Reyk­javík City Mu­seum
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Reykjavík Museum of Photography

22.03.2025

"Press Pho­to­graphs of the Year" is the Journalists' Association of Iceland' s annual exhibition, now on display at the Reykjavík Museum of Photography.

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ÁRBÆR OPEN AIR MUSEUM Maundy Thursday 28. March – 13:00-17:00 Good Friday 29. March - CLOSED 30. March – 13:00-17:00 31. March Easter Sunday – CLOSED 1. April– 13:00-17:00 AÐALSTRÆTI Maundy Thursday 28. March – 10:00-17:00 Good Friday 29. March - 10:00-17:00 30. March – 13:00-17:00 - 10:00-17:00 31. March Easter Sunday – 10:00-17:00 1. April– 10:00-17:00 REYKJAVÍK MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY 28. March – 1. April - CLOSED REYKJAVÍK MARITIME MUSEUM Maundy Thursday 28. March – 10:00-17:00 Good Friday 29. March - CLOSED 30. March – 10:00-17:00 31. March Easter Sunday – CLOSED 1. April– 13:00-17:00

Reykjavík Maritime Museum

07.02.2025

The film "The Látrabjarg Rescue" by Óskar Gíslason from 1949, will be screened at the Maritime Museum until 8 April 2025.

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Events

02.04.2025
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
06.04.2025
Reykjavík Museum of Photography

Collage workshop for children with Telma Har

We welcome children and their families to a collage workshop with Telma Har on Sunday, April 6. Participation is free.

Collage workshop for children with Telma Har
09.04.2025
Reykjavík Maritime Museum

High Tide and Low Tide - art exhibition by fourth-year students at Ísaksskóli

High Tide and Low Tide is the title of an art exhibition by fourth-year students at Ísaksskóli Elementary School, which will open at the Reykjavík Maritime Museum at 12:00 on 9 April and run until 13 April. Admission to the exhibition is free of charge.

High Tide and Low Tide - art exhibition by fourth-year students at Ísaksskóli
12.04.2025
Reykjavík Museum of Photography

Are your learning Icelandic - guided tour

Are you learning Icelandic? The Reykjavík City Museum offers a guided tour of the Photography Museum for people learning Icelandic. The tour will take place on Saturday, 12 April, from 14:00 to 15:00. Katleen Abbeel will provide the tour in easy-to-understand Icelandic.

Are your learning Icelandic - guided tour
10.05.2025
Árbær Open Air Museum

Are you learning Icelandic? - guided tour

Are you learning Icelandic? Reykjavík City Museum offers a guided tour at Árbær Open Air Museum for people learning Icelandic. The tour will take place on Saturday, 10 May, from 15:00 to 16:00. Katleen Abbeel will provide the tour in easy-to-understand Icelandic.

Are you learning Icelandic? - guided tour
03.06.2025
Árbær Open Air Museum

The Puppet Car returns!

After a four-year break, The Puppet Car is back and will premiere the play "Playing with Colours" at Árbær Open Air Museum on Tuesday, 3 June, at 14:00.

The Puppet Car returns!
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Ex­hib­i­tions

Young Palestinean Girls resting at Austurvöllur. Photo of the Year 2023 by Kjartan Þorbjörnsson (Golli)
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
22. March 2025-27. April 2025

Press Pho­to­graphs of the Year 2024

"Press Pho­to­graphs of the Year" is the Journ­al­ists' As­so­ci­ation of Iceland' s an­nual ex­hib­i­tion, which is on dis­play at the Reyk­javík Mu­seum of Pho­to­graphy.

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

The Látrabjarg Rescue by Óskar Gíslason
Reykjavík Maritime Museum
07. February 2025-08. April 2025

The Látrab­jarg Res­cue - Film Screen­ing

On Mu­seum Night, 7 Feb­ru­ary, the Reyk­javík Mari­time Mu­seum began screen­ings of the film "The Látrab­jarg Res­cue" by Ós­kar Gíslason, which was re­leased in 1949. The film will be on dis­play un­til 8 April 2025.

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.

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