Museums in Iceland

The history of Reykjavik told through a historical village and live actors.

This collection of several museums includes one of the oldest structures in Iceland.

This museum explores how a 1973 volcanic eruption forever changed this small Icelandic island.

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.

Inside this museum, visitors venture through ghost stories entrenched in Icelandic folklore.

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

This museum dedicated to divination also honors a local 10th-century prophetess.

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

This excellent museum recreates the boom days of the herring rush in the "Atlantic Klondike."

Discover the magic in the mundane in Iceland's Museum of Everyday Life.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

This remote eatery and museum is preserved as a time capsule of a small Icelandic fishing town.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.