Reyk­javík City Mu­seum
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Here you can learn about various things related to Christmas celebrations in Iceland throughout its History.

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Borgarsogusafn.is
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
Ljosmyndun
Reykjavík Museum of Photography

Guided tour in Icelandic led by two students

Welcome to the School of Photography 2024 graduation exhibition. Graduating students Sigríður Hermannsdóttir and Ingunn Rós Haraldsdóttir will guide guests through the exhibition.

Guided tour in Icelandic led by two students
Ljosmyndun
Reykjavík Museum of Photography

Opening: Weathered

You are invited to the opening of the exhibition "Weathered." Join us on Friday, January 17, at 17:00 at the Reykjavík Museum of Photography on the top floor at Tryggvagata 15.

Opening: Weathered
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Ex­hib­i­tions

The School of Photography's Graduation exhibition 2024. Photo: María Ármanns.
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
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The School of Pho­to­graphy's Gradu­ation ex­hib­i­tion 2024

The ex­hib­i­tion fea­tures the gradu­ation works of stu­dents who have com­pleted their dip­loma in Cre­at­ive Pho­to­graphy from the School of Pho­to­graphy in Decem­ber 2024.

Laimonas Dom Baranauskas│Years in Between
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
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Lai­mo­nas Dom Baranaus­kas│Years in Between

"Years in Between" is the title of an ex­hib­i­tion by Lai­mo­nas Dom Baranaus­kas in ex­hib­i­tion space Skotið.

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.

Heimir Freyr Hlöðversson│We are Earth – We are Water
Reykjavík Maritime Museum
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Heimir Freyr Hlöðversson│We are Earth – We are Wa­ter

In the video work, We are Earth – We are Wa­ter, we get an un­usual in­sight into sub­lime forms in nature, a po­etic view of the mi­cro in the mac­ro, which is en­abled by tech­no­lo­gical in­nov­a­tions.

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.

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