Reyk­javík City Mu­seum
Our His­tory

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.

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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 Museum of Photography

Opening I Ólafur K. Magnússon: On the Scene

Welcome to the opening of the exhibition Ólafur K. Magnússon: On the Scene, on Saturday the 12th of September at 15:00 at the Reykjavík Museum of Photography on the top floor of at Tryggvgata 15. The Mayor of Reykjavík, Hildur Björnsdóttir, will open the exhibition. Refreshments.

Opening I Ólafur K. Magnússon: On the Scene
Reykjavík Museum of Photography

Opening I Black/White

Welcome to the opening of the exhibition Black/White at the Reykjavík Museum of Photography 18 September at 16:00-18:00. Free entry and refreshments. Black/White opens at SKOTIÐ in 2026 — the sixth in a year long series of exhibitions by FÓKUS, the Amateur Photography Club. Photographers: • Anna Soffía Óskarsdóttir • Elín Laxdal • Flóki Dagsson • Guðmunda Kristín Guðmundsdóttir • Jóhanna Esjudóttir • Regina Rist • Þóra Halldóra Björgvinsdóttir 📸 Elín Laxdal, Vilnius 2, 2026

Opening I Black/White
The Settlement Exhibition Aðalstræti

Porridge Workshop with Björk Bjarnadóttir *Registration required*

Welcome to a Porridge Workshop at The Settlement Exhibition, Aðalstræti 16. Björk Bjarnadóttir, an environmental folklorist and former competitor in the World Porridge Making Championship (The Golden Spurtle) in Scotland, will lead this workshop in collaboration with the Reykjavík City Museum on Sunday, 20 September at 13:00-15:00. The workshop will be conducted in Icelandic. -- The course fee is 3.100 kr. per person, paid on site, and registration is required. Register here: https://outlook.office.com/book/vidburdir_borgarsogusafn@reykjavik.is/?ismsaljsauthenabled --

Porridge Workshop with Björk Bjarnadóttir *Registration required*
Reykjavík City Museum's Preservation Building, Koparslétta 11, Esjumelar

Open Preservation Building at Koparslétta - Guided Tour in Icelandic *Registration required**

On Sunday, 27 September, at 13:00-14:00, visitors will have the opportunity to join a guided tour of the Reykjavík City Museum’s preservation building at Koparslétta 11, led by the museum’s specialists in Icelandic. Admission is free and everyone is welcome, but registration is required. -- Register here: https://outlook.office.com/book/vidburdir_borgarsogusafn@reykjavik.is/?ismsaljsauthenabled --

Open Preservation Building at Koparslétta - Guided Tour in Icelandic *Registration required**
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Ex­hib­i­tions

©Jón Bjarnason, Street Scene, 2026.
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
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Street scenes I Skotið in Fókus 2026

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

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. Photo: Vigfús Birgisson, 2026
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

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.

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