Embroidery by Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir, inspired by old manuscripts.

Various artefacts collected by the National Museum on the Búsáhaldabylting (The Kitchenware Revolution), the Iceland bank collapse, and the recession.

Adventuress Ása Gudmundsdóttir Wright donated a vast collection of objects from her estate to the National Museum, and part of it will be on display. Inga Dóra Björnsdóttir wrote Ása’s biography, which newly got published.

Exhibition of photographs from the National Museums Collection of Photographs and Prints: Unidentified photos by selected photographers 1900-1960.

Archaeological research funded by Kristnihátiðarsjóður (the Icelandic Millennium Fund) in 2001-2005. Read more...

Pieces of lead print and other items from the first Icelandic printing presses, at Hólar, Skálholt and on Hrappsey island, together with books printed on those presses.

Tasselled caps from the National Museum collection - a feature of traditional Icelandic costume - are displayed with modern tasselled caps. Designers Þórunn Elísabet Sveinsdóttir and Ingibjörg G. Guðjónsdóttir show new variations of the tasselled cap.

Photographs of young children at work, on land or at sea, during the period 1930-50. From the National Museum's Collection of Photographs and Prints.

A large collection of Icelandic objects, collected in the late 19th century, were until recently in the possession of Nordiska Museet in Stockholm, Sweden. Now the majority of those objects have been placed in the permanent keeping of the National Museum of Iceland. They include precious trasures, as well as items from everyday life such as riding gear, clothing, conteiners and tools.

Exhibition by eight Icelandic photographers who have recently launched FÍSL (Society of Contemporary Icelandic Photographers). Read more...

An exhibition of unique medieval carved boards from Bjarnastaðahlíð in Skagafjörður in north Iceland. The boards are believed originally to have formed part of a huge Last Judgement scene in the Byzantine style, probably in the cathedral built at Hólar in the early 12th century. Read more...

What did Icelanders look like? It is probably generally agreed that photographs make time almost tangible. Photographs, however, do not only have a value as sources about the period when they were taken. They also have their own aesthetic attributes and rich symbolism. They shape our ideas about the past, and express our attitudes to time and history, in addition to being a powerful image-creating medium. Time greatly affects how we look at photographs, experience them and understand them; they pose questions about the Icelanders’ relationship with their iconography, past and present. How can photographs be used to compose an image of the past, and even to approach it in a new manner? Can photos help us make history visible ? Read more...

Vera Pálsdóttir has worked as a photographer for over a decade in Paris, New York and Reykjavík. Her work has been published in many leading fashion magazines. She is now photographer of the magazine NÝTT LÍF. Read more...