Museum
Eldheimar Volcano Museum
On the island of Heimaey, Eldheimar is a volcano museum about the homes buried in ash by the 1973 Eldfell eruption and the islanders’ struggle. Built around a real house dug out of the ash, it’s known as the “Pompeii of the North”.
- Region
- South Iceland
- Time to allow
- 1 hour
- Entry
- Paid
- Season
- All year
Practical information
- Kind
- Museum
- Road
- Paved
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Nearest town
- Hvolsvöllur · 35 km
- Reykjavík
- 114 km (as the crow flies)
- Coordinates
- 63.4400, -20.2600
- On the map
- Open location
Before you go
- In the Westman Islands; the ferry allows a day trip there and back.