Reyk­javík City Mu­seum
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Opening hours of Reykjavík City Museum and all its five unique places over the Easter Holiday.

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April 24, the First Day of Summer, will be celebrated at Árbær Open Air Museum with a diverse programme for children and their families from 13:00-16:00.

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Reykjavík Museum of Photography

"Press Pho­to­graphs of the Year" is the Journalists' Association of Iceland' s annual exhibition, now on display at the Reykjavík Museum of Photography.

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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
Reykjavík Maritime Museum

Family Game Time on First Day of Summer

In celebration of the Children’s Culture Festival, we’ve transformed the Bryggjusalur Hall into a cosy and creative space for families to enjoy together.

Family Game Time on First Day of Summer
Árbær Open Air Museum

First Day of Summer at Árbær Open Air Museum

April 24, the First Day of Summer, will be celebrated at Árbær Open Air Museum with a diverse programme for children and their families from 13:00-16:00. Entry is free, and everyone is welcome. 12:30 Parade starts at Árbær Church 13:00 The Scout Association Árbúar and the Árbær and Breiðholt School Orchestra march into the museum 13:00-15:00 Summer Hat Workshop at Lækjargata 4 14:00 Folklorist Dagrún Ósk tells us about the history and folklore of the First Day of Summer 13:00-16:00 Refreshments, popcorn and candy floss for sale – Árbær Scout Association 13:00-16:00 Games on the museum grounds – Árbær Scout Association 15:00 "Kvöldvaka" - Árbær Scout Association 13:00-16:00 "Lummur" and woolwork in the old Árbær farm

First Day of Summer at Árbær Open Air Museum
The Settlement Exhibition Aðalstræti

Tuesday Lecture in Icelandic

TRUTH AND NARRATIVE is the title of the second lecture in the Tuesday Threads series, held at The Settlement Exhibition, Aðalstræti, on 29 April at 16:00. Free entry – all are welcome! Please note: The lecture will be in Icelandic.

Tuesday Lecture in Icelandic
Reykjavík Museum of Photography

Opening: Gunnar V. Andrésson│Half a Cen­tury Through the Lens

Reykjavík Museum of Photography invites you to the opening of the exhibition - Gunnar V. Andrésson / Half a Cen­tury Through the Lens - Saturday, May 3rd at 15:00 at Reykjavík Museum of Photography, Tryggvagata 15, top floor.

Opening: Gunnar V. Andrésson│Half a Cen­tury Through the Lens
The Reykjavík Museum of Photography

Exhibition talk - "Half a Century Through the Lens"

Welcome to an exhibition talk in Icelandic. The exhibition „Half a Century Through the Lens“ explores press photographer Gunnar V. Andrésson’s career, that lasted more than fifty years – from 1966 to 2017. Guests will join Gunnar as he talks about the photographes in the exhibition and how they came about.

Exhibition talk - "Half a Century Through the Lens"
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Ex­hib­i­tions

Young Palestinean Girls resting at Austurvöllur. Photo of the Year 2023 by Kjartan Þorbjörnsson (Golli)
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
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Press Pho­to­graphs of the Year 2024

"Press Pho­to­graphs of the Year" is the Journ­al­ists' As­so­ci­ation of Iceland' s an­nual ex­hib­i­tion, which is on dis­play at the Reyk­javík Mu­seum of Pho­to­graphy.

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.

From High Mass to High Jump
Árbær Open Air Museum

From High Mass to High Jump

The story of the build­ing Landakot is told in the ex­hib­i­tion From High Mass to High Jump. The house was built in 1897 as the first cath­olic church in Ice­land since the Re­form­a­tion. In 1930 it be­came a sportshall and re­mained as such un­til 2004 when it was re­lo­cated to the mu­seum.

Aðalstræti
Aðalstræti

The Set­tle­ment Ex­hib­i­tion - Step into the Vik­ing Age

Just be­low ground in the main street in the centre of Reyk­javík called Aðal­stræti, an open ex­cav­a­tion un­cov­ers the city's Vik­ing Age his­tory. A new ad­di­tion to the ex­hib­i­tion was opened in May 2022. This new dis­play is a dir­ect con­tinu­ation of The Set­tle­ment Ex­hib­i­tion, rep­res­ent­ing Reyk­javík's his­tory from set­tle­ment to the present day.

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