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…
Safnasafn is one of Iceland’s most important art museums and the only one collecting folk and outsider art. At present it stores approximately 5000 works. The museum has an extensive exhibition area, a library and research facilities, as well as…
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 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…
From the Vatnsdæla Saga, the story of love and battles put into tapestry, as was done in the Bayeux-tapestry.
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.