Árnesinga Folk Museum
Where history of community and culture become one
Filled with old memories, Húsið “The House” at Eyrarbakki was built when danish merchants were allowed to ...
Museums, Galleries and Houses of Culture
The Ordinary is Extraordinary- Hversdagssafn
Museum of Everyday Life - Westfjords
This intriguing place that once was an old shoe shop was birthed by Björg and Vaida- their love for the mundane and...
Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhúsíð
Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús: the old harbor warehouse is located in the oldest part of Reykjavík where the town’s boats docked. The building was erected i...
Reykjavík Art Museum – Ásmundarsafn
The sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson (1893– 1982) designed, worked and lived in this beautiful building. The white dome structure is surrounded by Sveinsson’s sculp...
Reykjavík Art Museum – Kjarvalsstaðir
Kjarvalstaðir houses the works of one of Iceland’s most influential and recognized artists, Jóhannes S. Kjarval (1885-1972). The building is a fine example of ...
Gálgahraun
Painting by Johannes s. Kjarval from Gálgahraun from 1955.
Gálgahraun (Gallow´s Lava)
Gálgahraun (Gallow´s Lava) is a unique lava field in Álftanes, at t...
…now | Páll Stefánsson
new exhibition with photos by the Icelandic Photographer Páll Stefánsson
...now | Páll Stefánsson
...now is the title of a new exhibition with photos by the I...
Home island
Home island
See film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwkzTXrsPt8
See Film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwkzTXrsPt8
Eldheimar
Suðurvegur •...
The Settlement Center in Borgarnes Takes You on a Trip Through Time
Friendly restaurant - unique saga exhibitions
The Settlement Center in Borgarnes Takes You on a Trip Through Time
Some 1100 years ago, Iceland was a place cov...
A Picture of the Past – Skógar Museum
A Picture of the Past - Skógar Museum
Experience life as it was at Skógar MuseumShortly before the Second World War, a 14 year-old boy, seeing theintroduction o...
National Gallery of Iceland
Icelandic Art Exhibitions
National Gallery of Iceland offers diverse exhibitions of local and international artists.
The National Gallery of Iceland (List...
Mountain Milk by Johannes S. kjarval
Mountain Milk by Johannes S. kjarval
Mountain Milk is one of Kjarval’s best known works and it depicts the landscape at Þingvellir where the painter often soug...
On Sundays we speak Danish
Jón Svavar Jósefsson
On Sundays we speak Danish
In 2018, Iceland celebrates 100 years as a free and sovereign state. On this occasion Árbær...
The House that Disappeared
The Eldheimar Volcano Museum on the Westman Islands
None of Heimaey’s 5,300 inhabitants had ever expected that a volcanic eruption could make them homeless, whe...
Four artists chosen to exhibit in Gallery D 2019
Four artists chosen to exhibit in Gallery D 2019
More than 130 artists expressed an interest in participating in the D-Gallery Series at Reykjavík Art Museum –...
Júlíana Sveinsdóttir
Júlíana Sveinsdóttir
Júlíana Sveinsdóttir (31 July 1889 – 1966) was one of Iceland's first female painters and textile artists. Taught initially by promine...
Volcano House
Iceland vs.The Volcano
Icelandic Times visits Reykjavik´s Volcano House
With its intriguing round facade, floor to ceiling windows and bright yellow signa...
Bishop Jón Arason (1524—1550)
The surplice of bishop Jón Arason (1524—1550) of Hólar in Hjaltadalur is among the most celebrated art treasures in the National Museum of Iceland, being the on...
Bessastaðir
In the presidential residence church at Bessastaðir on the Alftanes Peninsula near Reykjavik there is a glass-mosaic window, showing the incident during the voy...
Kristín Jónsdóttir (1888–1959)
Kristín Jónsdóttir, also Kristín Jónsdóttir Stefánsson, (1888–1959) was a pioneering female Icelandic painter. A member of the group of artists who associated w...