Iceland review - 2014, Page 11

ICELAND REVIEW 9
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
predominated 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 18:00
TEL: (+354) 487 8845 FAX (+354) 487 8848. skogasafn@skogasafn.is www.skogasafn.is
THE FOLK
MUSEUM
AT SKÓGAR
Jóhannes S. Kjarval, First Snow, 1953 Ásmundur Sveinsson, Worship, 1944
Reykjavík
Art Museum
Visit Iceland´s
largest network
of art museums
to see works by our
most influential and
recognized artsists
Kjarval, Erró and
Ásmundur Sveinsson,
among a variety of
temporary exhibitions.
Hafnarhús

12. 10. 2013–28. 9. 2014
Erró: The World Today
Kjarvalsstaðir

1. 2. 2014–12. 10. 2014
The Seasons in Kjarval’s Art
Ásmundarsafn
18. 1. 2014–27. 4. 2014
“I’ve never seen figurative
electricity”
Open daily
One admission
to three museums
Erró, The World Today, 2011
artmuseum.is
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