History Museum of the Faroe Islands
Føroya Fornminnisavn is the History Museum of the Faroe Islands and is located in the northeast of the capital Tórshavn .
The idea of a national history museum goes back to Jóannes Patursson , who made this request in 1890. At Ólavsøka in 1898, the Føroya Forngripagoymsla (Historical Collection of the Faroe Islands) was founded. At that time the board of directors consisted of 18 men. Rasmus Rasmussen turned out to be the most active sponsor of the museum. In 1916 the Føroya Forngripafelag (History Association of the Faroe Islands) was founded. From 1928 the museum was reorganized under the leadership of Mads Andreas Jacobsen and the married couple Hans Andrias and Petra Djurhuus († 1975). The politician Andreas Weihe (1867–1946) turned out to be an essential promoter in the 1930s. From the 1940s, the Faroese historian Sverri Dahl (1910–1987) played a prominent role in researching the Viking Age in the Faroe Islands .
Finally, in 1952, the Historical Collection was promoted to the History Museum of the Faroe Islands after the Løgting adopted the matter.
The museum has been located in a new building in Hoyvík since 1996 , has its own library, a large boat shed with Faroese boats and an open-air museum . One of the museum's greatest treasures is the Sandur coin find . Kirkjubøur church stalls have been the main attraction since 2002 after being returned to the Faroe Islands from Denmark.
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Coordinates: 62 ° 1 ′ 56 " N , 6 ° 45 ′ 54" W.