On the 30th In August 2023, the exhibition “Búðareyri, the story of transformation” will be officially opened in Vélsmiðinn. The Minister of Culture and Trade, Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir, will deliver a speech and the mayor of Múlaþing, Björn Ingimarsson, will officially hand over the Angró wharf to the museum, which the museum will build at a new location in Lónsleiru in the coming seasons. Architects Ásta Birna Árnadóttir and Hildur Gunnlaugsdóttir will present guests with the status of the design of the building and the new museum area, and light refreshments and sweet accordion tunes will be available.
However, the exhibition has been open to visitors since the 17th. last June and about one thousand people have visited it this summer, even though it has been little advertised or promoted. Its marketing, organization and creation of promotional material is a task that the staff is now offering in the autumn months, but it is our hope that it will become a popular stopover for visitors to Seyðisfjörður in the coming years.