Museums

Akureyri Art Museum

Akureyri Art Museum makes a special effort to encourage the active participation of the public in its operations, provide education within the field of visual art and stimulate debate on society, culture and art.

Akureyri Drama Society

The Akureyri Drama Society was established in 1917 and has been run as a professional company since 1973. The company's permanent locale is the well known "Samkomuhús" (community centre) which was built in 1906 and has always played an important part in the town's social activities.

Akureyri Museum

The aim of Akureyri Museum is the collection, preservation and study of objects and records relating to cultural history, especially such as may throw light upon the daily lives of people in the Eyjafjörður district and their industries.

Akureyri Museum of Industry

As the name suggests, this is a museum relating to industry in Akureyri during the past few centuries, with a special emphasis on branches of industry and companies involved in such activities.

Davíð Stefánsson Memorial Museum

The relatives of the poet Davíð Stefánsson from Fagriskógur bequeathed to Akureyri Municipality the house at 6 Bjarkarstígur which the poet built and lived in until his death in 1964. Read more..

Amtsbókasafnið - nýbygging veturinn 2004

District Archives

The objective of the archives is the collection and preservation of documents and other recorded sources from the history of the district, for use by administration, organisations and individuals.

Friðbjarnarhús

Friðbjarnarhús now houses an exhibition of 20^th century toys, which were

donated by Guðbjörg Ringsted. Among other things one can see can see dozens of dolls and toy cars. On the upper floor is the old meeting room of the Independent Order of Good Templars, which donated the house to the Municipal Council of Akureyri in 2009.