with a high black-tarred roof. The building is thought to have been erected in 1777. There is a storage space in the loft of the second floor with do
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Fjarðabyggð Cultural Center
East Iceland
Menningarstofa Fjarðabyggðar (Fjardabyggd Cultural Center) was established in 2017, and its role is to support and promote cultural activities in Fjarðabyggð . Menningarstofa workss with people in cultural life and helps them and encourages
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Sláturhúsið
East Iceland
The Center for Art and Culture in Fljotsdalsherad (MMF) is located in Slaturhusid, Egilsstadir. As a Center for Performing Arts we are inspired every day to create, share, teach, excite and perform for our community. Although performing art
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Víðimýri Church
North Iceland
Víðimýrarkirkja Church is one of the few preserved turf churches in Iceland. At the beginning of the 20th century its fate was uncertain, but thankfully the immense cultural value of the building was recognized in time, and the National Mus
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The Old bookstore Flateyri
The Westfjords
The Old Bookstore in Flateyri is the oldest original store in Iceland, fourth generation family business since 1914. In this uniq store you will find all of the best products and books from the Westfjords, combined with high quality product
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Reykjavik Botanic Garden
Reykjavik
Reykjavik Botanic Garden is an outdoor collection of living plants. It was founded in 1961 and is managed by the city of Reykjavík. The garden’s main role is to conserve plants for education, research and delight. It conserves some 5000 pla
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Randulffs-sjóhús
East Iceland
Randulff´s Sea House is located by the sea in Eskifjördur . It is during the summer months 2011 and Randulff´s restaurant serves dinner according to a traditional local menu in a unique atmosphere. Randulff´s seahouse is also open for group
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Caves of Hella
South Iceland
Twelve man-made caves have been discovered on the land of Ægissíða by Hella on the South Coast of Iceland. Four of them have been open to the public. The historical site is Iceland's oldest still standing archaeological remains. Some believ
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Ísafjörður Culture House
The Westfjords
Ísafjörður Culture House is open as follows: - Weekdays 12:00 - 18:00 - Saturdays 13:00 - 16:00 The Culture House is the home to the local library, archives, arts collection and photo collection. For further information please contact: Ísaf
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