Museum

A Local View

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 13:50:00 +0000

We welcome you to the opening of the exhibition A Local View. As a part of the annual art walk in Akranes and will open its doors on the 24th of October at 17:00 The exhibition focuses on houses/buildings in Akranes that have been inspiration to ar...

The Little Potato Festival

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 13:32:00 +0000

A lecture on potatoes and the plight of the Irish in the 18th century.

Fisherman's Day Weekend

Sat, 01 Jun 2024 10:48:00 +0000

Fire and Wool

Children's Culture Festival

Wed, 22 May 2024 15:33:00 +0000

Let's go see a movie!

And Then a Little Something Occurred

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 09:58:00 +0000

The exhibition And Then a Little Something Occurred opens at the Akranes Folk Museum

Winter Days in Akranes - Events at the Folk Museum

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 08:53:00 +0000

On the 16th-19th of March in Akranes are the so-called Winter Days, where Akranes´s institutions, companies and townspeople take part in brightening up the town with all kinds of culture and life. This year there will be two events at Akranes Folk M...

Our exhibition was nominated for the Icelandic Museum Award 2022!

Mon, 02 May 2022 15:15:00 +0000

Today it was announced which museums are nominated for the Icelandic Museum Award 2022 and the main exhibition of the Akranes folks museum was among the nominees. The Icelandic Division of ICOM and the Association of Icelandic Museums and Curators (F...

Close to 2,500 people visited the haunted labyrinth

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 10:20:00 +0000

A haunted labyrinth, a project of the Akranes folks Museum on Vökudagar, a local cultural festival, was a great success and received conciderable praise.

Great turnout so far

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 15:30:00 +0000

The turnout for the new permanent exhibition at the museum has been outstanding so far. We have received field trips from various schools, tourist groups, both foreign and domestic.