Sögusafnið

Over het museum

The Saga Museum presents Icelandic history with life-size figures that recreate important events from the Viking Age onwards. The designer Ernst Backman, who owns the museum together with his family, conceived the idea in 1999, and the museum was formally opened in 2002. The exhibition is presented as a journey through difficult times, when volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, avalanches and the Black Death left their mark on people's lives.

The museum is in the Alliance House on Grandagarður, built in 1924–1925 as a fish-processing building for the company Alliance. The house was protected in 2010, and its exterior is protected by the Icelandic state. The museum has a small exhibition space with old photographs that trace the history of the building.

Visitors can walk around the museum with an audio guide in Icelandic, English, French, German, Russian, Spanish and Swedish, as well as a text guide in Italian and Polish. At the end of the exhibition visitors can dress up in costumes and take photos. The museum shop sells items in the spirit of the Viking Age by Ernst Backman.

Hoogtepunten

• Life-size figures showing key events in Icelandic history
• Audio guide in seven languages
• Costumes and photo opportunity at the end of the exhibition
• Museum in the protected Alliance House from 1924–1925
• Museum shop with items in the spirit of the Viking Age

Vaste collectie

• Sýning um sögu Íslands – Life-size figures recreate important events in Icelandic history from the settlement onwards, including the settlement of Ingólfur Arnarson and the impact of the Black Death. At the end of the exhibition there is a costume area for visitors.

Opgericht

2002

Beheerder

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Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Tickets can be bought online.

Toegankelijkheid

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Kinderen & gezin

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Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

The museum shop sells items in the spirit of the Viking Age by Ernst Backman; there is also an online shop.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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