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 architecture and way of life in Reykjavik in the 19th and 20th centuries. Each house contains either an independent historical exhibition or a typical home from a specific period. The museum also houses old-fashioned workshops of typical facilities, technology and tools.

The guide takes guests to all the main houses of the museum and tells their story.

Guided tour at Árbær Open Air Museum

Leiðsögumaður fer með gesti í öll helstu hús Árbæjarsafns og segir frá sögu þeirra.

Leiðsögn á Árbæjarsafni

Fræðsla

Leiðsögn

Fjöldinn allur af hæfileikaríku handverksfólki verður með glæsilegt góss tilvalið í jólapakkann.

Reykjavíkurdeild Slysavarnarfélagsins verður með dýrindis veitingar til sölu til styrktar sínu mikilvæga starfi.

Greiðslumátar verða misjafnir á milli söluaðila. Það er hraðbanki hinum megin við götuna.

Ljósmynd: Sveinn Þormóðsson

There you will be able buy your Christmas presents directly from the artisans who crafted them.

The accident prevention association will have delicious refreshments for sale to support its important work.

Payment methods will vary between vendors. There is an ATM across the street.

Photograph: Sveinn Þormóðsson

Reykjavík City Museum will be reviving the old Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, November 30 at 11:00-17:00. 

The Bazaar will take place at the Reykjavík Maritime Museum at Grandagarður 8. 

Entry is free and everyone is welcome!

Christmas Bazaar

Borgarsögusafn endurvekur gamla Jólabazarinn laugardaginn þann 30. nóvember kl. 11:00-17:00. 

Bazarinn fer fram í Bryggjusal Sjóminjasafns Reykjavíkur að Grandagarði 8. 

Ókeypis aðgangur og öll velkomin!

Jólabazar

Jólaundirbúningur er í fullum gangi í bænum. Í Árbæ sker fólk út laufabrauð, kembir ull og spinnur garn. Í Hábæ bjóða húsbændur gestum að smakka íslenskt hangikjöt og í Nýlendu tálgar maður skemmtilegar fígúrur úr tré. Kæsta skatan er komin í pottinn í Efstabæ og í Miðhúsum eru prentuð falleg jólakort. Í hesthúsinu í Garðastræti eru hjúin í óðaönn að steypa kerti úr tólgi. Jólahald heldra fólks við upphaf 20. aldar er sýnt í Suðurgötu 7 og í Krambúðinni er kramarhús, konfekt og ýmis jólavarningur til sölu.
Helstu viðburðir:
Táknmálsleiðsögn um jólin í gamla daga
14:00 Guðsþjónusta í safnkirkjunni
15:00 Sungið og dansað í kringum jólatréð á torgi safnsins
14:00-16:00 Jólasveinar skemmta gestum á víð og dreif um safnsvæðið og taka þátt í söng og dansi.
Frítt inn fyrir börn, öryrkja og menningarkortshafa. Aðrir greiða 2.350 kr.
Vinsamlegast athugið að dagskráin endar kl. 16 en safnið er opið til kl. 17.

With activities in all areas of the museum, there will be plenty for visitors of all ages to see and do while strolling between the charming traditional houses and taking in the festive Christmas atmosphere. Those naughty Christmas Lads will be out and about, and we will sing and dance with them around the Christmas tree.
The Christmas preparations are in full swing in the village. At the Árbær farm, you can see how traditional Icelandic Leaf Bread is decorated and how sheep wool is spun. Visitors to Hábær will be able to get a taste of traditional Icelandic hangikjöt (smoked lamb), and at Nýlenda House, a man is carving funny figures out of wood.
At Efstibær, the customary Skate fish, with its awful smell, is cooking in the pot, while at Miðhús, the printer makes Christmas cards. At the Stable in Garðastræti, candles are traditionally made. The Christmas celebration at the beginning of the 20th century is depicted at Suðurgata 7, while the museum shop offers a variety of sweets and Christmas goods for sale.
Main events:
14:00 Service at the Church
14:00 Guided tour in Icelandic sign language
15:00 Singing and dancing around the Christmas tree
14:00-16:00 Entertainment with the Christmas Lads
Admission is free for children, people with disabilities and City Card holders. Others pay ISK 2,350.
Just so you know, the programme ends at 16:00. But the museum is open until 17:00.

