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The Settlement Exhibition

The Settlement Exhibition Aðalstræti - Guided tour

Reyk­javík’s his­tory in a nut­shell. 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. Stretching underground from Aðalstræti 16 – which houses the archaeological remains of a 10th-century Viking longhouse – to the central Kvosin area’s oldest remaining building at Aðalstræti 10, this historical exhibition traces Reykjavík’s development from a farm to a city.

The Settlement Exhibition Aðalstræti - Guided tour
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
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
Annað
Viðey Island

Chess Tournament - Reykjavík Chess Club

Prepare to experience a unique chess tournament, set in the historic Viðey house on Sunday, 7 July, at 13:00. This event, organized by the Reykjavík Chess Club and hosted by Elding Ferry Company and Reykjavík City Museum, promises a memorable chess experience in a one-of-a-kind location.

Chess Tournament - Reykjavík Chess Club
Fræðsla
Árbær Open Air Museum

The Antique Automobile Day

The annual Antique Automobile Day will take place on Sunday, 7 July, at the Árbær Open Air Museum.

The Antique Automobile Day
Fjölskylduskemmtun
Árbær Open Air Museum

The Reykjavík Accordion Festival

The annual Reykjavík Accordion Festival will be held at the Árbær Open Air Museum on Sunday, 14 July, from 13:00-16:00.

The Reykjavík Accordion Festival
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Ex­hib­i­tions

Kári Meyer│Egonomic Growth
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
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Kári Mey­er­│E­go­nomic Growth

"E­go­nomic Growth" is the title of an ex­hib­i­tion by Kári Meyer in ex­hib­i­tion space Skotið.

Celebrating the New Republic 1944. Photo: Sigurhans Vignir
Árbær Open Air Museum

Cel­eb­rat­ing the New Re­pub­lic 1944

Cur­rently on view in the mu­seum build­ing "Læk­jar­gata 4-6" - an ex­hib­i­tion on the oc­ca­sion that this year marks 80 years since Icelanders foun­ded a re­pub­lic and se­ceded from the union with Den­mark.

Hlynur Pálma­son│Lament for a horse
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
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Hlynur Pálma­son│Lament for a horse

The photo series "La­ment for a horse" by artist and film­maker Hlynur Pál­ma­son, sheds visual and graphic light on the de­cay­ing pro­cess of a horse in Iceland's nature.

Growing Pains
Árbær Open Air Museum

Grow­ing Pains

The ex­hib­i­tion "Grow­ing Pains" opens with a bang on the first day of sum­mer on April 25 at 14:00.

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

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