We Always Come Back to Home Island (Museums in Strange Places S01 E018)

No matter what happens on the Westman Islands off Iceland’s south coast–invading pirates, mass Mormon exoduses, months-long volcanic eruptions, mysterious … More

A Museum of Ordinary Things (Museums in Strange Places S01 E14)

Tucked away in a narrow valley just below the town of Akureyri in North Iceland, Sverrir Hermansson’s Museum of Sundry … More

A Flyby of the Icelandic Aviation Museum (Museums in Strange Places S01 E12)

The Icelandic Aviation Museum in Akureyri is filled with great stories: locals crashing a Nazi glider into an open grave, … More

Community-Centered Contemporary Art in the Heart of Hafnarfjörður (Museums in Strange Places S01 E08)

How does a contemporary art institution– places that are notoriously elitist–provide a thriving cultural center in a town’s that on … More

Celtic Connections on the Icelandic Coast: A Visit to the Akranes Folk Museum (Museums in Strange Places S01 E07)

Akranes is a coastal town in the southwest region of Iceland with a growing population of about 7,000. They have … More

A Family, a Mineral Collection, and a Museum in a Gas Station (Museums in Strange Places S01 E06)

Hafsteinn Thor has always been interested in geology, nature, biology, and philosophy (and acting, directing, singing, and learning new instruments…he’s … More