Overview
About Glaumbaer Turf Farm
A house assembled over generations
The surviving complex contains structures of different ages: the kitchen and pantry date from the mid-eighteenth century, while Norðurskemma and Suðurstofa were added in 1879. An internal passage connects the rooms with the baðstofa, the communal living room. Turf was especially important because suitable building stone was scarce locally. Walls combine cut turf blocks and strips, while driftwood and imported timber supplied framing and interior panelling. The farm therefore combines local resources with materials brought from beyond the district.
From lived home to museum
Preservation gained support in 1938 through a donation from Mark Watson. The farmhouse received protection in 1947, the same year its last residents left. Skagafjörður Heritage Museum was founded the following year and opened its principal exhibition here on 15 June 1952. These dates place the transition from household to museum within living memory of the turf-building tradition it preserves.
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