The town's museums are open to everyone on Museum Night on 7 February between 18:00 and 22:00. At Hafnarborg, there will be an art workshop and a torch-lit tour. At the Folk Museum, there will be a brand-new treasure hunt in the Packhouse, music and a lecture. Then, Einar Lövdahl will be performing at the library. Yes, there will be plenty going on.

Port city

18:00
Art workshop – image: building
An art workshop will be offered in connection with the museum's current photography exhibitions. There, visitors will have the opportunity to experiment with composition and thus train their visual skills by staging found objects. The aim is to see the beauty in the everyday and to explore how different perspectives affect composition, whether approaching abstract or classic still life. All materials will be provided, and the objects can be arranged in various ways, photographed, or drawn. The session will be led by Unnur Mjöll S. Leifsdóttir, an artist and project manager for education and outreach.

20:00
Landnam – guided tour by torchlight
Búi Bjarmar Aðalsteinsson leads guests through the photography exhibition by Pétur Thomsen, Settlement, where visitors will walk through a darkened room with torches. The exhibition features landscape works that the photographer takes at night, using flash to illuminate the scene. In many of the works, a black sky hangs over the landscape, lending the images an otherworldly feel. Among the subjects Pétur explores in a series of photographs of the same name are mines, roads, lava fields, forests, streams and farmland, where he pays particular attention to land use and its impact on the natural environment.

The Folk Museum

8:00 – 22:00  The house is open

6:00 pm – 10:00 pm  A brand-new treasure hunt around the Packhouse, the Sievertsen House and Beggubúð.

8:00 – 9:00  Black cats, a full moon and red-headed womenFolklorist Símon Jón Jóhannsson gives a fascinating lecture about his newly published book and guides us through various superstitions.

9:00 – 9:30  Margrét Lára Jónsdóttir plays the violin and Tómas Vigur Magnús plays the piano, performing a few classical and beautiful pieces at the end of the evening.

Sívertsenshús

18:00-22:00  The house is open

18:00-22:00  Annríki, national costumes and jewellery display the bathhouse works

18:00-22:00  A brand-new scavenger hunt around the Packhouse, the Sievertsen House and Beggubúð

Boutique

18:00-22:00  Magnificent objects in the dark – come and see Beggubúð in the dark

18:00-22:00  A brand-new scavenger hunt around the Packhouse, the Sievertsen House and Beggubúð

 The library

18:00-22:00 THROUGHBREEZE, RAIN AND CALM – Einar Lövdahl at the Museum Night

On Museum Night, visitors to the Winter Lights Festival can visit around fifty museums and see a wide variety of exhibitions in the capital region, as well as enjoy a lively and entertaining programme of events. Cultural institutions in Hafnarfjörður, the Library, the Folk Museum and Hafnarborg, also take part as usual. Admission to all museums and events is free for the evening.