Museums
Museums of Iceland
61 museums with a page of their own, best known first: what they show, their famous works and how many people visit.
Art museum9museums
Open-air museum3museums
Sculpture garden2museums
Geological museum1museums
1Icelandic Phallological Museum
Reykjavík, Capital Region
1997
11k visitors
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6Þjóðveldisbærinn Stöng
Flúðir, South
Interpretation centre · 1977
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9Akureyri Art Museum
Akureyri, Northeast
Art museum · 1993
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10Reykjavik Maritime Museum
Seltjarnarnes, Capital Region
Maritime museum · 2005
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12Ósvör
Bolungarvík, Westfjords
Open-air museum
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13Galdrasýning á Ströndum
Hólmavík, Westfjords
2000
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17Hafnarborg
Hafnarfjörður, Capital Region
Art museum
64k visitors
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19Safnasafnid Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art Museum
Svalbarðseyri, Northeast
20The Transportation Museum at Ystafell
Svalbarðseyri, Northeast
1998
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24Viking World museum
Njarðvík, Southern Peninsula
2009
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25Gljúfrasteinn
Mosfellsbær, Capital Region
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26Húsavík Whale Museum
Norðurþing, Northeast
1997
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27Reykjavík Museum of Photography
Seltjarnarnes, Capital Region
1981
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30Steinasafn Petru
Fáskrúðsfjörður, East
1974
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33The Icelandic Museum of Rock 'n' Roll
Reykjanesbær, Southern Peninsula
2014
34Ásmundur Sveinsson Sculpture Museum
Reykjavík, Capital Region
Art museum
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37Technical Museum of East Iceland
Seyðisfjörður, East
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38The Herring Era Museum
Siglufjörður, Northeast
1994
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39Volcano House
Seltjarnarnes, Capital Region
2011
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42Icelandic Museum of Design and Applied Art
Garðabær, Capital Region
2010
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43Icelandic Punk Museum
Reykjavík, Capital Region
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46Hallsteinsgarður
Mosfellsbær, Capital Region
Sculpture garden
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47Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum
Reykjavík, Capital Region
Art museum
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48Byggðasafn Árnesinga
Eyrarbakki, South
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49Davíðshús
Akureyri, Northeast
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50Duus Safnahús
Keflavík, Southern Peninsula
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51Fuglasafn Sigurgeirs
Reykjahlíð, Northeast
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52Heimilisiðnaðarsafnið
Blönduós, Northwest
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53Hnjótur Museum
Patreksfjörður, Westfjords
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54Maritime Museum at Hellissandur
Hellissandur, West
Open-air museum
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55Rjómabúið á Baugsstöðum
Stokkseyri, South
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56Sjóminjasafn Austurlands
Eskifjörður, East
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57The Icelandic Museum Museum
Kópavogur, Capital Region
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58Þórbergssetur
Iceland
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59Gamlabúð Folk Museum
Höfn, East
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60Hornafjörður Art Museum
Höfn, East
Art museum
Kinds
What the museums show
| Kind | Museums with a page |
|---|---|
| Art museum | 9 |
| Open-air museum | 3 |
| Sculpture garden | 2 |
| Geological museum | 1 |
| Natural history museum | 1 |
| Maritime museum | 1 |
| Music museum | 1 |
| Interpretation centre | 1 |