Women in the Performing Arts

Exhibition in the National Library

29.10.2025 -

Translations of Icelandic literature by four women

Exhibition in the National Library

28.10.2025 -

70 years since Halldór Laxness received the Nobel Prize

Exhibition in the National Library

27.10.2025 - 19.12.2025

WE ARE MANY

Exhibition in the National Library

17.10.2025 - 09.03.2026

Print, manuscripts, and private archives

Exhibition in the National Library

02.06.2021 -

May Star Poetry Prize

Exhibition in the National Library

30.04.2025 - 30.09.2025

NORDIC BOOKBINDING – Nordic Nature 2025

Exhibition in the National Library

23.04.2025 - 01.09.2025

Strá fyrir straumi. Ævi Sigríðar Pálsdóttur 1809–1871

Exhibition in the National Library

25.02.2025 - 28.09.2025

And his wife

Exhibition in the National Library

10.02.2025 - 15.10.2025

"Donum Therkelsen"

Exhibition in the National Library

19.03.2025 - 10.04.2025

Founding documents of the Women's History Archives

Exhibition in the National Library

13.01.2025 - 11.02.2025

Tímanna safn

Exhibition in the National Library

04.12.2024 - 06.04.2025

Jón Árnason's printing press manuscript returned from Bavaria

Exhibition in the National Library

14.11.2024 - 06.04.2025

Translations of Icelandic literature into Polish and Portuguese

Exhibition in the National Library

27.11.2023 - 24.11.2024

Tryggvi Magnússon's drawings of Iceland's coat of arms

Exhibition in the National Library

01.06.2024 - 01.08.2024

The May Star Poetry Award

Exhibition in the National Library

15.05.2024 - 29.09.2024

Faces on display

Exhibition in the National Library

14.05.2024 - 27.10.2024

The first Icelandic 33 rpm record (LP) and the development of Icelandic music publication

Exhibition in the National Library

26.03.2024 - 26.05.2024

The May Star Poetry Award - nominated books on display

Exhibition in the National Library

23.04.2024 - 23.09.2024

Lothar Grund 1923-2023 | 100 years

Exhibition in the National Library

02.11.2023 - 05.05.2024

Christmas is coming - Idą święta

Exhibition in the National Library

01.12.2023 - 07.01.2024

Foreign manuscripts from Willard Fiske’s Library

Exhibition in the National Library

18.10.2023 - 12.11.2023

Drawings from the Red Stocking Movement

Exhibition in the National Library

07.09.2023 - 29.11.2023

Icelandic comics

Exhibition in the National Library

11.05.2023 - 01.10.2023

Book donation of mathematician Hermann Kjartansson

Exhibition in the National Library

08.03.2023 - 29.10.2023

Gísli J. Ástthórsson

Exhibition in the National Library

05.04.2023 - 01.10.2023

The May Star Poetry Award for a book of poetry published in 2022

Exhibition in the National Library

24.05.2023 - 06.09.2023

Byggðasaga Skagafjarðar, I.­–X.

Exhibition in the National Library

15.03.2023 - 04.09.2023

Ingólfur Guðbrandsson

Exhibition in the National Library

06.03.2023 - 08.10.2023

16th Century Hymnbooks

Exhibition in the National Library

13.11.2023 - 01.02.2024

Hringurinn, a Women’s Society in Reykjavík 120th anniversary

Exhibition in the National Library

26.01.2024 - 25.03.2024

SÁL – Association of people interested in theatre education – 50 years

Exhibition in the National Library

13.10.2022 - 26.03.2023

Translations of Icelandic literature to Norwegian and German

Exhibition in the National Library

30.09.2022 - 30.04.2023

Iceland Expedition of Sir Joseph Banks 1772-2022 | 250 years

Exhibition in the National Library

03.06.2022 - 27.11.2022

The Savanna trio

Exhibition in the National Library

Christmas is coming - Idą święta

Exhibition in the National Library

01.12.2022 - 08.01.2023

"The Most Courageous Steps"

