Icelandic Museum of Design and Applied Art | |
Native Name: | Hönnunarsafn Íslands |
Native Name Lang: | is |
Coordinates: | 64.0891°N -21.9206°W |
Established: | 2010 |
Location: | Garðatorg 1, 210 Garðabær, Iceland |
Type: | art museum |
The Icelandic Museum of Design and Applied Art (Icelandic: '''Hönnunarsafn Íslands'''|italic=no) is a museum of product and furniture design in the town Garðabær, near Reykjavík in Iceland. The collection was started in 1998, but the museum did not open until 2010.[1] [2] It has a permanent exhibition consisting mainly of Scandinavian design objects of the last hundred years. It also holds events and temporary exhibitions.
Most of the collection was acquired through donations.[3]