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On Saturday, November 12, 2016, the exhibition CHINA AND ICELAND – relations between friendly nations opened at the National Library. The exhibition focuses on cultural and… Read More » CHINA AND ICELAND – relations between friendly nations
On Friday, October 21st, at 2-5 p.m., the exhibition "Fiction Awakens Inside Me" was opened at the National Library. The exhibition features illustrations by Júríj… Read More » "Fiction Awakens Inside Me"
On the occasion of Advent, the museum has set up a micro-exhibition of several Christmas-related publications from the last two centuries or so. Here are… Read More » Christmas Publications
On September 27, 2016, a small exhibition about Bríet Bjarnhéðinsdóttir was opened in the museum, marking 160 years since the birth of this… Read More » Bríet Bjarnhéðinsdóttir – 160 years of memory
On Friday, April 22, 2016, an exhibition of Snorri Hjartarson's poems opened at the museum. The exhibition will focus on… Read More » Into the Green Forests – an exhibition of Snorri Hjartarson's poems
From 12th to 15th May 2016, a book fair was held in Prague, focusing on Nordic literature. Among the guests were Sjón… Read More » Book fair in Prague
In June 2016, a micro-exhibition was set up in the museum about the history of the publication of the telephone directory. The first telephone directory was published on August 15, 1905… Read More » The Telephone Directory 1905-2016
On March 8, Hallgrímur Pétursson's autograph manuscript of the Passion Hymns was accepted into the Icelandic National Register of Memory of the World. The manuscript is preserved in… Read More » The Passion Hymns into the Icelandic National Register of Memory of the World
Catherine Eyjólfsson and Erik Skyum-Nielsen, translators of Icelandic authors into French and Danish. A small exhibition has been set up in the museum… Read More » Translations into French and Danish
The Hagþenki 2015 award was presented at a ceremony at the National Library on March 2. The award went to Páll Baldvin Baldvinsson for his book Stríðsárin 1938–1945.… Read More » Stríðsárin 1938-1945