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Museum Night: Swimming pool culture celebrated post UNESCO recognition
In celebration of the recent registration of Icelandic swimming pool culture to UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the National Museum of Iceland is hosting a swimming party at the start of Museum Night. This is a significant milestone, as the cultural value of Icelandic swimming pool culture has now received international recognition. Behind the registration lies a lot…
Your Holiday Guide to Christmas Markets in Reykjavík
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See & Do
Check out all the things you can see and do here in Reykjavík, there is just so much to see and do!
Free Entry to the Reykjavík Maritime Museum on Museum Night
Welcome to the Reykjavík Maritime Museum on Museum Night, Friday 6 February from 18:00–22:00. Free admission and everyone is welcome! The exhibition Fish & folk – 150 years of fisheries at the Reykjavík Maritime Museum is about the history of the Icelandic fisheries, from the time when rowing boats gave way to large fishing vessels in the late 19th century, through to the 21st century. This…
Free Entry to the Museum of Photography on Museum Night
Welcome to the Reykjavík Museum of Photography on Museum Night, Friday 6 February from 18:00–22:00. Free admission and everyone is welcome! Sleeping Giants is an exhibition by Kristján Maack and is about the fateful times in which we live. In nature, there are sleeping giants that are slowly awakening. Deep within nature’s core, time has stood still for millions of years. Time is preserved…
Museum Night: Hidden knowledge brought to light
Have you always wanted to know a little more about the story behind various artifacts from the past at the National Museum of Iceland's main exhibition; Making of a Nation – Culture and Society for 1200 Years? Experts at the National Museum of Iceland welcome visitors, both children and adults, at selected locations within the museum and bring various hidden knowledge to light. Admission is…
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A View of the North - Guided Tour with Sumarliði R. Ísleifsson on Museum Night
Welcome to a guided tour of the exhibition A View of the North with Sumarliði R. Ísleifsson at the Reykjavík Maritime Museum. The guided tours take place on Museum Night, Friday 6 February at 19:00 and 20:00. Free admission and everyone is welcome! ---PLEASE NOTICE: Spoken language Icelandic--- Sumarliði will sign his books, "Í fjarska norðursins" and "Iceland and Greenland", after the second…
Fókus on Museum Night
Welcome to the exhibition Fókus – Amateur Photography Club at the Reykjavík Museum of Photography on Museum Night, Friday 6 February, from 18:00–22:00. Free admission and everyone is welcome! The photographers behind the exhibition will be on site to chat about the exhibition and the association. Movement is the title of the first exhibition by members of Fókus - Amateur Photography Club, which…
Sleeping Giants - Guided Tour with Kristján Maack on Museum Night
Welcome to a guided tour of the exhibition Sleeping Giants with Kristján Maack at the Reykjavík Museum of Photography. The tour takes place on Museum Night, Friday 6 February at 18:30. Free admission and everyone is welcome! --- Please notice: Spoken language Icelandic --- Sleeping Giants is about the fateful times in which we live. In nature, there are sleeping giants that are slowly awakening…