Museums in Iceland

270 museums across Iceland, must-see first. Each page covers the best time to visit, typical crowds and how far it is from nearby cities, and travellers can report “Is it open today?” (opening status).

• The Herring Era Museum · museum · Northeastern Region · Must-see
• Glaumbær · museum · Northwestern Region · Must-see
• Heritage Museum Westfjords · museum · Westfjords Region · Must-see
• Icelandic Punk Museum · museum · Capital Region · Must-see
• Museum Of Design And Applied Art · museum · Capital Region · Must-see
• Reykjavik Museum of Photography · museum · Capital Region · Must-see
• The Icelandic Phallological Museum · museum · Capital Region · Must-see
• Reykjavík 871±2 · museum · Capital Region · Must-see
• The Exploration Museum · museum · Northeastern Region · Must-see
• Viking World Museum · museum · Southern Peninsula · Must-see
• Icelandic Museum of Rock 'n' Roll · museum · Southern Peninsula · Must-see
• Museum of Sorcery and Witchcraft · museum · Westfjords Region · Must-see
• Skaftfell. Center for Visual Art, East Iceland · museum · Eastern Region · Must-see
• Höfn Glacier Museum · museum · Southern Region · Must-see
• Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum · museum · Capital Region
• Akureyri Art Museum · museum · Northeastern Region
• National Museum of Iceland · museum · Capital Region
• The Húsavík Whale Museum · museum · Northeastern Region
• Gljúfrasteinn · museum · Capital Region
• Eiríksstaðir · museum · Western Region
• Einar Jónsson Museum · museum · Capital Region
• The Culture House · museum · Capital Region
• Náttúrufræðistofa Kópavogs · museum · Capital Region
• Reykjavik Art Museum · museum · Capital Region
• Sigurgeirs Bird Museum · museum · Northeastern Region
• National Gallery of Iceland · museum · Capital Region
• Aðalstræti 10 · museum · Capital Region
• Arbaer Outdoor Museum · museum · Capital Region
• Óðinn · museum
• Hafnarborg · museum · Capital Region
• Nonnahús · museum · Northeastern Region
• The Pearl · museum · Capital Region
• Hofdi house · museum · Capital Region
• Ystafell Transportation Museum · museum · Northeastern Region
• The Árnesinga Folk Museum · museum · Southern Region
• Reykjavík Maritime Museum · museum · Capital Region
• Víkin · museum · Capital Region
• Whales of Iceland · museum · Capital Region
• Sel · museum · Southern Region
• Gerðarsafn · museum · Capital Region
• The Living Art Museum · museum · Capital Region
• Akranes Museum Centre · museum · Western Region
• Safnasafnid Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art Museum · museum · Northeastern Region
• Ásmundarsafn · museum · Capital Region
• Saga Museum · museum · Capital Region
• Hnjótur · museum · Westfjords Region
• Petra's Stone Collection · museum · Eastern Region
• Akureyri Museum · museum · Northeastern Region
• Bjarnarhöfn Museum · museum · Western Region
• Heimilisiðnaðarsafnið Textile Museum · museum · Northwestern Region
• Kjarvalsstaðir · museum · Capital Region
• Skriðuklaustur · museum · Eastern Region
• Folk Music Centre · museum · Northeastern Region
• The East Iceland Heritage Museum · museum · Eastern Region
• Snorrastofa · museum · Western Region
• Skógar Museum · museum · Southern Region
• Ásmundur Sveinsson Sculpture Museum · museum · Capital Region
• Hafnarhús · museum · Capital Region
• Gamlabúð Folk Museum · museum · Southern Region
• Hornafjörður Art Museum · museum · Southern Region
• Huldusteinn · museum · Southern Region
• Þórbergssetur · museum · Southern Region
• Maritime Museum · museum · Eastern Region
• Kötlusetur - Katla visitor centre · museum · Southern Region
• Saga Centre · museum · Southern Region
• Skansinn · museum · Southern Region
• The Settlement Center · museum · Western Region
• Natural History Museum · museum · Southern Region
• Ósvör · museum · Westfjords Region
• War and Peace Museum · museum · Western Region
• Sea Monster Museum · museum · Westfjords Region
• Akureyri Toy Museum · museum · Northeastern Region
