Heritage Museum Westfjords

Heritage Museum Westfjords is a museum in Ísafjarðarbær, Westfjords. Heritage Museum Westfjords is situated nearby to the tourism office Tourist Information Centre, as well as near University Centre of the Westfjords.

Opening hours:
May 16th—August 31st: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
September 1st—September 15th: 11:00 AM—3:00 PM
Type: Museum
Also known as: “Byggðasafn Vestfjarða”
Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ísafjörður Airport and Torfnesvöllur.

Ísafjörður Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Sturlast, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ísafjörður Airport is an airport serving Ísafjörður, a town in the Westfjords region in northwestern Iceland.

Torfnesvöllur, known as Kerecisvöllurinn for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Ísafjörður, Iceland and the home of Vestri and Knattspyrnufélagið Hörður. It broke ground in 1963 and was opened on 18 July 1964. Torfnesvöllur is situated 650 metres northwest of Heritage Museum Westfjords.

Ísafjarðarkirkja

Church

Photo: Banja-Frans Mulder, CC BY 3.0.

Ísafjarðarkirkja is a church, which is situated 1 km north of Heritage Museum Westfjords.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ísafjörður and Hnífsdalur.

Ísafjörður

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Ísafjörður is a town in the northwest of Iceland. The oldest part of Ísafjörður with the town centre is located on a spit of sand, or eyri, in Skutulsfjörður, a fjord which meets the waters of the larger fjord Ísafjarðardjúp.

Hnífsdalur

Village

Photo: Bromr, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hnífsdalur is a small village in the municipality of Ísafjarðarbær, located between Bolungarvík and Ísafjörður. The literal meaning of the name is "Knife's Valley". Hnífsdalur is situated 4½ km north of Heritage Museum Westfjords.