Skagafjörður Heritage Museum, Iceland

Byggðasafn Skagfirðinga (The Skagafjörður Heritage Museum) is an Accredited regional ‘living history’ museum, founded in 1948. It is based at the old farm site at Glaumbær in the Skagafjörður region of northern Iceland and is owned by the municipality. The museum mostly exhibits 18th and 19th century rural life and history of the region in the historic buildings at Glaumbær; an old turf farm that consists of 13 interconnected houses and in two 19th century timber houses called Gilsstofa and Áshús. Áshús also houses the museum’s café. The museum also takes care of and exhibits Víðimýrarkirkja, a turf church dating from 1834. Both Glaumbær Turf Farm and Víðimýri Turf Church belong to Länk till annan webbplats.The Building Collection of The National Museum of Iceland. The museum has an Archaeology department that does research in the Skagafjörður region and contract archaeology work all over Iceland.

The museum partakes in a project called Fornverkaskólinn or the Heritage Craft School Project which aims to teach and preserve traditional building and craft skills – mostly related to turf. The Heritage Craft School is a partnership project between the Skagafjörður Heritage Museum, the Carpentry Department of The Comprehensive Secondary School of Northwest Iceland and the Tourism Department at Hólar University College.

Skagafjörður Heritage Museum Website Länk till annan webbplats.