Atlantica - 01.05.2007, Blaðsíða 59

THE FOLK MUSEUM AT SKÓGAR preserves the cultural
heritage of the Rangárvallasýsla and Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla
region, in the form of tools and equipment used at land
and at sea, crafts, old buildings, books, manuscripts and
documents.
Reconstruction of old turf farmhouses has been one of
the principal features of the museum’s work. The pride of
the museum is the Skógar Church, built in the style which
pr dominated in Iceland from the Middle Ages until the 19th
century.
Iceland was swept into modernity in an amazingly short
time. A new museum, built in 2002, exhibits the develop-
ment of travel and communication, road building and mech-
anisation at the beginning of the 20 th century. Visit also the
Skógar Boutique and Skógar Café in the new museum. 861 HVOLSVÖLLUR - OPEN DAILY FROM 9:00 TO 18:30
TEL: (+354) 487 8845 FAX (+354) 487 8848. skogasafn@skogasafn.is www.skogasafn.is
THE FOLK
MUSEUM
AT SKÓGAR
Opening hours
June 1st – August 31st, every day 9-17, winter open 10-17, closed Mondays
Box 250 | 270 Mosfellsbær | Tel. + 354 586 8066 | gljufrasteinn@gljufrasteinn.is | www.gljufrasteinn.is
Gljúfrasteinn is the former home of writer Halldór Laxness, Nobel Prize for literature 1955
20 min from Reykjavik city centre - on the way to Thingvellir National Park
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