Old Farm Laufás is recorded in history shortly after the settlement of Iceland. These has been a church there since the earliest days of Christianity.
The farm of Grenjaðarstaður dates back to Iceland’s settlement over a thousand years ago. For a long time it was one of the area’s chief farms and became the site of a church, parsonage and a post office. With a floor area of about 775…
The Skagafjörður Heritage Museum was established in 1948, following the departure of the last inhabitants at Glaumbær Farmhouse in 1947.
There are two permanent Exhibitions in the Culture House, the Maritime Exhibition and the Man and Nature – 100 years in Þingeyjarsýslur region. An Art Gallery is located on the top floor and a multipurpose showroom is located on the ground floor.…
The Húsavík Whale Museum is a non-profit organisation, founded in 1997. It’s foremost aim is to provide detailed and interesting information about whales and their habitat. The Whale Museum, along with the University of Iceland’s Research Center…
The museum’s collection comprises thousands of items. The natural history collection contains a large number of Icelandic birds and mammals, the most popular of which is the polar bear. There are exhibits on a number of people from the…
Located at Snartarstaðir farm, two kilometers from the village of Kópasker, this Folk Museum presents a unique collection of local objects showing daily life in the 19th and 20th centuries. There is a wide array of embroidery, woven goods, knitted…
The so called Nonni´s House, which the author and the Jesuit priest Jón Sveinsson, Nonni, lived in during his childhood, has been carefully remodelled into a memorial museum. Nonni’s House, which was built in 1850, is one of the oldest houses…
The Ólafsfjörður Museum of Natural History is primarily a collection of more than 100 species of birds. The Museum possesses most of the bird species to be found in Iceland, as well as a collection of birds’ eggs, a small plant collection, foxes in…
Reynistadur is a farm and a church site, approximately 10 kilometres to the south of the fishing town Sauðárkrókur. Its original name was “Staður on Reynisnes”. Earlier it was a mansion and the seat of the earl Gissur Þorvaldsson in…
The Glaumbær Farmhouse is said to have stood on the hill at Glaumbær since the Age of the Settlements, around 900 AD. The present buildings vary in age; the most recent addition having been built in 1876-79, while the oldest are believed to have…
This collection of sundries is neither a historical museum, agricultural museum, appliance collection, household collection nor key collection, but all of those rolled into one and so much more. Sverrir Hermannsson was born on 30th of March 1928, a…
The Icelandic Aviation Museum is located by the Akureyri airport.
The Exploration Museum is dedicated to the history of human exploration. The stories displayed here are different in periods and places, but there is one thing that unites all of them: the common need of the human being to go always beyond physical…
The Herring Era Museum in Siglufjörður is an awarded maritime and industrial museum, where the “glory days” of Iceland’s herring fisheries and industry are brought back to life in three different buildings. Róaldsbrakki, a 1907 salting…
The Icelandic Horse has remained isolated and purebred since Iceland‘s settlement. There are tales of breeding in old times but for a long period the horse was mostly shaped by natural selection. The breeding horses introduced at this exhibition…
The Industry Museum is a small, homely, relaxing and interesting place where you can see machines, devices and products from the blooming industry in Akureyri, from the early 20th century until today. We also have displays from various private…
The Motorcycle Museum of Iceland exhibits the 100 year old story of motorcycles in Iceland.
The Textile Museum in Blönduós exhibits a unique collection of homemade wool and textile items. It also exhibits beautiful Icelandic national constumes and artistic embroideries along with many of the tools and equipments used to produce them. It is…
The foundation of the Transportation Museum at Ystafell had a long prelude but in the spring of 1995 discussions concerning the construction of facilities, to house the many cars and machines available at Ystafell, became more serious. In December…