Exhibits

On Halldór Laxness' birthday, April 23, an exhibition was opened at the museum to mark the centenary of The Child of Nature, Halldór's first novel.… Read More » To be kind or to go away?

The surrealist group Medúsa was founded by several students at Fjölbrautaskólinn in Breiðholt at the end of 1979, and the group's policy statement was published in the school newspaper… Read More » Medúsa

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Icelandic Midwives' Association, an exhibition was opened at the National Library on International Midwifery Day, Sunday, May 5. The Icelandic Midwives' Association… Read More » We welcome you

On April 9th, the National Library opened the exhibition Sjónarfur by Sigmundur Guðmundsson, a printmaker. Sigmundur Guðmundsson, a printmaker, was born on October 18th, 1853… Read More » Sjónarfur

Sigurjón Samúelsson from Hrafnabjörg near Ísafjarðardjúp began collecting records around 1950, first Icelandic song records and accordion records, some of which were… Read More » Sigurjón Samúelsson's Record Collection

  In 1925, rare visitors arrived in Ísafjörður, almost 90 Greenlanders. The exhibition discusses how this visit was… Read More » First Encounters: Greenlanders in Ísafjörður 1925

On April 18, 2018, a major exhibition about the museum's 200-year history, entitled The Museum of Time, opened. At… Read More » The Museum of Time

An exhibition about Guðrún Lárusdóttir was opened at the National Library on Wednesday, May 9, 2018. Guðrún Lárusdóttir was born in Valþjófsstaður in Fljótsdalur on the 8th… Read More » “But time flew by” – Guðrún Lárusdóttir

The Kveisu string is probably the only one of its kind that has survived in Iceland. It is a leather string with a reading or… Read More » Kveisu string

The exhibition Books is being mounted to mark the 200th anniversary of the National Library of Iceland, but recently there has been an increased emphasis on… Read More » Books