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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
Ljosmyndun
Maritime museum

Are you normal? Photo exhibition

<p data-block-key="vdhps">Are You Normal? is an exhibition that will be opened in the Pier Hall of the Reykjavík Maritime Museum on 24 April to celebrate the Children&#x27;s Culture Festival. Are you normal? is a project where teenagers reflect on what it is to be normal. The project is about stereotypes and how constricting they can be. The teenagers learn to recognize stereotypes and the importance of challenging them. Aren&#x27;t fat people sexy? Are gays always feminine? Should we feel sorry for people with disabilities? Can older people make out? Are mental illnesses terrible? The exhibition celebrates diversity and inclusivity. It is open from 10 to 17 every day until 7 May. Entry is free, and everyone is welcome!</p>

Are you normal? Photo exhibition
Fjölskylduskemmtun
Árbær Open Air Museum

What is your dream school like? - Workshop for 1-7 grade children

"What is your dream school like? Do you have any ideas about what elementary schools might be like in the future? What is your best way to learn and play? What kind of furniture would you choose if it was up to you?" Participation is free of charge, and all children in 1-7 classes in elementary school are welcome. The workshop takes place in the museum house called Lækjargata. My Dream School is a unique paper-cutting workshop run by ÞYKJÓ and the museum's education team. This engaging workshop is a key part of the opening programme for the exhibition Growing Pains, which debuts on the first day of summer, coinciding with the Children's Culture Festival and DesignMarch. Growing Pains, an interactive exhibition crafted by ÞYKJÓ design team for Árbær Open Air Museum, offers visitors a hands-on experience. It provides a fascinating glimpse into the world of primary school children in Reykjavík, featuring precious artefacts, photographs, and captivating stories from the past. ÞYKJÓ is a multidisciplinary team of designers who work for children and their families in experience design, installations, and product design. Their design aims to stimulate children's imagination and creativity in collaboration with educational and cultural institutions. The Workshop received a grant from the Children’s Culture Festival.

What is your dream school like? - Workshop for 1-7 grade children
Fjölskylduskemmtun
Árbær Open Air Museum

First Day of Summer Celebration at Árbær Open Air Museum

April 25, the first day of summer, will be celebrated at Árbæjarsafn with a diverse programme for children and their families from 13:00 to 16:00. Entry is free, and everyone is welcome.

First Day of Summer Celebration at Árbær Open Air Museum
Fræðsla
Árbær Open Air Museum

Opening of the exhibition Growing Pains

Árbær Open Air Museum invites you to the opening of the exhibition Growing Pains on Thursday, 25 April, at 14:00 in Árbær Open Air Museum.

Opening of the exhibition Growing Pains
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Ex­hib­i­tions

Daníel Perez Eðvarðsson│The Man who Slept like a Flamenco Dancer (en)
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
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Daníel Perez Eðvarðs­son│The Man who Slept like a Fla­menco Dan­cer

"The Man who Slept like a Fla­menco Dan­cer" is the title of an ex­hib­i­tion by Daníel Perez Eðvarðs­son in ex­hib­i­tion space Skotið.

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.

From High Mass to High Jump
Árbær Open Air Museum

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.

Aðalstræti
Aðalstræti

Aðal­stræti (en)

At Aðal­stræti 10 and 16 is the ex­hib­i­tion Aðal­stræti, which spans the period from the set­tle­ment of Ice­land in the ninth cen­tury un­til the present day. In past cen­tur­ies Aðal­stræti (Main Street) was Reyk­javík‘s prin­cipal street, known as Hov­edgaden in the days of Dan­ish rule.

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