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Árbær Open Air Museum Summer Schedule 2023

Árbær Open Air Museum welcomes visitors daily between 10:00 and 17:00. Our diligent summer workers have arrived and carefully prepared the museum buildings and grounds.

Slow Living Weekends at Árbær Open Air Museum!

Árbær Open Air Museum welcomes visitors daily between 10:00 and 17:00. Our diligent summer workers have arrived and carefully prepared the museum buildings and grounds.

This summer, our weekend programme takes on an exciting new format. Introducing Slow Living Weekends - a delightful experience that celebrates the art of handicrafts within our charming houses. Join us and feel good at a museum! Árbær Open Air Museum is one of the city's finest destinations to enjoy peaceful moments with your family.

While our core events, such as the annual National Festival, Midsummer Walk, the Accordion Festival, Chess tournament in collaboration with the Árbær Open Air Museum and Reykjavik Chess Association, and the Come and Play! event during the August bank holiday remains a permanent fixture, and we are happy to introduce additional experiences this season.

During Slow Living Weekends, you will have the unique opportunity to learn about various crafts. Our staff, dressed in traditional attire inspired by bygone eras, will engage in various household and rural tasks. Witness the art of gardening, washing, spinning wool and knitting, churning butter, frying flatkökur and lummur, roasting coffee beans, and even the fine crafts of forging and printing.

Younger visitors will find joy in exploring our collection of box cars and other outdoor toys, ensuring endless entertainment for them. In our pasture, you'll encounter sheep, goats, and horses grazing peacefully. Keep an eye out for our resident hens as they roam freely around the museum grounds near our beloved Dillons Café, which remains open daily from 11 to 17.

 

Árbær Open Air Museum Summer Schedule 2023

June

Sunday, 11 June at 13-16                                "Karólína Weaver - Family workshop"
Saturday, 17 June at, 13-16                             National Day Celebrations
The weekend 17-18 June at 13-16                  Slow Living Weekend – Feel good in a museum.
Saturday, 24 June at 22:30-00:00                    Midsummer night walk
The weekend of 24-25 June at 13-16              Slow Living Weekend – Feel good in a museum.

July
The weekend 1-2 July, at 13-16                       Slow Living Weekend – Feel good in a museum.
The weekend of 8-9 July, at 13-16                   Slow Living Weekend – Feel good in a museum.
Sunday, 16 July, at 13-16                                 Harmonica festival and hay festivals
Tuesday 18 July                                               The Icelandic Sheepdog Day
The weekend of 22-23 July Slow                      Living Weekend – Feel good in a museum.
The weekend of 29-30 July                              Slow Living Weekend – Feel good in a museum.

August
Sunday and Monday, 6-7 August at 13-16       Come and play!
The weekend of 12-13 August at 13-16           Slow Living Weekend – Feel good in a museum.
Sunday 13 August at 13 and 15                       Calm Tones at Slow Living Weekends at Árbær Open Air Museum
The weekend 19-20 August at 13-16               Slow Living Weekend – Feel good in a museum.
Sunday 20 August at 13 and 15                       Calm Tones at Slow Living Weekends at Árbær Open Air Museum
Sunday, 27 August, at 14                                 Chess tournament of Árbær Open Air Museum and the Reykjavík Chess Association.