Exhibition in the National Library

31.03.2022 - 25.09.2022

The May Star Poetry Award 2021

Exhibition in the National Library

18.05.2022 - 18.09.2022

Paper Trails

Exhibition in the National Library

23.11.2022 - 26.02.2023

Translations of Icelandic literature to Swedish and Italian

Exhibition in the National Library

17.02.2022 - 25.09.2022

Arfur aldanna I-II

Exhibition in the National Library

02.03.2022 - 05.09.2022

Gunnlaugur Guðbrandsson Briem - 250 years commemoration

Exhibition in the National Library

11.01.2023 - 27.02.2023

Valgerður Jónsdóttir

Exhibition in the National Library

01.12.2021 - 25.04.2022

Páll Björnsson - 400 years commemoration

Exhibition in the National Library

28.10.2021 - 18.03.2022

Þorvaldur Thoroddsen

Exhibition in the National Library

28.09.2021 - 18.03.2022

The May Star

Exhibition in the National Library

08.06.2021 - 22.11.2021

Guðjón Samúelsson by Pétur H. Ármannsson

Exhibition in the National Library

09.03.2021 - 20.09.2021

Bibliotek Nordica

Exhibition in the National Library

17.05.2021 - 23.08.2021

The Institute of History at the University of Iceland - 50th anniversary

Exhibition in the National Library

02.09.2021 - 22.11.2021

Jón Múli Árnason - 100 years commemoration

Exhibition in the National Library

31.03.2021 - 23.08.2021

Christmas cards and New Year's cards from the first half of the 20th Century

Exhibition in the National Library

01.12.2021 - 09.01.2022

Discovering women's manuscripts

Exhibition in the National Library

21.10.2020 - 31.12.2020

Sigfús Blöndal´s dictionary

Exhibition in the National Library

02.10.2020 - 15.11.2020

Jón Vídalín - 300 years remembrance

Exhibition in the National Library

25.09.2020 - 31.12.2020

Paradise Reclaimed 60/40

Exhibition in the National Library

25.09.2020 - 03.05.2021

JAÐARLÖND | BORDERLANDS

Exhibition in the National Library

21.08.2020 - 20.09.2020

The May Star Poetry Prize

Exhibition in the National Library

26.05.2020 - 01.12.2020

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Exhibition in the National Library

11.05.2020 - 31.12.2020

Parishes in Iceland

Exhibition in the National Library

05.03.2020 - 20.09.2020

The National Theatre 70th anniversary

Exhibition in the National Library

07.05.2020 - 04.10.2020

Medúsa

Exhibition in the National Library

30.01.2020 - 20.04.2020

Jón Árnason – 200 years

Exhibition in the National Library

07.09.2019 - 30.08.2020

We welcome you

Exhibition in the National Library

05.05.2019 - 09.02.2020

Að vera kjur eða fara burt?

Exhibition in the National Library

23.04.2019 - 25.06.2020

Christmas releases

Exhibition in the National Library

01.12.2019 - 12.01.2020

The visual heritage of Sigmundur Guðmundsson

Exhibition in the National Library

First encounter

Exhibition in the National Library

Ages of Time

Exhibition in the National Library

"But time hastened away..." Guðrún Lárusdóttir – 80th anniversary

Exhibition in the National Library

The Colic leaf

Exhibition in the Culture House

07.06.2018 - 01.06.2019

Artists' books

Exhibition in the Culture House

07.06.2018 - 02.06.2019

Kóngulær í sýningargluggum and more books by Kristín Ómarsdóttir

Exhibition in the National Library

Edda II - The Lives of the Gods by Jón Leifs

Exhibition in the National Library

Christmas editions

Exhibition in the National Library

Nordic bookbinding 2018

Exhibition in the National Library

Hagþenkir Award 2017

Exhibition in the National Library

Eric Boury – a translator of Icelandic literature into French

Exhibition in the National Library

Victoria Ann Cribb – a translator of Icelandic literature into English

Exhibition in the National Library

Sigvaldi Kaldalóns

Exhibition in the National Library

Ljóð muna rödd (Poems recall a voice) and more books by Sigurður Pálsson

Exhibition in the National Library

The 17th Century in the Manuscript Collection – Four hundred year anniversary of Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir (1617-1692)

