The Exploration Museum has opened applications for GeoSpace Group 5, which will bring up to nine young people together in Húsavík this November for a unique program combining space exploration, geology and fieldwork. The...
The 4th edition of the GeoSpace program will take place in and around Húsavík this week. The program brings together three young explorers from three different countries, each with a unique connection to Iceland...
Applications are now open for the 4th Iceland GeoSpace Training Program in Húsavík, taking place from November 14 to 16, 2025. The program offers free admission for three participants through the Beverly Turner Lynds...
Húsavík, Iceland – November 19, 2024 – The Exploration Museum in Húsavík, Iceland, is proud to announce the establishment of the Beverly Turner Lynds Memorial Scholarship, a new program to empower and support young women...
The Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs were deeply complex and continuous exercises in risk management. To accomplish so much, in less than a decade, took ingenuity, strong scientific discipline, a relentless test regimen, great...
Fifty years ago this month, a group of Apollo astronauts arrived in Iceland for a week of geology training. A second field trip was made in 1967. For two weeks in July 2015, astronauts...
A talk by Moonwalker and Geologist Harrison Schmitt at Reykjavík University – July 9, 2015 at 5.00 pm. Hosted by The Exploration Museum. The exposure of Apollo Astronauts to the geology of Iceland contributed...
The Apollo 8 mission in December 1968 was a bright spot at the end of an otherwise bleak year in American history. After riots and the assassinations of MLK and RFK, people watched in awe...
In 1965 and 1967, two groups of Apollo astronauts traveled to Iceland to study geology. Among the astronauts in the 1967 group were Neil Armstrong and Bill Anders. Bill was on the crew of...
50 Years ago today, Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova made history and became the first woman ever fly in space, when she launched aboard the Vostok-6 capsule on June 16, 1963.
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Summer Opening Hours 2026
in June, July, August, September
Every day from 10 AM to 11 PM
Winter Opening Hours 2026
in October, November, December
Weekdays from 10 AM to 3 PM
Saturdays from 11 AM to 3 PM
The 12th edition of the Explorers Festival will take place in Húsavík from November 19 to 22, 2026
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