The Herring Era Museum

About

The Herring Era Museum is Iceland's largest maritime museum - where the 'glory days' of Iceland's herring fisheries and industry are brought back to life in three different buildings. Róaldsbrakki, a 1907 salting station and bunkhouse. On Saturdays featuring a live outdoor salting show and accordion dance. Grána, a 1930s-era fishmeal and oil factory. The Boathouse, the town's thriving harbour of the 1950s with many old fishing boats at the dock. The museum is officially recognized as a museum specializing in the history of the herring fisheries in Iceland. It may even be the only museum of its kind in the world. Winner of the Icelandic Museum Award in 2000 and won the European Museum Award in 2004, as Europe's best new museum of industry and technology.

At a glance

• Typical visit: about 1 hour 30 minutes