The history of art museums in Iceland

The history of art museums in Iceland, this book contains some 25 articles by as many authors about art museums in Iceland, their background, policy and history. Publisher of this groundbreaking is the Research Center in Museum Studies at the University of Iceland.

 

ISBN 9789935946508

Editor Sigurjón Baldur Hafsteinsson

Publisher Research Center in Museum Studies at the University of Iceland, 2019

Format Paperback, 25 cm

Pages 567

Efnisyfirlit: Saga listasafna á íslandi

Aðfararorð Sigurjón Baldur Hafsteinsson

Listasafn Íslands (1884) Heiða Björk Árnadóttir

Listaafn Einars Jónssonar (1923) Sigríður Melrós Ólafsdóttir

Listasafn Vestmannaeyja (1932) Kári Bjarnason

Listasafn Alþýðusambands Íslands (1961) Ragnheiður Pálsdóttir

Listasafn Ísafarðar (1963) Helga Þórsdóttir

Listasafn Árnesinga (1963) Inga Jónsdóttir.

Gerðarsafn Gerðarsafn (1966) Kristín Dagmar Jóhannesdóttir

Listasafn Borgarness (1970) Guðrún Jónsdóttir.

Listasafn Reykjavíkur (1973) Eiríkur Þorláksson.

Nýlistasafnið (1978) Bergsveinn Þórsson.

Myndlistarsafn Þingeyinga (1978) Jóhannes Dagsson.

Ljósmyndasafn Reykjavíkur (1980) Helgi Máni Sigurðsson.

Listasafn Háskóla Íslands (1980) Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

Listasafn Fjallabyggðar (1980) Anita Elefsen og Örlygur Kristfinnsson

Listasafn Sigurjóns Ólafssonar (1984) Aðalsteinn Ingólfsson

Hafnarborg (1988) Ágústa Kristófersdóttir

Listasafnið á Akureyri (1993) Arndís Bergsdóttir

Listasafnið í Reykjanesbæ (1994) Valgerður Guðmundsdóttir

Safnasafnið, Alþýðulistasafn Íslands (1995) Niels Hafstein

Listasafn Svavars Guðnasonar (1995) Björg Erlingsdóttir

Sveinssafn (1998) Erlendur Sveinsson

Hönnunarsafn Íslands (1998) Harpa Þórsdóttir

Myndlistarsafn Tryggva Ólafssonar (2001) Smári Geirsson

Safn: Einkasafn Péturs Arasonar og Rögnu Róbertsdóttur (2003) Edda Halldórsdóttir

Vatnasafnið (2007) Guðni Tómasson

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