Stories

Opens June 13 – September 6, 2020

This summer the staff of LÁ Art Museum, with a help from experts, will work on registration on the collection as well as collecting stories about the work in the collection, artists and other documents supporting the collection. This will be done partly open to the public, as well as introduction on social media.

The foundation for the museum was laid in 1963 when a large donation from Mrs. Bjarnveig Bjarnadottir and her two sons, Bjarni Markus Johannesson and Loftur Johannesson of paintings by respectable artists was donated to the Árnes County and is therefore the oldest art museum outside the capital that is open to the public. Today the collection of the museum consists of over 500 artworks of various kinds and backgrounds.

The museum emphasizes on creating an increased interest, awareness, knowledge and understanding of visual arts for the people of Árnes County and their guests through exhibitions, educational programs, talks, discussions and other suitable events.

LÁ Art museum´s collection has around 550 artwork.