Síldarminjasafn Íslands

Om museet

The origins of Síldarminjasafn Íslands go back to 1957, when the Siglufjörður town council elected a board to set up a local heritage museum. New collecting began in 1977, and in 1989 enthusiasts founded the Félag áhugamanna um minjasafn (FÁUM, the Society of Heritage Museum Enthusiasts) to build up a herring museum. The society opened its first heritage exhibition on the herring years in 1991 and took over the assets of the local heritage museum board, including Róaldsbrakki.

Róaldsbrakki is a Norwegian herring house that Ole Tynes built in 1906–1907 for Olaf Roald of Ålesund. The building was protected in 1977, restored in 1990–1996 and dedicated as a museum building on 9 July 1994. Later additions were Grána, a fishmeal house built in 1999–2000 largely from the timber of the old Bein factory; the Bátahúsið boathouse (2003–2004); and Slippurinn, which the museum acquired in 2012.

The museum has won numerous awards, including the Icelandic Museum Awards in 2000 and the European Museum Award (the Micheletti Award) in 2004, when it was voted the best new industrial museum in Europe. In 2023 the museum received around 35,000 visitors.

Højdepunkter

• Róaldsbrakki, a Norwegian herring house with a salting station and the living quarters of herring girls
• Grána, a fishmeal house with machinery and equipment from a herring factory
• Boathouse with herring ships and boats at the quay
• Slippurinn, a workshop and exhibition on boatbuilding
• Salting demonstrations with herring girls in summer

Permanente udstillinger

• Róaldsbrakki – A Norwegian herring house with an exhibition on herring salting, the influence of Norwegians on herring fishing, Iceland's herring fishing grounds and the living quarters of herring girls on the upper floors.
• Grána – A fishmeal house with machinery and equipment showing the Icelandic herring factory in 1935–1945 and the production process from herring to fish oil and fishmeal.
• Bátahúsið – A recreated atmosphere of the herring harbour around 1950–1955, with herring ships and boats at the quays, a fishing gear shop and old films.

Grundlagt

1994

Besøgende pr. år

ca. 35.000 (2023)

Entrépriser & rabatter

School groups on organised study trips receive free admission under the Museums Act.

Tilgængelighed

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Børn og familie

The youngest school children get a story time in the forecastle of the boat Týr, and older primary school pupils go on a treasure hunt (ratleikur) in the boathouse.

Transport & parkering

Siglufjörður and Ólafsfjörður form the municipality of Fjallabyggð on the Tröllaskagi peninsula; the road passes through tunnels, including the Héðinsfjörður Tunnels.

Service & spisesteder

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Arrangementer & udlejning

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