Exhibitions
Toy Exhibition: 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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Kerruöldin
Þó hjólið sé aldagömul uppfinning, barst það seint til Íslands. Flutningar um langan veg voru þeir sömu frá landnámstíð og fram á 19. öld, nefnilega klyfberar.
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Litla bílaverkstæðið
Verkstæðið er samstarfsverkefni Árbæjarsafns og Bíliðnafélagsins / Félags blikksmiða
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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.
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The story of a church that became a sportshall
The story of Landakot is told in a new exhibition. The house was built in 1897 as the first catholic church since reformation. In 1930 it became a sportshall and remained as such until recently when it was relocated to the musuem.
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History of Photography
On the first floor of Líkn house is the exhibition "History of Photography". It features the history of photography both from an international and Icelandic perspective covering its main factors and events. Also on the first floor, one can find a photographic studio with costumes and props.
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Karólína, the Weaver
Karólína Guðmundsdóttir (1897-1981) learned weaving in Copenhagen, and for several decades she ran a weaving atelier on Ásvallagata in Reykjavík.
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Hughrif (Impression) art exhibition
HUGHRIF (Impression) is the title of an art exhibition that will be opened on 4 November at 15:30 in Líkn at Árbær Open Air Museum. Participants in Hlutverkasetur's art workshop visited the museum last spring to get inspiration, and the works in the exhibition are the result of that visit. The works are made of paper and painted on stones.
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The Age of Nói: Nói Síríus‘ anniversary exhibition
The exhibition The Age of Nói: Nói Síríus‘ anniversary exhibition tells the tale of one of Reykjavik's oldest candy manufacturer.
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100 years of nursing
This fascinating new exhibition covers the history of the nursing profession in Iceland and how it has dealt with gender issues and developments in science and technology. The story begins in Reykjavík at the start of the twentieth century and ends in the present day, but it also considers what the future holds: How will the nursing profession change? What can we learn from history? Why are males still significantly underrepresented in the profession?
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HEIMAt – Two Worlds
The exhibition HEIMAt – Two Worlds marks the 70th anniversary of the arrival in 1949 of a large group of Germans who travelled to Iceland aboard the Esja and other vessels that followed.
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Between the lines - How stay-at-home women earned a living 1900-1970
Sýningin Hjáverkin fjallar um hvernig konur hafa aflað tekna í hjáverkum samhliða skyldustörfum til að sjá sér og sínum farborða.
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Íslenski kvenbúningurinn
Á sýningunni má sjá faldbúning, skautbúning, kyrtil, peysuföt og 19.- og 20. aldar upphluti.
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Memories of a House
The collection had virtually been unchanged since about 1920. In 1999 the City decided to by the house and all the furniture. This collection gives an insight into the life of citizens living in Reykjavik in the first half of the 20th Century.
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Kvosin – vagga leiklistar
Leikminjasafn Íslands opnaði nýja sýningu í húsinu Líkn í Árbæjarsafni á afmælisdegi Sigurðar málara (og Leikminjasafnsins) sunnudaginn 9. mars 2014. Sýningin er hluti af samstarfsverkefni Leikminjasafns Íslands og Borgarsögusafns Reykjavíkur, sem hófst með sýningunni Jól í leikhúsinu í tengslum við jólahald Árbæjarsafns á aðventunni 2013.
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Living and playing
The carpenter Helgi Jonsson built the house by Thingholtsstraeti 9 in 1846 and lived there with his family.
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Futuristic Visions and the Rise of the Old
To many people, the old centre of Reykjavík has a unique character, with its eclectic mixture of small-scale old wooden buildings and big modernist and postmodernist architecture.
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History of Reykjavik - from farm to city
This exhibition on the history of Reykjavik was opened in the year 2000.
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Talkin’ ‘bout Our Generation
This exhibition, which focuses on the daily lives of young people studying in high school, is based upon interviews with people aged 18 to 22.
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Reykjavík during WWII
On 10 May 1940, Iceland was occupied by British troops. A little over a year later, the British presence was replaced by the US military. The wartime occupation had a huge impact on Icelandic society, not least in Reykjavík.
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Don’t Touch the Ground’
‘Ekki Snerta Jörðina’ or ‘Don’t Touch the Ground’ is a interactive exhibition dedicated to children’s games in 2012. The research for the exhibition aimed to collectsmodern objects and to document contemporary life for future exhibitions.
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The Common raven in Icelandic Society
In the summer 2012 there was a exhibition about the raven in Icelandic Soceity. The exhibition was the graduation project of Gerður Guðmundsdóttir from the University of Iceland.
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Wool processing exhibition
This exhibition focuses on wool processing as it was carried out in Iceland for centuries. On display are cards for carding wool, spinning wheel and a loom.
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Pants, vest and shoes
Exhibition about home made clothes. This exhibition was for the summer 2011 only.
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Þing og Þjóðfundur
Þegar hið endurreista Alþingi Íslendinga tók til starfa sumarið 1845 var aðeins eitt hús í bænum sem gat rúmað starfsemi þess, en það var hið mikla hús Lærða skólans sem þá var í smíðum við Lækinn. Þar fór þinghaldið fram annað hvert sumar, allt til ársins 1879, alls 18 þing, eitt þeirra var Þjóðfundurinn sem haldinn var 1851. Jón Sigurðsson sat öll þingin nema fjögur.
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Íslenski faldbúningurinn – fyrr og nú
Árið 2000 kom saman konur úr Heimilisiðnaðarfélaginu sem sérstakan áhuga höfðu á faldbúningum og stofnuðu hópinn Faldafeyki. Frá þeim tíma hafa þær unnið markvisst að því að safna upplýsingum um faldbúninginn; gerð hans og það fjölbreytta handverk sem einkennir hann.
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Diskó & Pönk – ólíkir straumar?
Sýningunni Diskó & Pönk – ólíkir straumar? var ætlað að varpa ljósi á menningu ungs fólks í Reykjavík og nágrenni á árunum 1975 – 1985.
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