Þjó∂minjasafn Íslands - National Museum of Iceland |
Þjó∂minjasafn Íslands - National Museum of Iceland |
Permanent Exhibition - The Making of a Nation |
Extranct to the National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavîk |
Piece of Norse gold jewelry |
Tongue-shaped Brooches decorated in the Jelling style |
Door Ring with Dragon Ornament |
Cruciform pendant - Þórshamar - Thor's Hammer, 11-12th C. |
Bronze staff head with animal heads in the Urnes style, 11th C. Þingvellir |
Gothic style keyhole plate, 13th C. |
Panel carved with human and animal figures |
Romanesque style figure of Christ from Ufsir, ca 1200 |
Liturgical Vestments (Chasuble), Hítardalur, West Iceland, late 15th C. |
Virgin Mary and her mother St. Anne with the infant Jesus, Hold, NW Iceland ca 1500 |
Virgin Mary from Mö∂ruvellir, North Iceland, 15th C. |
English alabaster altarpiece, Kirkjubær, SE Iceland, 15th C. |
Center panel - Adormation of the Maji, Kirkjubær alterpiece |
Coronation of the Virgin, Kirkjubær alterpiece |
Right panel, Kirkjubær alterpiece |
Flemish altarpiece from Ögur, W. Iceland, ca 1500 |
Left panel, Ögur altarpiece, ca 1500 |
Detail of the Ögur altarpiece, ca 1500 |
Right panel, Ögur altarpiece, ca 1500 |
Processional cross from the monastery at Þykkvibær, before 1550 |
13th C. Limoges altar cross, Draftasta∂ir, N. Iceland |
Statue of St. Olav, King of Norway, Kálfafell, S. Iceland |
Ornately carved Icelandic Drinking Horns, 15th-17th C. |
Drinking Horn with Eve, 17th C. |
St. Nicholas's Chalice, Gothic-style, Oddi ca 1500 |
German stoneware ale tankard from Siegburg, 1577 |
English alabaster image of God the Father and an enameled cross from Limoges, France |
Renaissance-style silver belts and strap ends, 16th C. Germany |
Memorial Tablet of Magnús Jónsson and family, 16th C. Copenhagen |
English alabaster image of the Risen Christ, Arnarfjö∂ur, 15th C. |
Saddle Ornament, 17-18th C, |
Saddle Ornament, 17-18th C, |
Renaissance-style pulpit from Hólar Cathedral, made in Hamburg 1594 |
Portrait of Bishop Gu∂brander Þorláksson, 1618 |
Copy of Bishop Gu∂brander's 1584 edition Bible |
13th Icelandic crucifix and late-Middle Ages processional cross |
Leaf from a vellum manuscript, 13th C. |
Wooden fragments in Ringerike style from Mö∂ruffle, N. Iceland |
Embroidered altar frontal, Reynista∂ur convent, 16th C. |
Embroidered altar frontal depicting Nordic saints, Reynista∂ur convent, 16th C. |
Fragments of an 11th C. Byzantine-style Last Judgment scene from Hólar Cathedral |
Skeleton of a child from a pagan grave |
Skeleton of a 10th C. woman found with grave goods including Scottish-Celtic ornamentation |
Skull of a 10th C. woman who died around 40 years of age |
Viking silver hoard of 300+ English coins, ca 1000 AD |
Viking silver hoard of 300+ English coins, ca 1000 AD |
Map with the estimated extent of vegetation in Iceland at the time of settlement |
Map showing the vegetation cover in Iceland during the 20th C. |
Gu∂brandur's Bible, the first translation of the entire Bible printed in Icelandic, 1584 |
Staircase with stained glass, National Museum of Iceland |
Memorial plaque of Ari Magnússon and Kristín Gu∂brandsdóttir, 1652 |
Painting of Danish merchant Lauritis Gottrup with wife and children, early 18th C. |
Portraits of Jón Þorláksson with his wife and two sons who both died young (1697, 1694) |
Memorial plaque to Pétur Þorsteinsson with family, 1768 |
Markús Bergsson, 1741 |
Gísli Þorláksson, Bishop of Hólar and his 3 wives, 1685 |
Wrought-silver belt, 15-16th C. |
Wrought-silver belt, 15-16th C. |
Cast silver belts, National Museum of Iceland |
Cast silver belts, National Museum of Iceland |
Filigree ornaments, National Museum of Iceland |
Silver ornaments, National Museum of Iceland |
Silver ornaments, National Museum of Iceland |
Pulpit from Rau∂asunder dated 1617 |
Whalebone carved with Bible scenes, Skas∂, ca 1600 |
Whalebone carved with Bible scenes, Skas∂, ca 1600 |
Whalebone carved Descent from the Cross, Skas∂, ca 1600 |
Icelandic whalebone carving |
Roughly carved wooden mask, 17th C. |
Carved wooden panel with a mermaid |
Wooden cupboard door, National Museum of Iceland |
Painted woodcarving of St. Peter, Fellsstrónd, ca 1620 |
Confessional or Communion Dial, National Museum of Iceland |
18-19th C. Icelandic Naval Uniform |
Seated figure of a man and a woman, National Museum of Iceland |
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Ba∂stofa, a rural 19th C. wooden hut from Skör∂, lived in until the 1950s |
Ba∂stofa, a rural 19th C. wooden hut from Skör∂, lived in until the 1950s |
Small Icelandic sailboat, National Museum |
Desk of Jón Sigur∂sson, leader of Iceland's campaign of Independence from Denmark |
Model of two masted Schooner Haffrúin, 1875 |
National Convention of 1852, by Brynjólfur Þór∂arson, 1932 |
Ly∂veldi∂ Ísland - The Republic of Iceland |
Iceland License Plate 1 |
Items from the 1950s, Iceland National Museum |
Howdy Doody., National Museum of Iceland |
Daily life at the end of the 20th C. |
Konungsríki∂ Ísland - The Kingdom of Iceland |
The Kingdom of Iceland existed 1918-1944 under the King of Denmark, Christian X |
1000 Years of the AlÞing, Iceland's Parliament (930-1930) |
Items from the office of German consul Gerlach who was arrested in 1940 when British troops occupied Iceland |
Hágskóli Íslands - Sigillum Universitatis Islandiae |