Our opening in 2021
We open for the summer on April 17th 2021.
In April both the museum and cafe are open on weekdays 12:00-16:00 and on weekends 11:00-17:00. All service will be in the manner permitted and prescribed by goverment guidelines.
We open with the exhibit Ferð til fjár, in cooperation with Handverk og Hönnun (Craft and Design). The exhibit looks at the Icelandic sheep and it influences on different makers and artists. The exhibit is open from April 17th - May 24th.
Please see our facebook pager for more updates and information.
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2021 Opening hours
- April 17th. - May: 12:00 - 16:00 on weekdays / 11:00 - 17:00 on weekends
- June - August: 10:00 - 18:00
- September - 17. October 11:00 - 17:00
- Winter: opening hours irregular, check for information
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Location
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Prices
All prices include admission to exhibitions and personal guidance.- Adults 1100 kr. *
- Students (ISIC) 750 kr.
- Seniors/Pensionists 550 kr.
- Groups (20+ persoms) 900 kr.
- Guided tour around the ruins for groups (10>): Adults 600 kr.*
Skriðuklaustur
Skriðuklaustur is a historic site with the ruins of a 16th-century monastery which were revealed by an archaeological excavation between 2002 and 2012.
On site is also the mansion of the famous Icelandic writer Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889–1975), built in 1939 when he returned home after living in Denmark for more than 30 years. The mansion is now a center of culture & history with exhibitions, personal guided tours and the renowned restaurant Klausturkaffi.
Klausturkaffi
Klausturkaffi is a renowned restaurant on the ground floor of the cultural center. All cakes and breads are home-baked and the food is homemade. The focus is on local ingredients and products such as, lamb, reindeer meat, stone bramble berries and mushrooms.
Monastery Ruins
Between 2002 and 2012 a major archaeological excavation of a 16th-century monastery took place at Skriðuklaustur. It revealed the ruins of an Augustinian cloister, established around 1493 and in use until the Reformation in 1550. Skriðuklaustur was the last cloister to be established in Iceland, and it was the only cloister in the eastern part of the island. Due to deadly plagues in the 15th century the monastery was foremost a hospice for the sick and the poor. The monastic site is open year-round.
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