Akranes Folk Museum

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Akranes Folk Museum

Byggðasafnið í Görðum Akranesi
Former name	Akranes Museum Centre (Safnasvæðið á Akranesi)
Established	1959
Location	Garðaholt 3, Akranes, Iceland
Type	Museum
Public transit access	Bus route 57
Website	www.museum.is

64°19′12″N 22°02′42″W / 64.3199°N 22.0450°W / 64.3199; -22.0450 The Akranes Folk Museum (Icelandic: Byggðasafnið í Görðum Akranesi [ˈpɪɣðaˌsapnɪð i ˈkœrðʏm ˈaːkraˌnɛːsɪ]), formerly known as the Akranes Museum Centre (Safnasvæðið á Akranesi [ˈsapnaˌsvaiːðɪð au ˈaːkraˌnɛːsɪ]), consists of a folk museum, an exhibition hall and a few 19th century buildings and boats in Garðar, Akranes, Iceland. The museum houses a few exhibitions, as well as a large open-air museum, which consists mainly of houses and boats, including the old Garðar house and the 86-tonne ketch Sigurfari (Kútter Sigurfari).

The main purpose of the Akranes Folk Museum is to collect, register, preserve, research and display artefacts and other objects of cultural and historical value for the Akranes area and Iceland.^[1] The Akranes Folk Museum is located at Garðar in Akranes, near the town's cemetery. It is easily accessible from Reykjavík via car or bus route 57.