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Fræðsla
Árbær open museum

Guided tour at Árbær Open Air Museum

The guide takes guests to all the main houses of the museum and tells their story.

Guided tour at Árbær Open Air Museum
Viðburðir
Reykjavík Maritime Museum

The Coast Guard Vessel Óðinn - guided tour on board

We offer daily guided tours on board the Coast Guard vessel Óðinn from March to November, focusing on the Cod Wars and the vessel's rescue history. Welcome on board!

The Coast Guard Vessel Óðinn - guided tour on board
Hönnun
Árbær Open Air Museum

Symposium on Exhibition Design

The Reykjavík City Museum is hosting a symposium on exhibition design on Wednesday, 22 May, from 15:00 to 17:00 at Árbær Open Air Museum. Participation is free, but registration is necessary. The symposium, conducted in Icelandic, promises to be a rich learning experience.

Symposium on Exhibition Design
Opnun
Reykjavík Museum of Photography

OPENING: Hlynur Pálma­son│Lament for a Horse

Lament for a Horse is the title of Hlynur Pálmason's exhibition, which will be opened in the Reykjavík Museum of Photography on Saturday, 25 May, at 15:00. Light refreshments will be served. Admission is free, and everyone is welcome.

OPENING: Hlynur Pálma­son│Lament for a Horse
Myndlist
Reykjavík Museum of Photography

Artist Talk in Icelandic: Hlynur Pálma­son│Lament for a Horse

Hlynur Pálmason cordially invites you to an Artist Talk in Icelandic about his "Lament for a Horse" on Sunday, 26 May, at 14:00. Remember, admission is free, making it a perfect opportunity for everyone to join.

Artist Talk in Icelandic: Hlynur Pálma­son│Lament for a Horse
Saga
The Settlement Exhibition

The Settlement Exhibition Aðalstræti - Guided tour

Reyk­javík’s his­tory in a nut­shell. At Aðalstræti 10 and 16 in Reykjavík’s city centre, you can explore how the city developed from Iceland’s settlement period to the present day. Stretching underground from Aðalstræti 16 – which houses the archaeological remains of a 10th-century Viking longhouse – to the central Kvosin area’s oldest remaining building at Aðalstræti 10, this historical exhibition traces Reykjavík’s development from a farm to a city.

The Settlement Exhibition Aðalstræti - Guided tour
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Ex­hib­i­tions

Celebrating the New Republic 1944. Photo: Sigurhans Vignir
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
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Cel­eb­rat­ing the New Re­pub­lic 1944

Cur­rently on view in Skotið ex­hib­i­tion space - an ex­hib­i­tion on the oc­ca­sion that this year marks 80 years since Icelanders foun­ded a re­pub­lic and se­ceded from the union with Den­mark.

Press Pho­to­graphs of the Year 2023
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
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Press Pho­to­graphs of the Year 2023

"Press Pho­to­graphs of the Year" is the Journ­al­ists' As­so­ci­ation of Iceland' s an­nual ex­hib­i­tion, which is on dis­play at the Reyk­javík Mu­seum of Pho­to­graphy. The ex­hib­i­tion fea­tures pho­tos from the past year that have been se­lec­ted by an in­de­pend­ent jury from 800 pho­tos sub­mit­ted by Icelandic press pho­to­graph­ers.

Growing Pains
Árbær Open Air Museum

Grow­ing Pains

The ex­hib­i­tion "Grow­ing Pains" opens with a bang on the first day of sum­mer on April 25 at 14:00.

Heimir Freyr Hlöðversson│We are Earth – We are Water
Reykjavík Maritime Museum
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Heimir Freyr Hlöðversson│We are Earth – We are Wa­ter

In the video work, We are Earth – We are Wa­ter, we get an un­usual in­sight into sub­lime forms in nature, a po­etic view of the mi­cro in the mac­ro, which is en­abled by tech­no­lo­gical in­nov­a­tions.

Fish & folk – 150 years of fisheries
Reykjavík Maritime Museum

Fish & folk – 150 years of fish­er­ies

The ex­hib­i­tion Fish & folk – 150 years of fish­er­ies at the Reyk­javík Mari­time Mu­seum is about the his­tory of the Icelandic fish­er­ies, from the time when row­ing boats gave way to large fish­ing ves­sels in the late 19th cen­tury, through to the 21st cen­tury.

Milestones by Richard Serra, 1991.
Viðey Island

Mile­stone­s│Richard Serra

For the Reyk­javík Arts Fest­ival of 1990, a work of art by US sculp­tor Richard Serra was crea­ted on West is­land.

The Imagine Peace Tower
Viðey Island

The Ima­gine Peace Tower

Work of art concei­ved by the leg­end­ary art­ist, mu­si­cian and peace ad­voc­ate Yoko Ono as a beacon for world peace.

Consumption – Reykjavík in the 20th century
Árbær Open Air Museum

Con­sump­tion – Reyk­javík in the 20th cen­tury

The ex­hib­i­tion aims to show the huge and rapid changes that took place in con­sump­tion pat­terns in Reyk­javík dur­ing the 20th cen­tury – to ex­plore the factors that af­fected con­sump­tion, and how tech­nical ad­vances, gov­ern­ment ac­tions, wars, and events in Ice­land and abroad in­flu­enced the daily life of the people of Reyk­javík.

The Wheel Age
Árbær Open Air Museum

The Age of Carts

Even though the wheel is a an­cient in­ven­tion it ar­rived late to Iceland. Trans­port over long dis­tances were in prin­ciple the same from the time of set­tle­ment to the 19th cen­tury, namely on horses

Toy Exhibition: Come and play!
Árbær Open Air Museum

Come and play!

The ex­hib­i­tion fo­cuses on chil­dren's cul­ture, toys and games in the last cen­tury. It is housed in a former church and sports hall called Landakot. The ex­hib­i­tion is in­ter­act­ive and it suits chil­dren in all age groups. Open at the same time as the mu­seum.

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