Celebrate Advent and Christmas in the old-fashioned way at the Árbær Open Air Museum on Sunday, 8 December, and 15 December from 13:00 to 16:00.

Christmas Programme

Bráðum koma blessuð jólin er yfirskrift jóladagskrár Árbæjarsafns sunnudagana 8. og 15. desember en þá daga gefst gestum tækifæri að njóta aðventunnar og upplifa jólin eins og þau voru í Reykjavík í þá gömlu góðu daga.

Bráðum koma blessuð jólin - jóladagskrá

Laimonas Dom Baranauskas│Years in Between  

Reykjavík Museum of Photography

Agnieszka Sosnowska & Ingunn Snædal│RASK( en)

Celebrating the New Republic 1944. Photo: Sigurhans Vignir

Árbær Open Air Museum

Celebrating the New Republic 1944

Growing Pains

Heimir Freyr Hlöðversson│We are Earth – We are Water

Reykjavík Maritime Museum

Fish & folk – 150 years of fisheries

Viðey Island

Milestones│Richard Serra

The Imagine Peace Tower

Consumption – Reykjavík in the 20th century

The Age of Carts

Aðalstræti

In 2012, Portfolio Review was first introduced in Iceland when Photography Days were initiated by the Reykjavík Museum of Photography in cooperation with [Físl – The Icelandic Contemporary Photography Association](https://fisl.is/). The aim with the portfolio review was to broaden networks between photographers in all branches and lens-based media artists thus giving them opportunity for advice and feedback on their work.

_Photography Days_ were first held in 2012 and 2014. In 2016 the title of the festival was changed to The Icelandic Photo Festival and has since been held on a biannual basis. The Reykjavík Museum of Photography is the host of the portfolio review, which is an important pillar of the festival.



Portfolio review is a short meeting (15-20 minutes) where a photographer/artist comes with their photos, on paper or in digital format, and shows them to the reviewer. Reviewers are both foreign and Icelandic professionals, either museum and/or curators in museums and galleries or editors of photography magazines.

In addition to giving the participants a review of their work, participation in a photo review can lead to various opportunities such as invitations to foreign festivals and/or participation in exhibitions within and outside the country. The goal of the photography review is to expand the network of photographers in all disciplines and artists who work with the medium, as well as to provide them with advice and feedback on their work. At the same time, it is an important introduction to Icelandic photographic culture.

Ever since the first photo review was held in 2012, it has been a fertile ground for both parties. She has both helped participants to present their work and reviewers to discover talented people working with the photographic medium, giving them advice and feedback on their work.


### The Icelandic Photo Festival  2022


Reviewers:

- Aldís Arnardóttir, Director of Hafnarborg Centre of Culture and Fine Art, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland.
- Ágústa Kristófersdóttir, Collection Manager of the National Museum of Iceland
- Antti Tenetz, Director of the Northern Photographic Centre Oulu, Finland.
- Árni Már Erlingsson, Owner of Gallerí Port and Artist
- Ástríður Magnúsdóttir, Independent Curator and Lecturer
- Bára Kristinsdóttir, Owner of Gallerí Ramskram and Photographer 
- Golli / Publisher of MD Reykjavík and Photographer
- Brynja Sveinsdóttir, Director of Gerðarsafn - Kópavogur Art Museum
- Hlynur Hallsson, Director of Akureyri Art Museum and Artist
- Jóhanna Guðrún Árnadóttir, Project Manager, Reykjavík Museum of Photography/ Reykjavík City Museum
- Mike Watson, Media theorist, Critic and Curator
- Ólöf Breiðfjörð, Cultural representative of Garðabær
- Ólöf Rut Stefánsdóttir, Director of Ásmundarsalur
- Sasha Wolf, Independent curator and lecturer, USA
- Sigrún Alba Sigurðardóttir, Curator, writer and lecturer at University of Iceland and Iceland University of the Arts
- Taija Jyrkäs, Producer and Curator for visual and performing arts, Oulu, Finland
- Vigdís Rún Jónsdóttir, Project Manager of Exhibitions at the National Gallery of Iceland 

### The Icelandic Photo Festival  2020


Reviewers:

