Reyk­javík City Mu­seum
Our His­tory

Reykjavík City Museum offers a varied programme for children and their families during the winter break of Reykjavík's primary schools from 22-25 February. Admission is free for children and their accompanying adults.

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Reykjavík Maritime Museum

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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The exhibition opens 17. January

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Events

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
The Settlement Exhibition

Follow in the footsteps of Baktus the City Cat!

Baktus, the city cat, visits The Settlement Exhibition almost daily. During the winter school break, we invite children to follow Baktus's footsteps through the exhibition and see what he finds most interesting! Admission is free for children and their accompanying adults.

Follow in the footsteps of Baktus the City Cat!
Reykjavík Maritime Museum

Family Game during Winter School Break

The Reykjavík Maritime Museum welcomes children and their families during the Winter School Break from 22 to 25 February.

Family Game during Winter School Break
Reykjavík Museum of Photography

Our animals 100 years from now

Reykjavík Museum of Photography offers a fun drawing workshop for children about the animals in our lives during the winter school break. The museum has countless pictures that show children and animals in the old days, but what will our relationship with animals look like 100 years from now?

Our animals 100 years from now
Árbær Open Air Museum

Growing Pains - Can you find these old objects in the school exhibition?

During the winter school break, we invite children to a fun treasure hunt inside the exhibition Growing Pains. Admission is free for children and adults accompanying them.

Growing Pains - Can you find these old objects in the school exhibition?
The Settlement Exhibition

Guided tour in Icelandic Sign Language

On the occasion of the Harvest and Cultural Festival for People with Disabilities and Disability Studies, the Reykjavík City Museum will host a guided tour in Icelandic Sign Language.

Guided tour in Icelandic Sign Language
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Ex­hib­i­tions

Telma Har│Glam Pics
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
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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
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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.

FÍSL – The Icelandic Contemporary Photography Association
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
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Weathered │ FÍSL – The Icelandic Con­tem­por­ary Pho­to­graphy As­so­ci­ation

Weathered: a group ex­hib­i­tions with works by mem­bers of FÍSL are presen­ted in the Reyk­javík Mu­seum of Pho­to­graphy and is part of the Icelandic Pho­to­graphy Fest­ival 2025.

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.

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.

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