• Arctic Fox Centre · museum · Westfjords Region
• Earthquake Centre · museum · Northeastern Region
• Icelandic Emigration Center · museum · Northwestern Region
• Icelandic Wartime Museum · museum · Eastern Region
• Kvikan · museum · Southern Peninsula
• Library of Water · museum · Western Region
• Medical Museum · museum · Southern Region
• Old Turfhouse Laufás · museum · Northeastern Region
• Sagnheimar Folk Museum · museum · Southern Region
• Samgönguminjasafnið í Stóragerði · museum · Northwestern Region
• Samúel Jónsson museum · museum · Westfjords Region
• Sjómannagarðurinn · museum · Western Region
• Steinshús · museum · Westfjords Region
• 1238: The Battle of Iceland · museum · Northwestern Region
• Auðunn's Mineral Collection · museum · Eastern Region
• Breiðdalssetur · museum · Eastern Region
• Byggðasafn Hafnarfjarðar · museum · Capital Region
• Byggðasafn Húnvetninga og Strandamanna · museum · Northwestern Region
• David's House · museum · Northeastern Region
• Duus Museum · museum · Southern Peninsula
• Geothermal Energy Exhibition · museum · Southern Region
• Húsið · museum · Southern Region
• Icelandic Horse History Center · museum · Northwestern Region
• Kvikmyndasafn Íslands · museum · Capital Region
• LA Art Museum · museum · Southern Region
• Maritime Museum · museum · Southern Region
• Nýibær · museum · Northwestern Region
• Safnahús Borgarfjarðar · museum · Western Region
• Saga Fotografica · museum · Northeastern Region
• Seal Center · museum · Northwestern Region
• Sjóminjasafnið á Hellissandi · museum · Western Region
• Skaftfellingur · museum · Southern Region
• The Agricultural Museum of Iceland · museum · Western Region
• The Bobby Fischer Center · museum · Southern Region
• The Ghost Centre · museum · Southern Region
• The Motorcycle Museum of Iceland · museum · Northeastern Region
• The Museum of Prophecies · museum · Northwestern Region
• The Sheep Farming Museum · museum · Westfjords Region
• Veiðisafnið · museum · Southern Region
• World Within Worlds · museum · Capital Region
• The Icelandic Museum Museum · museum · Capital Region
• Gunnar Gunnarsson's house · museum · Eastern Region
• Bookless Bungalow · museum · Capital Region
• Byggðasafn Gerðahrepps · museum · Southern Peninsula
• Eldheimar · museum · Southern Region
• Grenivík Fishing Museum · museum · Northeastern Region
• Herma · museum · Capital Region
• Into the Arctic · museum · Northeastern Region
• Listasafn ASÍ · museum · Capital Region
• Mineral Shed Museum · museum · Southern Region
• Museum and Local handicraft · museum · Northwestern Region
• Norwegian House · museum · Western Region
• Pakkhús · museum · Western Region
• Pharmacy Museum · museum · Capital Region
• Pálshús Museum · museum · Northeastern Region
• Safn Ásgríms Jónssonar · museum · Capital Region
• Sagnagarður Soil Conservation Visitor Centre · museum · Southern Region
• Viking wax museum · museum · Southern Region
• Arctic Photo · museum · Capital Region
• Art 67 · museum · Capital Region
• Art Ceramic Studio Gallery · museum · Capital Region
• Art Gallery 101 · museum · Capital Region
• Art Gallerí · museum · Capital Region
• Aurora Reykjavik Northern Lights Center · museum · Capital Region
• Back to the Past Mánárbakki Museum · museum · Northeastern Region
• Bardúsa verslunarminjasafn · museum · Northwestern Region
• Bones and stones museum - gift shop · museum · Eastern Region
• Bustarfell · museum · Eastern Region
• Byggðarsafnið · museum · Western Region
• Bóka- og Byggðasafn · museum · Northeastern Region
• Eider Duck Museum · museum · Western Region
• Fairytale Figures · museum · Northeastern Region
• Fiskhöllin · museum · Capital Region
• Flæði · museum · Capital Region
• Gallery Listasel · museum · Southern Region
• Gallery Underpass · museum · Capital Region
• Gallerí Fold · museum · Capital Region
• Gallerí Fríða Gylfadóttir · museum · Northeastern Region

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