Skaftárstofa

About the museum

Skaftárstofa is the Vatnajökull National Park visitor centre at Sönghóll, near Kirkjubæjarklaustur on the Ring Road (Route 1). It also serves as the information centre for Skaftárhreppur and presents, among other things, Lakagígar and the westernmost part of the national park.

A new exhibition, Lífið með náttúrunni, has opened in the visitor centre. Visitors can also see the exhibition Vorferð of Jöklarannsóknafélag Íslands, set up to mark the society’s 70th anniversary. It tells the story of the society, its hut, glacier trips, measurements of glacier snouts, research on spring expeditions to Vatnajökull, glacier bacteria and the journal Jökull.

The centre also shows documentaries, including one about the 2011 eruption in Grímsvötn and one about the western part of Vatnajökull National Park.

Highlights

• The exhibition Lífið með náttúrunni
• The exhibition Vorferð of Jöklarannsóknafélag Íslands
• Documentary about the 2011 eruption in Grímsvötn
• Information centre for Skaftárhreppur

Permanent exhibitions

• Lífið með náttúrunni – New exhibition in the visitor centre about the interplay between people and nature in the area.
• Vorferð Jöklarannsóknafélags Íslands – Exhibition on the history of the society, its hut, glacier trips, measurements and research on Vatnajökull.

Operated by

Náttúruverndarstofnun

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Getting there & parking

The visitor centre is at Sönghóll on the Ring Road (Route 1), near Kirkjubæjarklaustur.

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