On September 28, on the centenary of the death of the world-renowned pioneer in the field of geology and natural sciences Þorvaldur Thoroddsen, a seminar was held and an exhibition opened at the National Library.

The symposium was hosted by the Icelandic Museum of Natural History, the Icelandic Natural History Society and the National and University Library of Iceland in collaboration with the Icelandic Institute of Natural History, the Icelandic Meteorological Office, the Icelandic Literary Society, the Geoscience Society of Iceland, the Icelandic Biological Society, the Icelandic Glaciological Society and the Icelandic Science Society.
 
The picture shows Snæbjörn Guðmundsson who organized the event together with Anna Katrín Guðmundsdóttir at the Icelandic Museum of Natural History. The exhibition runs until November 22.