Reyk­javík City Mu­seum
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Reykjavík Museum of Photography

A unique insight into the vanishing world of ice sheets where the "sleeping giants" are formed and disappear just as quickly.

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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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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
Reykjavík Maritime Museum

Are you learning Icelandic?

The Reykjavík City Museum offers a guided tour of the Maritime Museum for people who are learning Icelandic. The tour will take place on Saturday, 14 March, from 14:00–15:00. Katleen Abbeel will give the tour in easy-to-understand Icelandic. The tour will cover the exhibition Fish & folk – 150 years of fisheries. The exhibition is about fishing in Iceland and is educational and enjoyable for people of all ages. Katleen Abbeel speaks Icelandic as a second language. She is a guide, translator, and Icelandic teacher. The museum is a great place to practice Icelandic. The guided tour is free of charge and intended for people who are learning Icelandic, both beginners and those who know more.

Are you learning Icelandic?
Reykjavík Maritime Museum

Oprowadzanie po polsku

Muzeum miejskie zaprasza na rodzinne oprowadzanie w niedzielę 22 marca w godzinach 14:00-15:00 w Muzeum Morskim (Sjóminjasafn) w Reykjaviku. Przewodnikiem będzie Marta Wieczorek, wicedyrektor Szkoły Polskiej w Reykjaviku im. J. Korczaka i Reykjaviczanka roku 2024. Zwiedzanie koncentruje się na wystawie „Ryby i ludzie – 150 lat rybołówstwa” i ma charakter zarówno edukacyjny, jak i rozrywkowy i jest skierowane do wszystkich grup wiekowych. Oprowadzanie jest bezpłatne, zapraszamy serdecznie wszystkie osoby polskojęzyczne.

Oprowadzanie po polsku
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Ex­hib­i­tions

Horse and a Mountain. Photo: Þorkell Sigvaldason
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
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Land­scape I Skotið in Fókus 2026

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

Kristján Maack│Sleeping Giants
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
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Kristján Maack­│Sleep­ing Gi­ants

The ex­hib­i­tion "Sleep­ing Gi­ants" presents pho­to­grapher Kristján Maack's per­sonal per­spect­ive on global warm­ing and other cli­mate changes in the world.

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

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