Varðskipið Óðinn er hluti af Sjóminjasafninu og um leið ein helsta sýning safnsins. Skipið kom til safnsins árið 2008 og er varðveitt í því ástandi sem það kom. Boðið er upp á leiðsagnir á hverjum degi fyrir utan köldustu vetrarmánuðina auk þess sem skipið er opið gestum á hátíðisdögum sem er þá sérstaklega auglýst. 

Í leiðsögn er gengið um skipið, sagt frá sögu þess, lífinu um borð og því hlutverki sem að það gegndi hjá Landhelgisgæslu Íslands. Hver leiðsögn tekur tæplega klukkustund.

Til þess að tryggja öryggi um borð skal hafa í huga:

Lágt getur verið til lofts og hvassar brúnir og horn sem hægt er að reka sig í. Stigar eru brattir. Skipið hentar ekki fólki sem fær innilokunarkennd eða hefur skerta hreyfigetu. Börn yngri en 12 ára skulu ætíð vera í fylgd með fullorðnum.

Börn eru á ábyrgð forráðamanna.

The Coast Guard Vessel Óðinn is a part of the Reykjavík Maritime Museum. It is, as such, one of the Maritime Museum's primary exhibitions. It is preserved in the condition in which it arrived at the museum in 2008.

We offer daily guided tours on board the vessel except during the coldest winter months. It is also open to the public on national holidays, which we announce especially.

A guided tour includes walking around the vessel and hearing about the history on board and its role under the Icelandic Coast Guard. Each guided tour takes a little less than an hour.

To ensure safety on board, you should keep the following in mind:

The ceiling can be low, and please beware of sharp edges. The stairs are steep. The ship is not suited for people with claustrophobia or with reduced mobility.

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

Verið velkomin í leiðsögn um borð í hinu sögufræga Varðskipi Óðni. Leiðsagnirnar fara fram á hverjum degi kl. 13, 14 og 15 frá 1. mars til 31. október. Í leiðsögninni eru þorskastríðin og björgunarsaga skipsins eru í brennidepli.

Varðskipið Óðinn - Leiðsögn um borð

Fræðsla

Leiðsögn

Sýning

Árbæjarsafn er útisafn sem var stofnað árið 1957 en auk Árbæjar eru þar yfir tuttugu hús, sem mynda torg, þorp og sveit. Í Árbæjarsafni er leitast við að gefa hugmynd um byggingalist og lifnaðarhætti í Reykjavík á 19. og 20. öld. Hvert og eitt hús geymir annaðhvort sjálfstæða sögusýningu eða þá að þar er sýnt dæmigert heimili frá ákveðnu tímabili. Á safninu má einnig sjá gamaldags verkstæði ýmiskonar þar sem sjá má dæmigerða aðstöðu, tækni og tól.

Árbær was an established farm well into the 20th century, and the museum opened there in 1957. Árbær is now an open-air museum with more than 20 buildings which form a town square, a village and a farm. Most of the buildings have been relocated from central Reykjavik. The Museum seeks to give an idea of Reykjavik's architecture and way of life in the 19th and 20th centuries. Each house contains an independent historical exhibition or a typical home from a specific period. The museum also houses old-fashioned workshops on typical facilities, technology, and tools.

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

Leiðsögumaður fer með gesti í öll helstu hús Árbæjarsafns og segir frá sögu þeirra. Leiðsögnin fer að mestu fram á ensku og tekur rúma klukkastund.

Leiðsögn á Árbæjarsafni

Undanfarna mánuði hafa íbúar Reykjavíkur saumað búta eftir eigin hönnun á vinnustofum í bókasöfnum víðsvegar um borgina úr endurnýttum rúmteppum. Á meðan við saumum saman búta af efni, spinnum við einnig samtöl og sögur um nærliggjandi hverfi okkar. Hvernig líður okkur? Hvaða breytingar viljum við sjá í umhverfi okkar?

Þessi þriggja daga viðburður er hannaður í anda hefðbundinna „quilting bee“ samkoma, þar sem margir koma saman til að vinna að handverksverkefni hratt í félagslegu umhverfi. Þann 10.-12. apríl verða bútarnir saumaðir saman í stórt teppi sem verður sýnt á Sumardeginum fyrsta, 23. apríl, á Árbæjarsafni. Almenningur er velkominn að koma og fræðast um bútasaumsaðferðina og hitta fólk sem hefur lagt sitt af mörkum — einn saum í einu. Boðið verður upp á kaffi, te og kökur.

Verkefnið er styrkt af Þróunarsjóði innflytjendamála.

Over the past few months, Reykjavik residents have been sewing quilt blocks of their own design at local library workshops across the city. They were made with recycled bed covers. As we stitch pieces of cloth, we also piece together conversations and stories about our own neighborhoods. How do we feel? What would we like to see change around us?

