Reyk­javík City Mu­seum
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Reykjavík Maritime Museum

The theme of this exhibition is the mysterious disappearance of a French naval vessel.

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Árbær Open Air Museum

Growing Pains is an experiential exhibition emphasizing creativity, education, imagination, and playfulness. Visitors get an insight into the world of primary school children in Reykjavík between 1898 and 1974.

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Reykjavík Maritime Museum

Coast Guard Vessel Óðinn - Guided Tour on Board

Welcome aboard the historic Coast Guard Vessel Óðinn for a guided tour. The tours happen daily at 13:00, 14:00, and 15:00 from 1 March to 31 October, focusing on the Cod Wars and the vessel's rescue history.

Coast Guard Vessel Óðinn - Guided Tour on Board
Árbær Open Air Museum

Guided tour at Árbær Open Air Museum

The guide takes guests to all the main houses of the museum and tells their stories. The guided tour is in English and takes just over an hour.

Guided tour at Árbær Open Air Museum
Reykjavík Maritime Museum

Tur me guidë në gjuhën shqipe

Muzeu i Qytetit të Reykjavikut ofron një tur me guidë në gjuhën shqipe, të dielën, më 19 prill, nga ora 14:00–15:00 në Muzeun Detar të Reykjavikut. Turin do ta udhëheqi Ana Shahini, mësuese dhe bibliotekare!

Tur me guidë në gjuhën shqipe
Árbær Open Air Museum

Turf and Stone - Exhibition during Children's Culture Festival

3rd grade students from Ártúnsskóli came to Árbær Open Air Museum this spring and listened to Sigrún Eldjárn, the beloved author and artist, read from her latest book "Torf, grjót og burnirót". After the reading, the children were able to craft their own turf farm in the spirit of the book. The turf farms will be on exhibition in the Líkn building, at the museum's square, on the occasion of the Children's Culture Festival, which takes place from 20-26 April. All are welcome.

Turf and Stone - Exhibition during Children's Culture Festival
Reykjavík Maritime Museum

Time Travel - Exhibition during Children's Culture Festival

Students in the 4th grade at Ísakskóli worked on the project "Time Travel" in collaboration with the museum this winter. The results of the students' work will be displayed in the form of an exhibition in the Maritime Museum's Bryggjusalur, which will run from 21 April to 3 May. All are welcome.

Time Travel - Exhibition during Children's Culture Festival
Árbær Open Air Museum

First Day of Summer at Árbær Open Air Museum

Join us on Thursday, 23 April, as we celebrate the First Day of Summer at the Árbær Open Air Museum with a lively programme for children and families from 13:00–16:00. Free entry – all are welcome!

First Day of Summer at Árbær Open Air Museum
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Ex­hib­i­tions

Myndir ársins 2025
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
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Press Pho­to­graphs of the Year 2025

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

Drawing by Auguste Mayer
Reykjavík Maritime Museum

A View of the North

How could the mys­ter­i­ous dis­ap­pear­ance of a French naval ves­sel cause a turn­ing-­point in the his­tory of the Icelandic na­tion?

Growing Pains
Árbær Open Air Museum

Grow­ing Pains

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

Ancient Roots of Árbær in the museum building Landakot/ÍR House

An­cient Roots of Ár­bær

An ex­hib­i­tion about an ar­chae­olo­gical ex­cav­a­tion tak­ing place at the Ár­bær farm site.

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.

Suðurgata 7 │A Reykjavík home around 1925
Árbær Open Air Museum

Suður­gata 7 │A Reyk­javík home around 1925

Suður­gata 7, built in 1833 in cent­ral Reyk­javík, was en­larged in stages. It has been in its present form since 1883.

Inside the exhibition "Hábær House 1950"
Árbær Open Air Museum

Hábær House 1950

The ex­hib­i­tion Hábær 1950 seeks to shed light on the liv­ing con­di­tions of a poor fam­ily around the year 1950

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.

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