Jón Sigurðsson Memorial Museum

The Westfjords


Farmstead Hrafnseyri is the birthplace (on 17 June 1811) of Jón Sigurðsson, the architect of Iceland’s independence. The interesting, modern Jón Sigurðsson Memorial Museum outlines his life and has a reconstruction of his turf house, a 19th-century church and a small cafe. It's on a beautiful point with fjord views.

The museum is signed off rutted Rte 60, which runs along the north side of Arnarfjörður. The road between Hrafnseyri and Þingeyri is closed for six to eight months in winter. Check www.road.is.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby The Westfjords attractions

2. Dynjandi

7.08 MILES

Tumbling in a broad sweep over a 100m-rocky scarp at the head of Dynjandivogur bay, Dynjandi is the most dramatic waterfall in the Westfjords. The bumpy…

3. Old Blacksmith's Workshop

8.31 MILES

It was the first of its kind in Iceland when it was created in 1913, and today Þingeyri's atmospheric Old Blacksmith's Workshop is still crammed with…

4. Skrúður

12.19 MILES

One of Iceland’s oldest botanic gardens sits on the lower slopes of the fjordside valleys on Dýrafjörður's northern edge. Teeny Skrúður was established as…

5. Samúel Jónsson's Art Museum

15.52 MILES

At the tip of the Arnarfjörður, local artist Samúel Jónsson lived out his remaining years at a remote farm in Selárdalur, and filled his days by creating…

6. Old Bookstore in Flateyri

20.03 MILES

Peruse Iceland's oldest original store – a well-preserved historic bookshop and its attached apartment, which feel wonderfully trapped in amber.

8. Ingjaldssandur

21.83 MILES

On the northern edge of Dýrafjörður, Rte 624 forks off west from Rte 60. It turns into a dirt road and passes an abandoned farmhouse before swerving…

  • placement: superzone
  • path: Destinations/POIs/superzone
  • possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [1, 1],
  • targeting:
    {
      "url": "iceland/central-peninsulas/attractions/jon-sigurdjsson-memorial-museum/a/poi-sig/1177900/1318087",
      "destination": "The-Westfjords",
      "continent": "Europe",
      "country": "Iceland",
      "region": "The-Westfjords",
      "position": "superzone"
    }