On next Sunday, December 18, the National Museum of Iceland will offer two for one discounts on admissions. Children under 18 years of age enter for free as usual. The museum offers a diverse selection of exhibitions, family Christmas activity game, a cafe and a gift shop. Come visit the National Museum before Christmas

The National Costume Day of the National Museum of Iceland will be held at the Culture House Sunday March 12 at 2pm. 

DesignMarch will be held for the ninth time from March 23-26. This festival is Icelands most important annual design event, organized by Iceland Design Centre, the promotion agency of Icelandic design and architecture.The National Museum of Iceland participates in DesignMarch: the Culture House hosts the exhibits of Þórunn Árnadóttir, Milla Snorrason, and Polish and Icelandic illustrators.  Sigurður Oddsson exhibits at the National Museum of Iceland.  

Islandzkie Muzeum Narodowe zaprasza w niedzielę 26 marca o godzinie 14 na bezpłatne oprowadzanie w języku polskim po wystawie „Islandia w świecie, świat w Islandii”. Przewodnikiem po wystawie będzie antropolożka Anna Wojtyńska. 

The National Museum of Iceland and the Culture House are open during the Easter holidays.

On Tuesday May 9 at 12pm, Anna Wojtynska gives a lecture about Poles in Iceland.

On Saturday July 29 at 2pm Inga Lísa Middleton Photographer will give a guided tour through the Exhibition Thoughts of Home at the National Museum of Iceland. The exhibition was opened on June 3 and will be on display until September 17 2017. All welcome and admission is free.

Welcome to the National Museum on Culture Night and enjoy various events for the whole family. Free admission and open from 10am to 10pm.

Welcome to the Culture House on Culture Night and enjoy various events for the whole family. Free admission and open from 10am to 10pm.

Lecture at the Lecture hall, National Museum of Iceland, Suðurgata 41, Reykjavik. September 28th 2017 at 12 pm.

Poul Nedergaard Jensen arkitekt og fyrrverandi kennari við Arkitektaskólann í Árósum í Danmörku hefur gefið Þjóðminjasafni Íslands ljósmyndasafn sitt ásamt uppmælingateikningum; afrakstur ferða hans um Ísland á árunum 1973-2006.

Marianne Guckelsberger and Marled Mader give a lecture on their project based on the exhibition Bundled-up in Blue, The Re-investigation of a Viking Age Grave on Tuesday November 21 at 12 noon.

An open lecture will be held at the National museum of Iceland lecture hall by dr. Knut Paasche, researcher at NIKU in Norway, Thursday Nov 23, 16–17.

The National Museum of Iceland offers guided tour in English through the permanent exhibition, Points of View every Saturday September 15 to April 14. The tour starts at 2 pm and is free with museum admission. 

The National Museum of Iceland offers a guided tour in English through the permanent exhibition, Making of a Nation - Heritage and History in Iceland  every Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday at 11 am. The tour is free with museum admission.

The National Museum of Icelands welcomes guest to Museum Night at the Culture House.  The Culture House is open from 18.00-23.00 and admission is free during that time.

Sævar Helgi Bragason explores the stars and tells of how people found their way. Kids and adults are welcome. We make a simple sextant and use it to measure the latitude of Iceland. If weather permits, we will observe the starry sky. Sextant is a navigation instrument.The event is in Icelandic.

The National Museum of Iceland welcomes guest to Museum Night.  The National Museum is open from 18:00 - 23:00 and admission is free.

 Advanced students at The Dance Academy journey in dance through the exhibition spaces, inspired by Pina Bausch’s works, which they modify in various ways and adapt to the space and surrounding art works. The viewer sees familiar elements from Bausch’s famous works, such as her Rite of Spring.

A writers night in the Photo Gallery on the occasion of the photo exhibition The Long Apartment Block in Upper Breiðholt. The comic artist Lóa Hjálmtýsdóttir, hosts the event. The writers Sjón, Eva Rún Snorradóttir, Kristín Eiríksdóttir, Halla Birgisdóttir and Sanna Magdalena Mörtudóttir read.

Specialists from the institutions that contribute to the exhibition Points of View – a Journey through the Visual World of Iceland are present between 8 and 9 pm and talk to guests about items of special interest.

