Reyk­javík City Mu­seum
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Reykjavík Museum of Photography

03.05.2025

The exhibition "Half a Century Through the Lens" explores press photographer Gunnar V. Andrésson’s career, that lasted more than fifty years – from 1966 to 2018.

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In the Building Preservation Centre you can get advice on how to proceed before construction begins.

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Events

18.05.2025
The Settlement Exhibition Aðalstræti

Family fun on Museum Day - Free admission!

We especially welcome children and their families to explore the Settlement Exhibition in Aðalstræti this Museum Day – come join the fun!

Family fun on Museum Day - Free admission!
18.05.2025
Reykjavík Maritime Museum

Family fun on Museum Day - Free admission!

We welcome visitors to the Reykjavík Maritime Museum on Museum Day. Free admission!

Family fun on Museum Day - Free admission!
18.05.2025
Árbær Open Air Museum

Family fun on Museum Day - free admission!

We especially welcome children and their families to explore the Árbær Open Air Museum on this Museum Day – come join the fun!

Family fun on Museum Day - free admission!
18.05.2025
Reykjavík Museum of Photography

Fjölskyldufjör - Free admission!

Welcome to the Reykjavík Museum of Photography on Museum Day! Admission is free to celebrate the Museum Day!

Fjölskyldufjör - Free admission!
18.05.2025
Reykjavík Maritime Museum

Guided tour in Japanese / 日本語によるガイドツアー

Reykjavík City Museum offers a guided tour in Japanese on Sunday, 18 May, at 14:00 at the Reykjavík Maritime Museum. Kuna Yoon will lead the tour.

Guided tour in Japanese / 日本語によるガイドツアー
18.05.2025
Árbær Open Air Museum

Guided Tour in Serbian/ Obilazak sa vodičem na srpskom jeziku

The Reykjavík City Museum invites you to a guided tour in Serbian on Sunday, 18 May, at 15:00 at the Árbær Open Air Museum. The tour will be led by Mladen Živanović, a teacher at the Serbian school.

Guided Tour in Serbian/ Obilazak sa vodičem na srpskom jeziku
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Ex­hib­i­tions

Steingrímur Hermannsson, prime minister with drag queens on election night, 20 April 1991
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
03. May 2025-07. December 2025

Gun­nar V. An­drés­son Press Pho­to­grapher │Half a Cen­tury Through the Lens

The ex­hib­i­tion "Half a Cen­tury Through the Lens" ex­plores press pho­to­grapher Gun­nar V. An­drés­son’s ca­reer, that las­ted more than fifty years – from 1966 to 2018.

Telma Har│Glam Pics
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
07. February 2025-15. June 2025

Telma Har│Glam Pics

The ex­hib­i­tion "Glam Pics" is the title of an ex­hib­i­tion by artist Telma Har­aldsdót­tir in ex­hib­i­tion space Skotið. It con­sists of col­our­ful and semi-sur­real pho­tos that the artist has put to­gether in many ways.

Growing Pains
Árbær Open Air Museum
25. April 2024

Grow­ing Pains

The ex­per­i­mental ex­hib­i­tion "Grow­ing Pains" gives you an in­sight into the world of primary school chil­dren in Reyk­javík between 1898 and 1974.

Fish & folk – 150 years of fisheries
Reykjavík Maritime Museum
08. June 2018

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
18. September 2015

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
18. September 2015

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
05. June 2014

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
02. July 2009

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
17. June 2008

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.

From High Mass to High Jump
Árbær Open Air Museum
17. June 2008

From High Mass to High Jump

The story of the build­ing Landakot is told in the ex­hib­i­tion From High Mass to High Jump. The house was built in 1897 as the first cath­olic church in Ice­land since the Re­form­a­tion. In 1930 it be­came a sportshall and re­mained as such un­til 2004 when it was re­lo­cated to the mu­seum.

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