The Skagafjörður Heritage Museum

The main exhibition is in the old Glaumbær turf farmhouse. It depicts everyday life in a well-to-do traditional Icelandic turf house from around 1850 to 1950.

Áshús is a late 19th-century timber building which houses an exhibition on daily life in the early 20th century as well as the museum‘s tearoom, which offers traditional cakes and other baked goods as well as soup.

Gilsstofa is a timber house, originally built in 1849, but reconstructed at Glaumbær in 1997. It houses exhibitions on two floors. It houses the museum’s main office and a small souvenir shop.

Glaumbær, 561 Varmahlíð

+354 453 6173 byggdasafn@skagafjordur.is glaumbaer.is

Opening hours: May 20-Sept 20: Daily

The head office of the Skagafjörður Heritage Museum is located just outside the museum grounds, north of the church, in the former vicarage.

10am-6pm. Sept 21-Oct 20 & Apr 1-May 19: Weekdays 10am-4pm. Oct 21-Mar 31: By request.

Admission: ISK 2.000. Students and seniors: ISK 1.700. Children under 18: Free.