Category: Museums
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Eurovision museum opens in Húsavík
The first part of the Eurovision Song Contest Exhibition in Húsavík opened to the public today. Two other exhibits will open over the next 5 months. The exhibit features Iceland in the song contest. Eurovision legend Greta Salomé performed at the opening with the Húsavík girls choir, that came to international prominence last April when…
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Fearless Females opens at the Exploration Museum
The Exploration Museum has opened its newest exhibition for the summer, titled “Fearless Females”. This brand new exhibit has been under construction for the last few weeks, and had its grand opening on the first of May. The newest exhibition features the stories of six women of exploration, spanning from the 17th century up until…
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British volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer awarded Leif Erikson award in Húsavík
The Exploration Museum in Húsavík has awarded three scientists and explorers with the Leif Erikson award. The awards were presented this weekend at the 2018 Explorers Festival. British volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer was awarded the main award, the Leif Erikson Exploration Award, for his extraordinary contribution to the exploration of volcanoes. Oppenheimer is professor of Volcanology…
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Mountaineer Edurne Pasaban awarded Leif Erikson Exploration Award
As the first woman to climb all the 14 eight-thousander peaks, Spanish mountaineer Edurne Pasaban has been awarded the 2017 Leif Erikson Exploration Award during the Explorers Festival in Húsavík this weekend. The award was presented to her by Icelandic mountaineer Vilborg Arna Gissurardóttir on behalf of the Scientific Committee of The Exploration Museum. The…
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Moonwalker breaks ground for museum expansion
Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke, who in 1972 became the youngest man to walk on the Moon, broke ground for a new wing of the Exploration Museum today. Charlie Duke spent 3 days on the Moon, performing scientific experiments, as well as roaming over the lunar surface on the Lunar Rover. The Moonwalker was joined…
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Húsavík Whale Museum reopened with new Blue Whale Exhibition
The Húsavík Whale Museum was reopened earlier this week after being closed most of this winter for renovation and installation of a new exhibit. The highlight of the reopening celebration was the unveiling of the newest exhibit, a Blue Whale skeleton. In 2010, the Blue Whale was found beached in Skagi in northwest Iceland. The…
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Two new exhibitions at Húsavík Museum
Two new exhibitions opened at Húsavík Museum last weekend. In the art gallery on the top floor is an exhibition by local artist Ragna Hermannsdóttir from Bárðardalur, born in 1924. Ragna, who studied art in Iceland and in the Netherlands, gave most of her works to the Museum in 2008. Her exhibition is both colorful…