duushús museum

Chezza57

Due to a meeting/class we only explored a little but what we sawwas interesting in terms of life in Iceland.

weaselina

We visited to get lunch, but were enticed into the museum. The maritime display was thought provoking, and the art incredible. scheving's paintings were particularly good.Highly recommended!

fishhawk1

Great museum - actually a collection of museums in a series of rooms. It opens at 10 AM and is free. Even if it hadn't been a rainy day when I visited, I would have found it fascinating. The first large room is full of models of fishing boats, a side hall looked like an architects/engineers play room, with lots of colored rods, etc. for creative design. The second hall was full of art works, based mostly on textile designs, centered around the reconstruction of a rusty walled little timber frame building. The third hall was mostly sculpture, and a staircase led to upstairs rooms filled with artifacts depicting the history of Keflavik. All in all an impressive and interesting museum. Enjoyed a good discussion with the docent in charge. There is also a great restaurant attached, where I stopped for afternoon tea (and returned for dinner).

Ann98284

This museum free and has a little bit of everything. A huge collection of authentic model boats/ships. A photograph collection of child labor in the early years of Iceland. A collection of modern and traditional fashions. And a grand piano that my husband played for a good 30 minutes (grateful to find a piano on vacation)!

firou313

Nice little museum with interesting information (in English) on the history of the Icelandic fishing industry. Could bemefit from even more explanations. In the second room, an exhibition was currently prepared that looked modern and cool, I imagine it will be on display soon. Worth a visit if combined with lunch next to the museum, especially on rainy days and if you have spare time before your flight.

CraigRM007

A small museum reflecting Iceland's history and culture. Adjacent to the Maritime museum (a collection of model ships) and a casual restaurant. The museum has free admission. Nice location overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

AngelaK828

Sorry to say, but we found this museum empty! doors were closed, so nothing to see!The restaurant beside it is worth a visit. It has nothing to do with the museum however.

Snooopeee

Its in a old house down by the docks and has very good food and incredible collection of fishing boats replicas. Very nice wiew over the small boat marina .

JJCZGR

The museum is free entry and is definitely worth walking through. The main first room has over 100 model fishing boats. It's fantastic to see. There is old equipment around the walls too. My favorite was seeing an old harpoon in person. There is some snippets of the history of Keflavik as well. Beautiful, clean building. Worth a short stop.

debs1301

Free entry, so many beautifully made boats with so much detail, they deserve a viewing. A room is designated to art and another to life in olden days. The museum is connected to the Kaffi Duus and opposite the glass blowing museum and candle factory. So very easy to take in some Keflavik atmosphere and then an excellent meal...

On_the_go_with_joe_m

As others have noted there are five connected spaces with different purposes. We ensued the Maritime Center and all the ship models.

Charlie13_13

Free entry and lots of excellent models of the local fishing boats through the years.Well laid out and informative. Lots of other historic artefacts and extra exhibitons.

mjrg59

Good museum of the local area with models of many fishing boats and samples of old gear as well as paintings depicting the shore and its inhabitants.

1stTraveller2000

The museum is rather small. It has an interesting art show, where local artist show paintings and such. The next section consists of fishing-ship miniatures, of I think real ships, showing us that Iceland is and has been for years a fishing-nation. The last part of the museum is an Military-base museum. It is a museum based on the military base that was operated by the US military from WW2 till 2006 i think. It was fun, to see how a small, defenseless country had a military base that was used a great deal in the cold war.

ChapC_12

The museum at Duus has a 3 different rooms - one with paintings, one with boats and ships that are handmade and the the last one has the history of the USA BASE that was operating in Keflavik for 50 years. I wish I had more time to see it all but my short visit was really worth it.