Industry Museum

Going back in time

This museum is amazing. There is so much history there. Machines and stuff from old times. It took me 40 years back in time when, as a 12 year old, I was working in factory with my father making paint...

A lesson in political economy

Really kind of cool - you can see how individuals developed industries and how the government bought them out or how they went bankrupt when trade regulations became lifted. So that is super simplist...

A Fantastic Museum!

We spent two hours here, and would have stayed longer if we had time. There is room after room displaying the evidence of Akureyri's industrial past. Although there is not a lot of signage, it is pre...

Akureyri past.

Akureyri used to be very much of a school town and an industrial town with a lot of factories. There were Wollen Mills, a shoe factory, leather works, sewing workshops and dressmaking, fishing plant...

Odd, but interesting if you like technology

This place has the broadest and oddest collection of machinery and technology. From hair dryers to radios, instruments, machining, lathes, presses, early computers, food processing equipment, textil...