Exhibition in the National Library

„Myndaði jeg stafi og marga dráttu…“ - Benedikt Gröndal – writer and poet

Exhibition in the National Library

Smekkleysa 30 years

Exhibition in the National Library

The Russian revolution in 1917 and its impact on Iceland

Exhibition in the National Library

Selma Jónsdóttir - 100 years commemoration

Exhibition in the National Library

Exhibition of share certificates in The Women’s House Hallveigarstaðir

Exhibition in the National Library

A collection of Thor Vilhjálmsson´s books presented to Veröld (World) – the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir´s house as a gift for preservation in the National and University Library of Iceland

Exhibition in the National Library

A New Collection of the works of Einar Már Gudmundsson published in Denmark

Exhibition in the National Library

Jón lærði og náttúrur náttúrunnar (Jon the Learned and the natures of nature)

Exhibition in the National Library

Cententary of painter Louisa Matthíasdóttir

Exhibition in the National Library

The Icelandic Literary Society 200 years

Exhibition in the National Library

The National Library‘s Manuscript Collection 170th anniversary

Exhibition in the National Library

17.05.2016 - 01.05.2017

China and Iceland – friendly exchanges

Exhibition in the National Library

Christmas editions

Exhibition in the National Library

Inn á græna skóga [Into green woods] – an exhibition of Snorri Hjartarson´s poetry

Exhibition in the National Library

Book fair in Prague

Exhibition in the National Library

The telephone directory 1905-2016

Exhibition in the National Library

The Passion-hymns selected on Iceland's National Register for UNESCO‘s Memory of the World Programme

Exhibition in the National Library

Translations of Icelandic literature into French and Danish

Exhibition in the National Library

Stríðsárin 1938-1945 (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

„Our most appreciated heritage“ (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

Translations of Icelandic Literature (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

Shaping the future – Trausti Valsson (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

Halldór Laxness´ Nobel Prize for literature 1955 (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

Slaying of the Basques in Iceland in 1615 (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

dadadieterdúr (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

“We cheerfully salute the future” (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

Hafsteinn Guðmundsson (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

Books from printing presses (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

Translations of Icelandic Literature (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

Hallgrímur Pétursson (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

Tryggvi Magnússon and the coat of arms (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

On the Advent 1994 (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

SG-Records 50 years (closed)

Exhibition in the National Library

Translations of Icelandic literature

Exhibition in the National Library

Paper and vellum manuscripts (closed)

Exhibition in the National Library

Kerguelen in Iceland 1767 and 1768 (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

Michel Butor and friends (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

From the edge of the world (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

From the Ground (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

Nína Tryggvadóttir – 100 years commemoration (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

Steingrímur Thorsteinsson (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

The Thorvaldsen Society Christmas Stamps (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

Private publishing and changing media (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

Narrating Memories with Þórarinn Eldjárn (closed)

Exhibition in the National Library

Eiríkur Magnússon librarian (closed)

Exhibition in the National Library

Outsiders? (closed)

Exhibition in the National Library

The Icelandic Feminist Association (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

Appelsínur frá Abkasíu (closed)

Exhibition in the National Library

Icelandic folk and fairy tales 1862-1864 (closed)

Exhibition in the National Library

Fjallkonan and Reykjavík food culture

Exhibition in the National Library

Thorbjørn Egner – 100 years

Exhibition in the National Library

Vögguvísa by Elías Mar

Exhibition in the National Library

Jólin koma "Christmas Arrives" (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library

Eylenda Musings (finished)

Exhibition in the National Library