Museums & Centers
The Saga Museum intimately recreates key moments in Icelandic history, moments that have determined the fate of our people and which give a compelling view into how Icelanders have lived for mor.....
Some of Iceland’s principal medieval manuscripts are on display in the exhibition Medieval Manuscripts – Eddas and Sagas, - such as the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda, law codices and Christian works, .....
The exhibition Points of View in the Culture House takes guests on a journey through the Icelandic visual world of past and present. Artifacts and works of art from the varied collections of six in.....
The Settlement Exhibition & Settlement Sagas
Type: Vikings Heritage Literature Art Industry Aðalstræti 16, 101At The Settlement Exhibition in Aðalstræti visitors can experience the settlement of Iceland in late 9th century through two remarkable exhibitions. The Settlement Exhibition revolves .....
The Einar Jónsson Museum, opened in 1923, is dedicated to the art of Iceland´s first sculptor, Einar Jónsson (1874- 1954). The museum contains close to 300 art works spanning a 60 year career. A b.....
The Settlement Centre is housed in two of the oldest buildings in the town of Borgarnes. Two exhibitions are the focus of the Settlement Centre: The Settlement Exhibition employs sophisticated l.....
Step into the Viking Era at Eiríksstaðir, which has a unique place in Icelandic history. Immerse yourself in the sights, sounds and scents of a recreation of the farmstead of Erik the Red, disco.....
The Skagafjörður Heritage Museum is a centre for conservation and research on local history and cultural heritage in the Skagafjörður district. It's exhibitions are located at the Minjahús (The Her.....
Skriðuklaustur is a historical site with the ruins of a 16th century monastery which was revealed in an archeaological excavation in the years 2002-2012. It was an Augustinian cloister, establis.....
In the days of the Old Commonwealth, the valley of the river Þjórsá was grassy and flourishing, but in 1104 the valley was laid waste by a layer of tephra from an eruption of Mt. Hekla. Sites of m.....
Skalholt is one of the most historically important locations in Iceland. It was episcopal seat and a centre of culture and education from 1056 - 1797. The restoration of Skalholt began in the mi.....
The Vatnsdæla Tapestry Project is the idea of Jóhanna E. Pálmadóttir and it is modeled after the Bayeux-tapestry which was sewn in the 11th Century in France. The goal of the project is to revive t.....
This unique museum was founded in 1957 in order to give visitors a tangible sense of Reykjavík’s past. It comprises a village-like collection of over twenty “homes,” each of which is a separate exh.....
Visit Sagnagarður the visitor centre of the Soil Conservation Service of Iceland. Sagnagardur, provides an easy to understand and evocatively presented exhibition of the battle to restore the soil .....
The exhibition focuses on the 1973 volcanic eruption in Vestmannaeyjar. The people of Heimaey had to leave their homes in the middle of the night and evacuate the island, many of them never saw .....
The Saga Centre in Hvolsvöllur offers a unique Njal´s Saga exhibition, where Njal´s Saga, the most famous of the medieval Sagas of Iclanders is Introduced in several languages. The exhibition gi.....
Skógar Museum is the largest Folk Museum outside the Reykjavík area. It preserves among other things old tools, implements, art and craft, textiles, a church and farm houses fully furnished, sh.....
The Sagnheimar museum gives a good insight into the unique histstory of Vestmannaeyjar: fishing, pirate invasion in 1627, volcanic eruption of Heimaey, Þjóðhátíð festival, travels of icelandic m.....
In 1186, the Benedictine Convent at Kirkjubæ (now Kirkjubæjarklaustur) was established and it continued to operate until 1554. A folktale tells of disobedient nuns, who for their sins they were sup.....
Interesting and informative exhibitions dedicated to local history and the life and work of the author Þórbergur Þórðarson (1889-1974), one of Iceland’s most significant twentieth-century autho.....
The Skagaströnd Museum of Prophecies opend the summer of 2011. The exhibition focuses on Þórdís the fortune-teller, the first named inhabitant of Skagaströnd, who lived there in the late 10th ce.....
The Saga of the Vopnafjörður People takes place mostly in Vopnafjörður from the late 9th to the early 11th century. The saga tells of a power struggle between the clans at Hof and Krossavík: after .....
Fishing has always played a major role in Iceland’s history. However, before the superbly equipped modern trawlersappeared, ordinary farmer-fishermen regularly risked their lives in order to feed t.....
The uniquely attractive Viking World Centre houses the Viking ship, Íslendingur, built by the craftsman-captain, Gunnar Marel Eggertsson, who sailed it to New York in the year 2000. There are al.....
Icelandic Saga & Heritage Association (ISHA) was founded in 2006 (then named Iceland Saga Trail Association). It is a forum for collaboration for those involved in heritage tourism in Iceland, especially regarding publicity, quality and professional standards.
Random places
- Skálholt Skálholt,801 Selfoss
- Eiríksstaðir Eiríksstaðir,371 Búðardalur
- The Settlement Exhibition & Settlement Sagas Aðalstræti 16,101 Reykjavík
- Reykjavík Maritime Museum Grandagarður 8,101 Reykjavík
- The Settlement Centre in Borgarnes Brákarbraut 15,310 Borgarnes
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