A large collection of historic Icelandic structures. Be sure to have a guided tour or you'll miss most of the content since there is little written information.
If you go to Iceland, make shore this is one place you get to have a look at, its a good run down of the Icelandic way of life.
The tour is supposed to last for 1h15m, but takes the time it takes. Dependent on how many questions is asked. The guide really knows his stuff and has a lot of humor. We took the tour in the winter and therefore only got inside 4 houses. But it was worth it. We are saving the last star for the sommer tour where there will be a lot more to see
Especially loved the short guided tour, our guide brought it to life with stories that her grandmother had told her. The reconstructed turf houses were great - can't believe people lived in them until 1970!!
I'd highly recommend this to anyone visiting Reykjavik. The museum was built around a farmhouse that was also an inn for travelers to Reykjavik. Now they've added two churches, a fisherman's house, a well-to-do person's house, etc. that were all actual buildings in Reykjavik that were moved to the grounds. We had a highly knowledgeable guide who gave us all sorts of info about each building, and gave us a great perspective on how Icelanders lived 100-150 years ago. It was my favorite museum in Reykjavik, and it was an easy bus ride out there.
This is a place where local people try to explain the history of the Icelandic people, centered on the excavated remains of a Viking house. It is relatively a small museum, worth visiting [entrance fee included with the R. card].
We went on the guided tour at 1pm, the guide was extremely knowledgable about the subject and the houses were a fascinating look into the past. Highly recommend for anyone who likes history.
If you are in to history or anything folk related go see this! We went for the tour at 13:00, the guide was great, he had tones of information and was able to answer any question that was asked no matter how specific or strange. Jump on the 12 bus from Reykjavik to get there, takes about 35 mins and is well worth it.
This site is served very well by the city bus service. On my visit I found it very tranquil and a lovely place to while away a couple of hours. The information boards are in Iceland and English.
I was concerned that it was going to be a bit boring however it is not and well deserves to be so highly rated. What made it particularly good was the friendliness of the staff, they even allowed us to stay and wait and look around the museum whilst we waited for the tour to start and afterwards before getting our bus - which was very important due to the bitter cold