- Angel Luis Gonzalez Fernandez, Founder and CEO of PhotoIreland Foundation
- Carla Erdmann, Freelance Editor for Leica Fotografie International Magazine Hamborg, Germany
- Hlynur Hallson, Director of Akureyri Art Museum and Artist
- Inga Jónsdóttir, Director of LÁ Art Museum
- Kristín Hauksdóttir, Project Manager, Reykjavík Museum of Photography/ Reykjavík City Museum
- Kristine Kern, Director of Fotografisk Center in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Moritz Neumuller, Director of the Photography Department at the Istituto di Design (IED), Madríd, Spánn 
- Nela Neggenburger, Chief Editor of EIKON – International Magazine for Photography and Media Art, Vienna, Austria
- Nicolas Giraud, Artist and photographer, professor at the French école nationale supérieure de la photographie in Arles, France
- Sigrún Alba Sigurðardóttir, Curator, writer and lecturer at University of Iceland and Iceland University of the Arts
- Þorkell Þorkelsson, Photographer

### The Icelandic Photo Festival  2018 


Reviewers:

- Ágústa Kristófersdóttir, Director of Hafnarborg Centre of Culture and Fine Art, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
- Bára Kristinsdóttir, Gallerí Ramskram, Reykjavík, Iceland
- Beate Cegielska, Artistic director of Galleri Image, Arhus, Denmark
- Birta Guðjónsdóttir, Chief curator of  the National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik
- Elizabeth Avedon, Independent curator and contributor to “L’oeil de la Photographie”, New York, USA. 
- Harpa Þórsdóttir, Director of The National Gallery of Iceland
- Inga Lára Baldvinsdóttir, Head of The National Museum of Photography (National Museum of Iceland)
- Jens Friis, Independent curator, photo historian and publisher/editor of KATALOG – Journal of Photography & Video 
- Jenny Nordquist. Artistic director for Landskrona Foto Festival in Sweden 
- Kristín Hauksdóttir, Project Manager, Reykjavík Museum of Photography / Reykjavík City Museum
- Kristín Dagmar Jóhannesdóttir, Artistic Director of Gerðarsafn - Kópavogur Art Museum
- Maya Byskov, Independent researcher 
- Pirkko Siitari, Head of Exhibitions at HAM Helsinki Art Museum and General Secretary of Ars Fennica Foundation. 

### The Icelandic Photo Festival  2016


Reviewers:

- Ann-Christin Bertrand, curator and responsible for young, contemporary art positions at C/O Berlin, Germany.  
- Alla Räisänen, Curator and Director of the Northern Photographic Centre in Oulu, Finland
- Ágústa Kristófersdóttir, Director of Hafnarborg Centre of Culture and Fine Art, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
- Birta Guðjónsdóttir, Chief curator of  the National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik
- Brynja Sveinsdóttir, Curator and project manager at Gerðarsafn – Kópavogur Art Museum
- Einar Falur Ingólfsson, Photographer
- Gösta Flemming, Author and publisher of Swedish Photography Publishing House JOURNAL, Stockholm, Sweden
- Holly Roussell, Independent curator, coordinator of Prix Elysée, for the Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Inga Lára Baldvinsdóttir, Head of The National Museum of Photography (National Museum of Iceland)
- Kristján B. Jónasson, Book publisher and editor at Crymogea Publishing, Reykjavík, Iceland

### The Icelandic Photo Festival  2014


Reviewers:

- Hanna Styrmisdóttir, Reykjavík Arts Festival, Iceland
- Hannamari Shakya, Photo Raw Magazine, Helsinki, Finnland
- Inga Jónsdóttir, Director of LÁ Art Museum
- Inga Lára Baldvinsdóttir, Head of The National Museum of Photography (National Museum of Iceland)
- Julie Saul, Saul Gallery, New York, Bandaríkin
- Katia Reich, European Month of Photography and Loock Galerie, Berlín, Þýskaland
- Karen McQuaid, The Photographers’ Gallery, London, England
- Nina Strand, Objective Magazine, Oslo, Norway
- Pari Stave, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
- Stephanie von Spreter, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway

### The Icelandic Photo Festival  2012


Reviewers:

- Andreas Müller-Pohle, European Photography, Germany
- Anna Tellgren, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Börkur Arnarson, i8 Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
- Celina Lundsford - Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Germany
- Christophe Laloi - Voies Off Festival, Arles, France
- Christina Caputo - Aperture Foundation, New York, USA
- Jens Friis - Museet for Fotokunst, Denmark

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