Iceland review - 2015, Page 116

114 ICELAND REVIEW
Location: Fjarðarbraut 21, 755 Stöðvarfjörður
Tel: +354 475-8834
Website: steinapetra.is
Opening hours: May 1-Sep 30: 09:00-18:00
Petra’s is a house that morphed into a museum thanks to a passion
for collecting interesting minerals. As the house filled up, the garden
became the focus of the collection. Today people visit Petra’s from all
over the world to see not only the thousands of attractive geological
specimens, but also the beautifully-kept garden.
Everyone can appreciate pretty stones, but many claim to feel
their energy, and some are even moved to tears by this remarkable
collection.
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PETRA’S STONE COLLECTION
Location: Laufskógar 1, Egilsstaðir
Tel: + 354 471-1412
Opening hours: Jun 1-Aug 31: Mon-Fri: 11:30-19:00,
Sat-Sun 10:30-18:00, off-season: by appointment
EAST ICELAND
HERITAGE MUSEUM
The East Iceland Heritage Museum has been diligently preserving
and displaying the region’s heritage since it opened in 1942. Today
it incorporates a fascinating reindeer exhibition, because reindeer are
found in no other region of Iceland and have therefore become a part
of the local culture. The exhibition showcases the reindeer’s nature,
characteristics and survival; as well as their habitat, how and why
they are hunted, and even the ways they have influenced local artists
and designers.
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MUSEUMS SPECIAL PROMOTION
Skógar Museum was founded in 1949
and preserves the cultural heritage of
South Iceland. The collection took
place at the turning point in the his-
tory of the Icelandic nation. The old
rural society was vanishing, a new
culture was taking root. In reconstruc-
tions of old turf farmhouses visitors
can see how the people of past times
were living. In 2002 a large exhibition
facility was built to house exhibits
from the technological age that be-
gan in Iceland in the beginning of the
20th century. This new museum, The
Museum of Transport and Communi-
cation, has a spacious cafeteria and
a beautiful souvenir shop.
861 HVOLSVÖLLUR - Open 11:00-16:00 ( Winter) / 09:00-18:00 (Summer)
TEL: (+354) 487 8845. skogasafn@skogasafn.is www.skogasafn.is
SKÓGAR
MUSEUM