National Museum of Iceland

All the most valuable treasures and exhibits about the culture of the Icelandic people are housed in the National Museum of Iceland. Its aim is to increase knowledge about the culture of local people from the very beginning to the present day. Here you can see objects that allow you to understand the Icelandic history of different eras.

The museum was opened in 1863 on February 24. For the first time, it was located in small buildings in Reykjavik, and its current place appeared in 1950. The purpose of the museum is different, but it has legal obligations as a national center for the preservation of cultural heritage, research programs and the dissemination of knowledge concerning the heritage of the Icelandic people.

The permanent exhibition includes more than 2000 exhibits dating from different times. This is an amazing journey through Icelandic history within the walls of the museum, which stores the largest collections of images of many kinds, drawings, watercolors, engravings, graphics, photographs. The total number of available images reaches 4 million.

The National Museum organizes educational activities for both children and adults. Tourists can visit not only the museum, but also the library, modern scientific library, get acquainted there with materials on archaeology, art history, crafts and so on.