Dalir Heritage Museum

West Iceland


This neat museum's curator is a wonderful character who knows a great deal about Dalir’s brilliant history, and if you make your way through the innumerable artefacts, there's an unexpected 1883 traditional baðstofa (living/sleeping room).

The museum is in the basement of the hotel.


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