Safnahúsið

Safnahúsið (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsapnaˌhuːsɪθ], "the Culture House"[citation needed]), formerly Þjóðmenningarhúsið [ˈθjouðˌmɛnːiŋkarˌhuːsɪθ], is an exhibition space in Reykjavík, Iceland, which houses an exhibition, Points of View, drawn from various national museums and other cultural institutions.

The façade is decorated with crests bearing the names of literary figures.

In 1947 the Icelandic Natural History Society handed the exhibition over to the state, but it was closed in 1960 because of lack of space.

[9] In 2009 there was a temporary exhibition of photographs by the novelist Halldór Laxness,[10] during Hönnunarmars (Design March) in 2014, Sigríður Rún Kristinsdóttir gave a workshop titled "Anatomy of Letters",[11] and in 2012 French artist Anne Herzog showed Islande-Isräel there.

[15] A new permanent exhibit on the visual history of Iceland called Points of View, curated by director Markús Þór Andrésson, opened in April 2015.