Travel Chests - Family Workshop on Museum Night
Let's go on an expedition! Welcome to a family workshop at the Reykjavík Maritime Museum on Museum Night, Friday 6 February from 18:00–22:00. Free admission and everyone is welcome! Imagine you are going on a long journey across the ocean. You travel by ship and get one large travel chest to pack everything you need for the expedition. In the 19th century, explorers and scientists went on long and difficult journeys across the ocean to study new lands. Paul Gaimard was a French naturalist who came to Iceland in 1835 with a large group of scientists. They brought trunks and chests full of equipment they needed to survive and carry out their research. Inside the chests were the most extraordinary things. What would you take with you? The event is part of the Reykjavík City Museum’s Museum Night programme.
Accessibility for people with reduced mobility is good at the Maritime Museum, especially at the Grandagarður entrance. There is an elevator between floors. Bus routes 3 and 14 stop at the Grandagarður bus stop, right next to the museum.