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Árbær Open Air Museum Photos & Visual Gallery

A visual preview of historic Reykjavík houses, workshops, and costumed guides.

Get a visual preview of what awaits you at the Árbær Open Air Museum. This gallery showcases the historic houses, traditional workshops, and the church that bring Reykjavík’s past to life. Look through these images to capture the vibe of everyday life before modern urbanisation.

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Historic houses visual preview
Browse our gallery of the museum's historic houses and workshops to see what to expect before your visit.
White two-story gabled building with ÁRBÆJARSafn and ÁRBÆR OPEN AIR MUSEUM signage on the facade, surrounded by a white picket fence at dusk
A green steam locomotive with a tall black smokestack on display inside a museum hall, with a small red-wheeled cart beside it and blue ceiling beams overhead.
Two historic buildings with red-trimmed windows and a grassy courtyard featuring a bronze bust statue.
Costumed interpreter resting in a grassy field near wooden haymaking tools at Árbær Open Air Museum, with visitors and a horse in the distance.
Two women in historic clothing inside a rustic attic room with a slanted ceiling, one operating a spinning wheel while the other sits on a wooden bed.
A person in historical costume walks alongside a brown and white cow on a gravel path with traditional turf-roofed buildings in the background at the Árbær Open Air Museum.
People in historical costumes working with hay outdoors with turf-roofed buildings in the background at an open-air museum
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