Local Museum Hvoll

Due to construction, the museum will not be open to the public in the summer of 2023. You can contact Björk Hólm Þorsteinsdóttir, the director of the museum, via the email address: bjork@dalvikurbyggd.is.

The museum’s collection comprises thousands of items. The natural history collection contains a large number of Icelandic birds and mammals, the most popular of which is the polar bear.

There are exhibits on a number of people from the district who became nationally famous, such as Jóhann Pétursson, known as “the Giant”, and president Dr. Kristján Eldjárn.

One room at the museum is dedicated to the earthquake that struck Dalvik in 1934 (6.2 on the Richter scale). Opening hours : June 1 – August 31: daily 10.00-17.00 September 1 – May 31: Closed Also open for groups upon agreement (all year). Please contact bjork@dalvikurbyggd.is ,