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Viking World (Icelandic: Víkingaheimar [ˈviːciŋkaˌheiːmar̥]) is a museum in Njarðvík, Reykjanesbær, Iceland. Íslendingur , a replica of the Gokstad Viking ship The museum opened on 8 May 2009, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] followed by a formal opening on Icelandic National Day , 17 June.
The Settlement Exhibition Reykjavík 871±2 (Icelandic: Landnámssýningin) is an exhibition on the settlement of Reykjavík, Iceland, created by the Reykjavik City Museum. The exhibition is based on the archaeological excavation of the ruin of one of the first houses in Iceland and findings from other excavations in the city centre. The ...
Center for Icelandic Art; Duus Museum; Galleri Sudurgata 7; Gljúfrasteinn; Gufunes; Höfn Glacier Museum; Húsavík Whale Museum; Icelandic Museum of Design and Applied Art (Hönnunarsafn Íslands) The Icelandic Museum of Rock 'n' Roll; Icelandic Phallological Museum; ICGV Óðinn; Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft; National Gallery ...
History of Iceland: From the Settlement to the Present Day. Reykjavik: Forlagið Publishing. ISBN 978-9979-53-513-3. Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon. Wasteland with Words. A Social History of Iceland (London: Reaktion Books, 2010) Miller, William Ian; "University of Michigan Law School Faculty & Staff". Cgi2.www.law.umich.edu. 24 October 1996.
Íslendingur on display at the Viking World museum Íslendingur at the Viking World museum. Íslendingur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈislɛntiŋkʏr̥], "Icelander") is a replica of the Gokstad viking ship and was sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 2000. It is on display at the Viking World museum in Njarðvík, Reykjanesbær, Iceland.
Originally built to house the National Library and National Archives and also previously the location of the National Museum and Natural History Museum, it was re-modeled in 2000 to promote the Icelandic national heritage. Many of Iceland's national treasures are on display, such as the Poetic Edda, and the Sagas in their original manuscripts ...
The museum was founded in 2011 and formally opened in 2014 by the President of Iceland. [2] [3] The main exhibition room features photographs and artifacts from the Apollo astronaut training program near Húsavík in 1965 and 1967. [4] The second exhibition room features the history of Viking exploration. Upstairs is dedicated to the ...
The 86-tonne, two mastered ketch Sigurfari (Kútter Sigurfari) is arguably the museum's most notable artefact, located outside the main museum building. Sigurfari was built in England in 1885, out of oak. It was used for fishing in Iceland until 1919 and in the Faroe Islands until the 1970s. Sigurfari is the only preserved ship of its kind in ...