Two of Iceland’s most beloved singers, Sigríður Thorlacius and Sigurður Guðmundsson, join forces in the Old Reading Hall at the Culture House and sing, together and separately, some well-known, pleasant songs.

The Exhibition Design Symposium brings together some of the most cutting-edge local designers, artists and curators to discuss the present and future state of exhibition design in Iceland.

An exhibition about archaeological research on burial mounds on Dysnes in Eyjafjörður, north Iceland, will be opened May 9th at 12 noon.

The National Museum of Iceland, in collaboration with Reykjavík Kabarett, invites kids 8 years old and older, to attend a short workshop in ventriloquy. 

The Rainbow Guide, a queer guide through The National Museum of Iceland's permanent exhibition, Making of a Nation - Heritage and History in Iceland, will be launched in the fall of 2018, celebrating the 40 year anniversary of the founding of Samtökin ‘78. The project will be introduced at Reykjavik Pride and members of the organizing team will guide guests through the exhibition.

Grýla og Leppalúði halda uppteknum hætti og koma við á Þjóðminjasafninu stuttu áður en jólasveinarnir, synir þeirra, koma af fjöllum hver á fætur öðrum og líta við í safninu að hitta börn. Að þessu sinni mæta tröllahjónin sunnudaginn 9. desember klukkan 15.

Saturday 22th of December Dr. Terry Gunnell, Head of Folkloristics at the University of Iceland will give an illustrated presentation in English reviewing the beliefs and traditions of Icelandic Christmas in the past and present. The presentation starts at 12 pm at the National Museum of Iceland. Admission is free of charge.

David Tencer, bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Reykjavík tells about various artifacts that can be seen in the National Museum and are related to the customs and activities of the Catholic Church. 

Icelandic folklore describes encounters with a variety of strange creatures. Would you like to meet some of them? Graduate students from the Reykjavík Academy of Digital Entertainment at the Technical College have designed an on-screen entry gate into the habitats of a few mythical creatures. Do you dare to step through?

The travelling print workshop Print & Friends is up and working at the Culture House! 

 Books in the Back invite you to a pop-up shop in the Culture House on Museum Night, 8th of February, between 6 and 10 pm.

The Reykjavik Queer Choir sings a few songs. In direct continuation there will be a guide to the Rainbow Thread at the National Museum of Iceland.

On the occasion of the exhibitions of the National Museum of Iceland's Churches in temporary exhibition spaces, rev. Davíð Þór Jónsson, priest of Laugarneskirkja, teaches about the treasures and customs of the church and connects to the present in a fresh and interesting way.

Á þjóðbúningadeginum er almenningur hvattur til að draga fram þjóðbúninga af öllu tagi, klæðast þeim, sýna sig og sjá aðra. Um er að ræða kjörið tækifæri fyrir áhugasama að kynna sér íslenska þjóðbúninginn. Aðgangur er ókeypis fyrir þau sem mæta á þjóðbúningi og er fólk af erlendum uppruna sérstaklega hvatt til að mæta á þjóðbúningi síns heimalands.

Young actors from the Secret Theater receive guests and stage scenes from the history of a nation. 

Icelandic folklore describes encounters with a variety of strange creatures. Would you like to meet some of them? Graduate students from the Reykjavík Academy of Digital Entertainment at the Technical College have designed an on-screen entry gate into the habitats of a few mythical creatures. Do you dare to step through?

Students of art and design at the Iceland Academy of the Arts, together with students in creative writing at the University of Iceland present Artist´s books at the Culture House. The works are the product of workshops where the students unfolded the concept of the artist's book in practice and explored the interception between visuals and text. 

Gunnar Marel Hinriksson, a specialist at the National and University Library of Iceland, will give a guided tour through the exhibition Colic Leaf at the Culture House on the occasion of the International Museum Day. The Tour is in English and free of charge.

Welcome to the National Museum on Culture Night. 

The Culture House holds the exhibition Points of View – a journey through the visual world of Iceland. Families with children can find, on their way through the exhibition, places where you can play, touch and explore. These places are Frodin’s retreat.

A culture hunt in the National Museum of Iceland and the Culture House at Hverfisgata with a visit to the Tjörnin pond. Available in Icelandic only.

