There are three exhibitions on display in the Packhouse. The permanent exhibition is titled 'This is how it was...' and tells the story of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and its surroundings from the settlement period to the present day. On the top floor is the museum's toy exhibition, especially for children, as the Folk Museum preserves a large collection of toys, part of which is on display. The current themed exhibition in the foyer is about 'The Corner Shop'. During Advent, Father Christmas himself makes himself at home in the S\u00edvertsens' House and welcomes with joy the happy and excited children who take part in the museum's nursery school programme.<\/p>\n \u201eNursery school children in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur arrive in groups of 20 every hour while the Father Christmas is in the house. First, the children are given a guided tour of the houses and hear about Christmas in the old days and the family who lived there. Then, at the end, Father Christmas appears, and it's very popular. This has been a tradition at the museum for many years.\u201c <\/em>says Bj\u00f6rn, pointing out that it's fun to look at the houses both inside and out. \u201eThe museum is open when the Christmas village is running and entry is always free. The Christmas village attracts people from all over the capital region and other places, and we get visitors from far and wide. In late summer, we noticed an increase in foreign tourists, and that is still the case.\u201c<\/em> says Bj\u00f6rn.<\/p>\n \u201eThe themed exhibition at the Packhouse is called \u201cThe Corner Shop' and we have made it festive for Christmas. The exhibition covers the history and development that began in retail practices in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur in the 1920s, which arguably evolved into a situation where small grocery shops were on almost every street corner in the town. Before then, almost all retail in the town had been in the hands of a very few, but towards the end of the 1920s, this change occurred in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's retail scene. The toy exhibition on the upper floor always attracts a great deal of attention from children and adults alike.\"<\/em> Bj\u00f6rn says further.<\/p>\n The Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Folk Museum's warehouse is open from 11 am to 5 pm every Saturday and Sunday during Advent. A short distance from the museum, on Strandst\u00edgur, you can see an exhibition of over 50 photographs on 20 panels about the history of B\u00e6jar\u00fatger\u00f0 Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar, which is celebrating its 90th anniversary. All exhibitions at the Folk Museum are free of charge.<\/p>\n![\"Five-O-Five-A-Three-Eight-Four-Six\"](\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/5o5a3846-scaled.jpg\")
A fun Christmas show is held at the folk museum for nursery school children during Advent.<\/sup><\/p>\nThree exhibitions are currently on display in the Packhouse at the Folk Museum Square. <\/h4>\n
A fun Christmas show is held at the folk museum for nursery school children during Advent.<\/h4>\n
Caf\u00e9s all around, where you can sit down in between exploring the area.<\/h4>\n