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Skip the Line Skogar Museum Ticket
Duration
1 to 5 hours
Overview
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Skógar Museum in Southern Iceland, is a cultural heritage collection of 15,000 regional folk craft artifacts exhibited in 3 museums and 6 historical buildings.
Skógar Museum opened December 1st, 1949. Originally housed in Skógar Regional School, the museum was founded on the initiative of Þórður Tómasson, who curated the museum since its inception until his retirement in 2013, at the age of 92.
In the early years, principals of the Skógar school assisted Þórður in his efforts. During summer vacations, when the schoolhouse was used as a hotel, and the museum’s collection were exhibited in classrooms.
The museum includes a café and museum shop.
After the secondary school at Skógar closed down in 1999, the museum took over responsibility for the school buildings, where a hotel operates in summer, and tourist services all year. The former principal of the school, Sverrir Magnússon, is now Director of Skógar Museum.