This 3-day event is designed in the style of a traditional quilting bee, where many people come together to complete craft work quickly in a social manner. Here, the blocks will be sewn together to create a large quilt-top to be exhibited at the Árbær Open Air Museum First Day of Summer celebration on April 23. The public is invited to come learn about the quilt-making process and meet the people that have contributed, one stitched connection at a time. Coffee, tea and cake will be served. 

The project received a grant from the Development Fund for Immigrant Affairs.

We invite you to join local artist Christalena Hughmanick and Íslenska Bútasaumsfélagið (The Icelandic Quilting Society) at the Reykjavík Maritime Museum as they publicly construct a collective community quilt on 10-12 April at 10:00-17:00.

Let's sew Iceland together

Verið velkomin á Sjóminjasafnið í Reykjavík dagana 10.-12. apríl kl. 10-17. Þar býðst að taka þátt í að sauma saman samfélagslegt bútasaumsteppi með listakonunni Christalena Hughmanick og Íslenska bútasaumsfélaginu.

Saumum saman Ísland

Fjölmenning

Smiðja

Horse and a Mountain. Photo: Þorkell Sigvaldason

Reykjavík Museum of Photography

Landscape I Skotið in Fókus 2026

Kristján Maack│Sleeping Giants 

Reykjavík Maritime Museum

A View of the North

Árbær Open Air Museum

Growing Pains

Ancient Roots of Árbær in the museum building Landakot/ÍR House

Ancient Roots of Árbær

Fish & folk – 150 years of fisheries

Viðey Island

Milestones│Richard Serra

The Imagine Peace Tower

Suðurgata 7 │A Reykjavík home around 1925

Inside the exhibition "Hábær House 1950"

Hábær House 1950

Aðalstræti

Hansen's House at Árbær Open Air Museum

Previously it stood on the street address now known as [Pósthússtræti 15](https://borgarvefsja.reykjavik.is/borgarvefsja/?x=357011.49877282185&y=408207.18697655055&z=6&gId=1618414037429). It is named after Símon Hansen, a Danish-Icelandic merchant, who lived there until he died in 1847.

Teitur Finnbogason, who built the house on Suðurgata 7 (another one of the places moved to the Árbær Open Air Museum), also lived there for a while. The appearance of Hansen's House, the oldest house and the first to be transported to the museum, was little changed when it was relocated in 1960. There are three living rooms and a kitchen on the ground floor – all have been recently renovated. There are three more rooms in the loft.

President Ásgeir Ásgeirsson visits Hansen's House at the Árbær Open Air Museum in 1960.  Photo: Pétur Thomsen (1910-1988).

Hansen's House is named after Símon Hansen, a Danish-Icelandic merchant from Reykjavík. Símon's father had been a merchant in Básendakaupstaður, but after the Básendi flood in 1799, the store closed down. Símon followed in his father's footsteps and opened a shop in Hafnarstræti in Reykjavík. He was one of the most prominent merchants of his time, and a respected member of the town council for many years, serving longest as the town council's treasurer. His wife was Kristín Stefánsdóttir, and together they had six children, as well as a foster daughter.

Símon Hansen died in 1847, but his son Henrich and his wife Eirný Erlendsdóttir lived in the house until 1864. They rented out a room in the house, and among their tenants were nationally renowned men like Jón Árnason, the folklore collector and the first National Library librarian, and Sigurður Guðmundsson, the first director of the Antique Museum, later the National Museum of Iceland.

Blacksmith Teitur Finnbogason moved into the house with his wife, Guðrún Guðbrandsdóttir, in 1864. The place was called "Teitur's House" while he lived there. Teitur rented out a room in the house as well, and Sigfús Eymundsson, the well-known photographer and bookseller, lived there from 1868-69. After Teitur's death, Guðrún lived in the house until 1887.

After the town's post office was moved to a house next door to Hansen's House, the street the house stood by got the name Post Street (Póststræti) and later Post Office Street (Pósthússtræti). The last name stuck, and in 1887 Hansen's House got the house number 15.

The house was sold a few times over the next few years. A new house was built in front of it with the address, Pósthússtræti 13 (it has since been torn down). Carl Sæmundsen bought the house around the turn of the 20th century. He was a generous merchant in his time, buying many historical buildings like Ostervoldgade 12 in Copenhagen, also called Jónshús, which he gave to the state, and Reykjavík was given Hansen's House. It was the first house moved to Árbær Open Air Museum in 1960.

Hansen's House in 1845, to the right. Photo: Alfred Des Cloizeaux

Hansen's House behind Dómkirkja Church in Reykjavík. Photo:Soffía Jónassen Claessen (1873-1943).

Hansen's House at Árbær Open Air Museum. Hábær in front.

Hansen's House at Árbær Open Air Museum.

24. Hansen's House

About the house