The Herring Era Museum

The Herring Era Museum is located in Siglufjörður, Iceland. It is Iceland's largest maritime museum and the only Icelandic museum to have won the European Museum Award.

Type: Museum
Description: Maritime museum in Siglufjörður, Iceland
Also known as: “Herring Era Museum” and “Síldarminjasafnið”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Siglufjörður Airport and Selvíkurnef.

Siglufjörður Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0.

Siglufjörður Airport or Siglufjordur Airport is an airport serving Siglufjörður, Iceland.

Selvíkurnef

Lighthouse

Photo: Bjorn.thorvaldsson.is, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Selvíkurnef is a lighthouse, which is situated 2½ km northeast of The Herring Era Museum.

Strákar

Peak

Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0.

Strákar is a peak, which is situated 3 km north of The Herring Era Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Siglufjörður.

Siglufjörður is a small fishing town in a narrow fjord with the same name on the northern coast of Iceland. The population in 2011 was 1,206; the town has been shrinking in size since the 1950s when the town reached its peak of 3,000 inhabitants.

The Herring Era Museum

Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Fjallabyggð, Northeast, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

66.14748° or 66° 8′ 51″ north

Longitude

-18.91332° or 18° 54′ 48″ west

Open location code

9CR343WP+XM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 195956621

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q15767978

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In Other Languages

“The Herring Era Museum” goes by many names.

Icelandic: “Síldarminjasafnið á Siglufirði”

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Highlights include Slökkvistöð Fjallabyggðar and Tadasana.

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