The science and research centre is in Breiðdalsvíks oldest house “Gamla Kaupfélagið”, built in 1906. Breiðdalssetur facilitates earth and literary research activities focused on East Iceland, as well as hosting exhibitions on geology,…
Bustarfell museum is one of the few remaining turf farms in East Iceland. It is located in Hofsárdalur in Vopnafjörður. The farmhouses were originally erected in 1770 but has undergone many changes through the years. The lodgings were inhabited…
The East Iceland Heritage Museum was founded in 1943 and since then its aims has been to preserve the history of East Iceland by collecting and preserving things that reflect the society, culture and everyday life of people in the area, from past to…
The avant-garde exhibition in The French Museum in Fáskrúðsfjörður is among the newest of East Iceland´s museums and collections. This museum is located in two stately buildings, the Doctor’s House and the French Hospital as they are called,…
East Iceland has all kinds of museums which tell the rich history that this part of the country has.
A new and interesting museum which displays the best of icelandic nature, icelandic mammals, shellfish, birds, insects and stone collection as well as specimens from the East Iceland flora.
Petra´s Stone Collection 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…
Skriðuklaustur in Fljótsdalur valley is a center of culture and history. The Institute of Gunnar Gunnarsson runs a museum about the writer Gunnar Gunnarsson in his former home. The house was built in 1939 and is one of Iceland’s most valuable…
The Technical Museum of East Iceland was established in 1984. The museum´s main focus is on the era of technical progress in East Iceland, around 1880 to 1950. Technical innovations in areas such as mechanics, electricity, communications, telephony,…
The War Time Museum is an education about the part the British and Americans played in Iceland during World War II. The museum offers a vivid insight into life during the war in Iceland and its effects on the Icelandic people. At The War Time Museum…