The Museum Directors:
Jóhanna Ásdís Baldursdóttir & Örlygur “Orly” Örlygsson
We were both born and raised in Iceland and have spent most of our life in the beautiful town of Húsavík where we live with our three kids.
We share a passion for storytelling and fascinating stories connected to our hometown.
Our love of local stories inspired us to create a museum in 2014 where we could bring these tales to life. We began by focusing on Viking history and Húsavík’s connection to space exploration through the training of the Apollo astronauts here in the 1960s. Then, in 2020, the Netflix film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, set in our hometown, introduced Húsavík to audiences around the world. Since then, Eurovision fans and movie lovers have also been making the journey to visit us.
This inspired us to expand our museum with a Eurovision exhibition alongside our Exploration Museum, creating adiverse experience for our visitors.
We are proud to share the stories that make Húsavík so special and look forward to welcoming you to our museum.