Welcome to the Culture House on Culture Night and enjoy various events for the whole family.  Open from 10:00 to 19:00. All are welcome.

The artists Agnieszka Sosnowska and Yrsa Roca Fannberg give a guided tour of their respective exhibitions in the Photo Gallery and Wall at the National Museum of Iceland. The tour starts with Yrsa at 2 pm and Agnieszka follows. Yrsa speaks in Icelandic and Agnieszka in English. All are welcome.

The Culture House holds a variety of strange creatures and folklore characters that have inspired artists through the ages.

Would you like to learn to whittle some wood and read a tree? Ólafur Oddsson, an established whittler, teaches a safe way to wield the knife and starts you off with a fun whittling project. The teaching takes place in a grove outside the museum and starts at 2:30 pm.

In relation to a whittling course for kids on Culture Night, the National Museum offers a brief guided tour for kids and families on whittled and carved items on view in the museum’s permanent exhibition.

Z okazji polskiego Święta Niepodległości Islandzkie Muzeum Narodowe zaprasza wszystkich Polaków na zwiedzanie wystawy głównej z polskim przewodnikiem.

The Yule Cat has sneaked into the National Museum, and is hiding in 10 places among the objects.

Sunnudaginn 8. desember klukkan 14 skemmta Grýla og Leppalúði gestum Þjóðminjasafnsins. Með þeim verður skemmtikrafturinn Gói.

The Yule Lads visit the National Museum from the 12th of December until 24th, daily at 11am. They wear their old Icelandic costumes and sing and tell children (and adults) stories. Icelandic schoolchildren fill the museum on weekdays to meet the Yule Lads but everyone are welcome and although the programme is in Icelandic everyone can enjoy it. 

An illustrated presentation in English reviewing the beliefs and traditions of Icelandic Christmas past and present, from pagan gods to practical joking Christmas Lads. National Museum of Iceland Desember 21, 12 pm

Presenter: Terry Gunnell. Head of Folkloristics at the University of Iceland

The National Museum of Iceland welcomes guest to Museum Night on February 7th 2020.  The National Museum and the Culture House are open from 18:00 - 23:00 and admission is free.

The National Museum of Iceland welcomes guest to Museum Night at the Culture House.  The Culture House is open from 18.00-23.00 and admission is free during that time.

On the occasion of Museum Night the present has made a fresh and surprising appearance amongst the artefacts of centuries past in the National Museum of Iceland's permanent exhibition; Making of a Nation - Heritage and History in Iceland. Let the visit to the National Museum take you by surprise! See the past in a new light! Free admission.

The theme of Museum Night in the National Museum is the invasion of the present into the permanent exhibition. On that occasion a Photo-Booth is situated at the costume try-on. Try on some clothing in Viking style or traditional style and add odd accessories that skew the picture! Then send yourself the photo to your email address or phone.

Come play with making a hands-on mind map of words and objects, inspired by the current exhibitions in the Culture House; Points of View and 3-D Semantic Net of Icelandic Vocabulary.

This guided tour aims to present a discourse on the origins of the Icelanders and the impacts that trade and migration have made on human health and society across history in Iceland. Drawing upon scientific evidence, the connection between health and the environment, as well as Iceland's relationship with the world, will be illustrated using examples from the museum's permanent exhibition. The guided tour is in English and free of charge. 

A guided tour in English of the permanent exhibition at the Culture House; Points of View, a journey through the visual world of Iceland. The exhibition Points of View gives visitors the chance to delve into the collections of six different cultural institutions. Points of view is a unique journey through Iceland's visual legacy, offering an innovative guide to a nation's cultural history. 

Dear guests: The Icelandic government has announced a ban on gatherings of 20 people or more, starting Tuesday 24 March 2020. All museums will be closed for the duration of the ban. We look forward to see you when we open again.

The National Museum offers a guided tour in English through the permanent exhibition, Making of a Nation every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 11 am during the summer time. The guided tour takes approximately 45 minutes and is free of charge with museum admission.  

The National Museum of Iceland offers a guided tour in English through the permanent exhibition, Points of View every Saturday and Tuesday at 2 pm. Free with the Museum ticket.