Bygdasavnið í Koytu

About the museum

The Koyta local heritage museum in Sandur is a restored dwelling in Norðara Koyta, built by Hanus Jóhannesarson (Hanus í Koytu) when he settled there in 1812. The museum bought the house in 1988 and restored it to show how ordinary people lived.

Settlement in Koyta is old; land registers show that people lived there in 1584. Sandur is probably the place where people first settled on Sandoy, with archaeological evidence from the 900s. The finds include a longhouse, graves of prominent people and the only coin find in the Faroe Islands.

Highlights

• Restored dwelling from 1812
• Shows how ordinary people lived
• Guided tours on request

Permanent exhibition

• Bústaðurin hjá Hanusi í Koytu – A restored dwelling from 1812, which shows the homes of ordinary people.

Admission & discounts

Prices are per person. A guided tour costs DKK 1,000 plus admission; a visit outside opening hours costs DKK 720 plus admission, and a guided tour outside opening hours costs DKK 1,920 plus admission.

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