Landnámssetur

The Landnámssetur is a private museum in the town of Borgarnes in Iceland .

Location and opening

The museum was founded by the actor and musician Kjartan Ragnarsson , the son of the sculptor Ragnar Kjartansson , and opened on May 13, 2006.

It is located in the westernmost part of the village near the island of Brákarey, which is connected to the mainland by a bridge . An old warehouse, Pakhúsið , has been converted and restored for this purpose.

Main topics

The museum, which also the English name Settlement Center performs shows in a large part of the exhibition in words, images, animations and maps the colonization of Iceland (isl. Landnáma ).

Another part of the museum deals with the Egill saga , which is set in the Borgarnes area.

In the attic there is a cabaret where readings and theater performances regularly take place, which deal with the Egill saga - such as B. the one-person plays Brák and Mr. Skallagrímsson - or the Icelandic republic of the saga age - such. B. Einar Kárason's novel "Óvinafagnaður" - to deal with it.