Reyk­javík City Mu­seum
Our His­tory

Here you can find the programme of Reykjavík Culture Night at the Reykjavík City Museum

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Here you'll find the Summer Programme at Árbær Open Air Museum 2026.

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At Aðalstræti 10 and 16 in Reykjavík’s city centre, you can explore how the city developed from Iceland’s settlement period to the present day.

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Events

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

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

Dairy and Textiles in Days Gone By

Dairy and textiles in days gone by is the theme for Sunday, 30 August. On this day, the staff at Árbær Open Air Museum will be performing various traditional tasks revolving around wool and dairy the old-fashioned way, which is fascinating to observe. For many, these old tasks carry a romantic charm, but feeding and clothing people required many hands-on efforts on the farm.

Dairy and Textiles in Days Gone By
Árbær Open Air Museum

Chess Tournament at Árbær Open Air Museum

The Árbær Open Air Museum and Reykjavik Chess Association hold a grand chess tournament on Sunday, 30 August, starting at 14:00.

Chess Tournament at Árbær Open Air Museum
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Ex­hib­i­tions

©Jón Bjarnason, Street Scene, 2026.
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
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Street scenes I Skotið in Fókus 2026

"Street scenes" is the title of the fifth ex­hib­i­tion by mem­bers of FÓKUS, the Am­a­teur Pho­to­graphy Club, which will take over the ex­hib­i­tion space SKOTIÐ at the Reyk­javík Mu­seum of Pho­to­graphy.

Þórdís Erla Ágústs­dóttir │Heartstrings: intimacy in the everyday
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
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Þórdís Erla Ágústs­dóttir │Heartstrings: in­tim­acy in the every­day

In her pho­to­graphs, Þórdís Erla seeks to cap­ture the in­tan­gible as­pects of people’s every­day lives within their homes and in other places that are im­port­ant to them.

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. Photo: Vigfús Birgisson, 2026
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

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