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Reykjavík Museum of Photography

Guided Tour of the School of Photography's Graduation Exhibition

Welcome to a guided tour of the School of Photography's 2025 graduation exhibition. Graduating students Lilja Birna and Gunnar Freyr will guide guests through the exhibition this time. Spoken language is Icelandic. This exhibition features the graduation works of students who have completed their diploma in Creative Photography from the School of Photography in December 2025. The works are diverse, showcasing the students' various subjects, artistic visions, and aesthetics. They reflect the growth of contemporary photography and highlight the wide range of possibilities within the medium. Katrín Elvarsdóttir curates the exhibition. The accompanying photo is a piece by Íris Hadda, one of the graduating students. The exhibition runs from 12 December 2025 - 11 January 2026 and admission is free.

Guided Tour of the School of Photography's Graduation Exhibition
Reykjavík Museum of Photography

Guided Tour of the School of Photography's Graduation Exhibition

Welcome to a guided tour of the School of Photography's 2025 graduation exhibition. Graduating students Lilja Birna and Íris Hadda will guide guests through the exhibition this time. Spoken language is Icelandic. This exhibition features the graduation works of students who have completed their diploma in Creative Photography from the School of Photography in December 2025. The works are diverse, showcasing the students' various subjects, artistic visions, and aesthetics. They reflect the growth of contemporary photography and highlight the wide range of possibilities within the medium. Katrín Elvarsdóttir curates the exhibition. The accompanying photo is a piece by Íris Hadda, one of the graduating students. The exhibition runs from 12 December 2025 - 11 January 2026 and admission is free.

Guided Tour of the School of Photography's Graduation Exhibition
Reykjavík Museum of Photography

Guided Tour of the School of Photography's Graduation Exhibition

Welcome to a guided tour of the School of Photography's 2025 graduation exhibition. Graduating students Íris Hadda and Elva will guide guests through the exhibition this time. Spoken language is Icelandic. This exhibition features the graduation works of students who have completed their diploma in Creative Photography from the School of Photography in December 2025. The works are diverse, showcasing the students' various subjects, artistic visions, and aesthetics. They reflect the growth of contemporary photography and highlight the wide range of possibilities within the medium. Katrín Elvarsdóttir curates the exhibition. The accompanying photo is a piece by Íris Hadda, one of the graduating students. The exhibition runs from 12 December 2025 - 11 January 2026 and admission is free.

Guided Tour of the School of Photography's Graduation Exhibition
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Ex­hib­i­tions

The School of Pho­to­graphy's Gradu­ation ex­hib­i­tion 2025
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
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The School of Pho­to­graphy's Gradu­ation ex­hib­i­tion 2025

The ex­hib­i­tion fea­tures the gradu­ation works of stu­dents who have com­pleted their dip­loma in Cre­at­ive Pho­to­graphy from the School of Pho­to­graphy in Decem­ber 2025

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.

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.

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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