Reyk­javík City Mu­seum
Our His­tory

The Imagine Peace Tower on Viðey Island will be lit for the 18th time on Wednesday, October 9 at 8:00 p.m.

Árbær Open Air Museum

Growing Pains is an experiential exhibition emphasizing creativity, education, imagination, and playfulness. Visitors get an insight into the world of primary school children in Reykjavík between 1898 and 1974.

Reykjavík Museum of Photography

Photographer Agnieszka Sosnowska in collaboration with poet Ingunn Snædal has created a visual with the verbal narrative that asks, “What happened here?”

Our locations

Events

Viðburðir
The Settlement Exhibition

Guided tour in English

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.

Guided tour in English
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
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
Borginokkar.is
The Settlement Exhibition

Guided tour in Icelandic for visually impaired children

We welcome blind, and visually impaired children to a special guided tour in Icelandic of The Settlement Exhibition on Thursday, 17 October, at 15:00.

Guided tour in Icelandic for visually impaired children
Myndlist
Reykjavík Museum of Photography

Guided tour in Lithuanian

Welcome to a guided tour in Lithuanian on Sunday, October 20, at 14:00 at the Reykjavík Photography Museum. Jurgita Motiejunaite, an artist and teacher at the Lithuanian Mother Language School, guides visitors through the museum's current exhibition, RASK.

Guided tour in Lithuanian
Borginokkar.is
Árbær Open Air Museum

Ghost orientering game

Come to the museum for our Ghosts Orienteering Game from October 24 to 29, during the autumn school break, from 13:00 to 17:00.

Ghost orientering game

Ex­hib­i­tions