Skógar Museum actually includes three museum: Folk Museum, Open Air Museum and Technical Museum.

The Open Air Museum has a large site, which includes examples of many periods of Icelandic architectural history. It´s forming a village, including an ancient turf farm, a school from the early 20th century and other historic houses.

The diverse exhibitions inside the Folk Museum help visitors envision daily life in different periods, furniture and household equipment, handicraft and taxidermy animals. Many of the displayed objects are related to fisheries and fishermen’s hardship in open rowboats on the sandy beaches and wild waves on Iceland’s southern coast. The museum’s centrepiece is the eight-oar rowboat Pétursey made in 1855 and used until 1946.

The Technical Museum focus on transport and old vehicles, communication and the history of the search and rescue teams in Iceland.

Good souvenir shop and a restaurant is at the museum, Café Skógar.

Ten ideas for recreation in South Iceland:

1. Feel amazed by the powerful Skógafoss, then walk up to the top of the waterfall. If you continue upstream, discover the beautiful series of falls in Skógaá river.
2. Walk on for one of the most popular treks in Iceland, across Fimmvörðuháls to Þórsmörk, an oasis of natural birch woods.
3. „Collect“ the waterfalls in South Iceland; other noteworthy falls include Gullfoss, Seljalandsfoss, Gljúfrabúi, Hjálparfoss and Háifoss.
4. Explore the historical sites from Njáls saga and visit the old turf-farmhouse at Keldur.
5. Join a guided glacier hiking tour on Sólheimajökull and a snowmobile tour on Mýrdalsjökull.
6. Visit the famous Black Beach (Reynisfjara), it´s stunning panoramas and beautiful basalt stacks. But take care, the Atlantic waves can be very dangerous!
7. Discover all the geological gems in Katla Geopark’s realm and visit the Katla exhibition in Vík.
8. Swim in stunning surroundings in Seljavallalaug or in Landmannalaugar nature baths further inland.
9. Visit the interactive, high-tech exhibition at LAVA Volcano & Earthquake Centre in Hvolsvöllur.
10. Walk inside Rútshellir, probably the country’s oldest human-made cave.

For more information and travel tips, go to www.south.is