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Icelandic Museum of Design and Applied Art

Coordinates: 64°05′21″N 21°55′14″W / 64.0891°N 21.9206°W / 64.0891; -21.9206
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Icelandic Museum of Design and Applied Art
Hönnunarsafn Íslands
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Established2010
LocationGarðatorg 1, 210 Garðabær, Iceland
Coordinates64°05′21″N 21°55′14″W / 64.0891°N 21.9206°W / 64.0891; -21.9206
Typeart museum
Websitehonnunarsafn.is

The Icelandic Museum of Design and Applied Art (Icelandic: Hönnunarsafn Íslands) is a museum of product and furniture design in the town Garðabær, near Reykjavík in Iceland.[1] The collection was started in 1998, but the museum did not open until 2010.[2][3][4] It has a permanent exhibition consisting mainly of Scandinavian design objects of the last hundred years. It also holds events and temporary exhibitions.[1]

Most of the collection was acquired through donations.[5]

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References

  1. ^ a b Andrew Evans (2017). Iceland (Bradt Travel Guide), p. 191. Chalfont St. Peter: Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 9781784770440
  2. ^ Sabine Barth (2016). Island (in German), p. 140. Ostfildern: DuMont Reiseverlag. ISBN 9783770173624.
  3. ^ "Velkomin í Hönnunarsafnið". Garðabær (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  4. ^ "Um Hönnunarsafnið". Hönnunarsafn Íslands (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  5. ^ "Hönnunarsafn Íslands". Garðabær (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2019-08-11.