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Museums
There is a good variety of museums all over the Westfjords so everybody should find something they like.
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The Old Blacksmith Shop Bíldudalur
The old blacksmith shop in Bíldudalur dates back to 1895 to when Pétur Thorsteinsson, one of the most sucessfull entrepreneur for business in Iceland, built his empire here in Bíldudalur.
The shop
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Boat- and gift of nature exhibition Reykholar
The Boat and Gift-of-Nature Museum & travel information centre tells the story of how inhabitants traditionally harvested the rich, natural resources in Breiðafjörður.
Foraging for eggs, huntin
Natural History Museum of Bolungarvík
Note: The Natural History Museum will be closed in 2020 due to renovations.
The museum is located in the centre of Bolungarvík and has in display a variety of natural items as stuffed land and sea
Sheep Farming Museum
The Sheep Farming Museum is an interesting and entertaining exhibition about the Icelandic sheep and sheep farming. The exhibition focuses on providing diverse entertainment for all ages. The children
Westfjords Heritage Museum
In most travel books referred to as the Maritime Museum. Fisheries have always been the most important economic activity in the Westfjords, and the museum gives a unique insight into the rich maritime
The Arctic Fox Center
The Arctic Fox Centre is a non-profit research and exhibition center, focusing on the arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) - the only native terrestrial mammal in Iceland.
The Arctic Fox Centre was established
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The Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft Museum
The Museum of Sorcery and Witchcraft was opened in the summer of year 2000 and attracts around 11 thousand guests every year.
The exhibition tells the story of the witchcraze in Iceland in the 17th ce
Ósvör Maritime Museum
Ósvör maritime Museum is a replica of an old Icelandic fishing station from the19th century that stands on the east side of Bolungarvík down by the sea.
On display are the rowing boat Ölver, a cre
Museum of Everyday Life
This tiny museum, located in an old shoeshop in Ísafjörður, celebrates the ordinary and tells stories that capture the beauty of everyday life in a charming way.
A visit to the Museum of Everyday L
Samúel Jónsson´s Art Museum
Samúel Jónsson (1884-1969) has been called "the simple-hearted artist". When he received old-age pension, he built an art museum and a church, made models of distant landmark buildings, and painted
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Hotel Laugarholl
Ghosts, trolls and sorcerers
To Icelanders the Strandir region is wrapped in an aura of mystery. According to lore it's not only home to ghosts, elves and trolls, but many thought witchcraft was rampa
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Museum of Music - Jón Kr. Ólafsson
- Reynimelur / Tjarnarbraut 5
- 465 Bíldudalur
- 456-2186, 845-5518
Memorial Museum Kört
- Árnes II, Trékyllisvík
- 524 Árneshreppur
- 4514025
Staðir Church
- Reykjanes
- 380 Reykhólahreppur
- 530-2200
Culture museum, Hlíð
- Núpur í Dýrafirði
- 471 Þingeyri
- 456-8239, 896-1660, 897 9805
Westfjords Heritage Museum - The Blacksmith’s Workshop
- Hafnarstræti 10
- 470 Þingeyri
- 456-3294, 863-2412
The Culture House
- Eyrartún
- 400 Ísafjörður
- 450-8220
Grund - Ancient tractors
- Grund
- 380 Reykhólahreppur
- 434-7830, 894-1011
Seljanes - Ancient cars
- Seljanes
- 380 Reykhólahreppur
- 434-7720, 894-1011
Snjafjallasetur Heritage Centre
- Dalbær, Snæfjallaströnd
- 401 Ísafjörður
- 690-4893 , 698-7533
The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum
- Strandgata 7
- 465 Bíldudalur
- 4566666, 896-3109
Hnjótur Museum
- Hnjótur, Örlygshöfn
- 451 Patreksfjörður
- 456-1511
Jón Sigurðsson Memorial Museum
- Hrafnseyri, Arnarfjörður
- 471 Þingeyri
- 456-8260, 845-5518
The Nonsense Museum
- Hafnarstræti 11
- 425 Flateyri
- 893-3067
Vinahus museum
- Brunnar 18 / Haukur Már Sigurðsson
- 450 Patreksfjörður
- 892-5561
Litlibær
- Skötufjörður
- 420 Súðavík
- 695-5377, 894-4809
The old book shop Flateyri
- Hafnarstræti 3-5
- 425 Flateyri
- 840-0600
