The kitchen inside the Glaumbær turf farmhouse and museum dates to the 18th century. The hearth was originally built in 1784 and was in continual use until 1910. Here, meals were prepared for 10 to 20 people. (Oct. 6, 2021)

The kitchen inside the Glaumbær turf farmhouse and museum dates to the 18th century. The hearth was originally built in 1784 and was in continual use until 1910. Here, meals were prepared for 10 to 20 people. (Oct. 6, 2021)

The two timber houses at the Glaumbær turf farmhouse and museum are Áshús (the yellow house with its exhibits and tea room) and Gilsstofa (the gray house now an office). The yellow house was built in 1883-1886 and the gray house is a reconstruction of a house originally built in 1849. (Oct. 6, 2021)

Inside the yellow Áshús house at the Glaumbær turf farmhouse and museum. (Oct. 6, 2021)

Inside the yellow Áshús house at the Glaumbær turf farmhouse and museum. (Oct. 6, 2021)

Inside the yellow Áshús house at the Glaumbær turf farmhouse and museum. (Oct. 6, 2021)

Inside the yellow Áshús house at the Glaumbær turf farmhouse and museum. (Oct. 6, 2021)

Inside the yellow Áshús house at the Glaumbær turf farmhouse and museum. (Oct. 6, 2021)

Inside the yellow Áshús house at the Glaumbær turf farmhouse and museum. (Oct. 6, 2021)

Inside the yellow Áshús house at the Glaumbær turf farmhouse and museum. (Oct. 6, 2021)

Inside the yellow Áshús house at the Glaumbær turf farmhouse and museum with views of the beautiful mountainside. (Oct. 6, 2021)

Views of the mountainside from the yellow Áshús house at the Glaumbær turf farmhouse. (Oct. 6, 2021)

Glaumbær is an old turf farmhouse and museum complex of separate buildings united by a central passageway. The buildings (rooms in Glaumbær date from slightly different time periods ranging from the 18th to 19th century and is mostly made of turf and driftwood. This type of turf construction was universal in rural areas of Iceland up until 1910-1930. (Oct. 6, 2021)

Glaumbær is an old turf farmhouse and museum complex of separate buildings united by a central passageway. (Oct. 6, 2021)

All Icelandic farms formerly had their own smithy, which was necessary for family farm life, such as sharpening scythes, and making horseshoes and other farm equipment and utensils at Glaumbær, the old turf farmhouse and museum complex. (Oct. 6, 2021)

The kitchen inside the Glaumbær turf farmhouse and museum dates to the 18th century. The hearth was originally built in 1784 and was in continual use until 1910. Here, meals were prepared for 10 to 20 people. (Oct. 6, 2021)

The storeroom of the Glaumbær turf farmhouse and museum. The wooden crates displayed were put on the pack-saddles. The square crates were used for hay and the triangular ones for turf and rocks. (Oct. 6, 2021)