The National and University Library of Iceland is taking part in Museum Night: tonight, 2 February, 20:00–21:00, Gunnar Marel Hinriksson, specialist in the Manuscript Collection, will talk about Bishop Guðbrandur’s maps of Iceland and about magic manuscripts in the Culture House. Gunnar will be joined by other specialists from the museums and archives that have works in the exhibition Sjónarhorn – ferðalag um íslenskan myndheim (Points of View – a journey through Icelandic visual culture) in the Culture House. From the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, Research Professor Gísli Sigurðsson will be available to talk about the treasure now on display in the place of honour. Jóhanna Guðmundsdóttir, archivist at the National Archives, will talk with visitors about the special exhibition Spegill samtímans 1770 (A Mirror of Its Time, 1770), on letters from the people of Iceland to the Land Commission. Viðar Hreinsson, writer and nature observer, will attend on behalf of the Icelandic Museum of Natural History and talk about art, nature and science and how they interact, with an emphasis on Jón lærði Guðmundsson (Jón the Learned).
From the National Museum, Ágúst Ó. Georgsson will talk about a picture sheet showing the main kinds of rural work in the second half of the 19th century.
See information about the event (in Icelandic).