On 20^th of May a new exhibition named “Archeology in Þingeyjarsýslur”  will be opened on the ground floor in the Culture House.

The main aim of the exhibition is to provide an overview of the main archaeological research that have been carried out in Þingeyjarsýslum over the last 25 years. Items that have been found during these researches will be on display in the exhibition. A special coverage will be on the boat burial that was found in Litlu Núpum in Aðaldalur in 2007.

The curators of the exhibition are Sigrún Kristjánsdóttir, Guðrún Alda Gísladóttir, Ásgeir Böðvarsson and Sif Jóhannesdóttir.

The exhibition will be open until the end of September.

On 20th of May a new exhibition named “Astronauts in Þingeyjarsýslur” will be opened on the 3rd floor of the Culture House.

In 1965 and 1967 a group of Astronauts from NASA preparing for the first moon landing came to Þingeyjarsýsla. They chose the area so they could practice in an environment similar to what they would encounter on the moon. The centrepiece of the visits was the Askja caldera, site of multiple volcanic eruptions. Amongst the 12 men that have set foot on the moon 9 trained here in Þingeyjarsýsla two of them being Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong.