Byggðasafn Skagfirðinga

Om museet

The Skagafjörður local heritage museum was founded on 29 May 1948. The first charter was drawn up that same year, and a revised charter was approved in 1999, after the municipalities of Skagafjörður had merged into two. The museum was previously run by the county and later by a regional committee, but it is now owned by the municipality of Skagafjörður, which is responsible for its operation. The museum offices are in the priest's residence north of Glaumbær Church, and storage is in Sauðárkrókur.

The old farmhouse at Glaumbær is protected and part of the building collection of the National Museum of Iceland. The farm has probably stood on the same mound for about a thousand years, though the buildings have changed as the needs of the residents changed. The youngest buildings, Norðurskemma and Suðurstofa, date from 1879, while the kitchen and pantry are from the mid-18th century. The farm is a long-house of the largest type: thirteen interconnected houses covering about 730 square metres. In 1938 Mark Watson gave 200 pounds for its preservation; the farm was designated a protected monument in 1947, and the last residents moved out the same year.

The main exhibition of the museum, “Mannlíf í torfbæjum á 19. öld” (Life in Turf Farms in the 19th Century), opened in the old farmhouse on 15 June 1952. Later more buildings were added to the site: Gilsstofa, a timber house built by Ólafur Briem at Espihóll in 1849 that was moved several times before being rebuilt at Glaumbær in 1996–1997, and Áshús, built at Ás in Hegranes in 1883–1886 and moved to Glaumbær in 1991. Since 2016 the museum has also been responsible for preserving and running Víðimýrarkirkja, a turf church from 1834.

Højdepunkter

• The Glaumbær turf farm, a long-house of thirteen interconnected buildings
• The main exhibition “Mannlíf í torfbæjum á 19. öld” (Life in Turf Farms in the 19th Century)
• Gilsstofa with the Briem Room and the exhibition “Hér stóð bær” (A Farm Once Stood Here)
• Áshús with a café and smaller exhibitions on national costume, Bólu-Hjálmar and Monika of Merkigil
• Víðimýrarkirkja, one of the few surviving turf churches in Iceland

Permanente udstillinger

• Mannlíf í torfbæjum á 19. öld – In the old turf farm you can see how people lived and cooked in the 19th century: a kitchen with an open hearth, a pantry with barrels and troughs, and a communal baðstofa (living room and bedroom) where people ate and slept.
• Gilsstofa: Briemstofa og Hér stóð bær – On the lower floor there is a parlour and office from the mid-19th century, with furniture and pictures of the Briem family. On the upper floor a photo exhibition tells of the survey of 59 turf houses that still stand in Skagafjörður.
• Sýningar í Áshúsi – Smaller exhibitions on Icelandic national costume, the poet and wood-carving master Bólu-Hjálmar, the electrification of the kitchen, Monika of Merkigil, women in Skagafjörður in the 20th century, the best room (sparistofa) and the mechanisation of craft.

Grundlagt

1948

Ejer

Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður

Entrépriser & rabatter

The prices apply for 2026. In 2027 admission will cost ISK 2,400 for adults and ISK 2,000 for groups (6+), students, senior citizens and people with disabilities. Children aged 0–17, guides and bus drivers for groups, and holders of FÍSOS, ICOM and ICOMOS cards enter free.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig: findes ikke
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

Unfortunately the museum's exhibitions are not accessible to wheelchair users. There are toilets by the car parks, including an accessible toilet that is open around the clock all year round. The café can be reached through the back door: staff open the door and bring a wheelchair ramp if contacted in advance. If conditions allow, visitors can request permission to drive a car onto the museum site to see the houses from outside. Care assistants accompanying a visitor with a disability enter free.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn

The museum offers museum bingo at different difficulty levels, in which children search for specific objects in the turf farm, and puzzle booklets based on the children's books “Sumardagur í Glaumbæ” and “Vetrardagur í Glaumbæ” (in Icelandic and English). The cards and booklets are sold at Garðsendi, and the booklets also at the café. Children aged 0–17 enter free.

Transport & parkering

The museum is about a five-minute drive from Route 1 and can only be reached by private car. Address: Glaumbær, 561 Varmahlíð.

Service & spisesteder

• Café

The café in Áshús offers home-baked cakes, coffee, hot chocolate and a light lunch. Open on weekdays 1–19 May and 21 September–20 October 11:00–15:00; daily 20 May–31 August 10:00–17:00; daily 1–20 September 10:00–16:00; otherwise by appointment. Seating for 35 guests. Groups must book two days in advance, or at least five days in advance in winter.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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