Wolfgang's photos with the keyword: Skogar

One room and seats for six pupils.

Some typical local farmhouses can be visited in and outside at the Skogar open-air museum - a must for every visitor.

Skogar is the common name for two farms, a school and the open air, communications and folk museum. The population just 25 inhabitants. The Eyjafjallajökull volcano was erupted in april 2010 and many pictures like mine from the same point got around the world. The eruption was declared officially over in October 2010, when snow on the glacier did not melt. From 14–20 April, ash from the volcanic eruption covered large areas of Northern Europe. About 20 countries closed their airspace to commercial jet traffic and it affected approximately 10 million travellers.

The museum was opened in 1949 and its first permanent building was built in 1954-55. It was enlarged in 1989-1994 and now has an area of 600 m². The museum has been the responsibility of one man, Thordur Tomasson (28/4 1921). He started the collection of the artefacts and houses of the open-air museum and has not stopped yet.