Museums

People, not least foreign visitors, visit Reykholt mainly for its history. The greatest attractions are Reykholt's famous antiquities; pool, passageway, old farmstead and hot water and steam channels dating from Snorri's time. Snorrastofa and the National Museum of Iceland supervise these antiquities and introduce to visitors.

Snorrastofa is a research centre focusing on Medieval Studies, established in the memory of Snorri Sturluson. Its main purpose is to encourage research and promotion of Medieval Studies and the history of Reykholt and Borgarfjördur. The institute adjoins the church building and has a library with study facilities, office and a flat for visiting scholars and writers. Snorrastofa arranges courses, conferences and meetings as well as exhibition in these fields.

National Museum of Iceland. The present archaeological investigation of the old farmstead at Reykholt started in the summer of 1998.

Snorralaug is one of ten archaeological remains which were the first ones to be listed in Iceland in 1817. A passage is said to have connected Snorri´s farm and the bath. In 1930, when building the school, the passage was discovered.