The Ósvör Maritime Museum is a
museum
A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...
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Bolungarvík
Bolungarvík (, regionally also ) is a small town and the only built-up area in the municipality of Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður in the northwest of Iceland, located on the Westfjords peninsula, approximately from the town of Ísafjörður and from ...
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Westfjords
The Westfjords or West Fjords (, ) is a large peninsula in northwestern Iceland and an administrative region, the least populous in the country. It lies on the Denmark Strait, facing the east coast of Greenland. It is connected to the rest of I ...
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Iceland
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History
The museum was opened in 1988 after it was built in an old ruins of fishing huts.
Architecture
The museum is a replica of an old fishing village in the country from the 19th century. The fishing huts were built with timber and stone. The main building of the museum used to be the station for fish processing. It was built of stone and turf.
Exhibitions
The museum exhibits the rowing boat Ölver, crew hut, salt house and drying hut.
See also
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List of museums in Iceland
This is a list of museums in Iceland.
* Akranes Folk Museum
* Akureyri Art Museum
*Árbæjarsafn
* Aurora Reykjavík
* Aviation Museum of IcelandBorgarnes Museum Safnahús Borgarfjarðar
*Bobby Fischer Center
*Center for Icelandic Art
* Duus Mus ...
References
1988 establishments in Iceland
Buildings and structures in Westfjords
Museums established in 1988
Open-air museums in Iceland
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