Museum of the sea and the rescue

Take a step back in time, in the nineteenth century, and dive at the time of fishing "in" Iceland!
Imagine the schooners moored at the harbor, men loading cargo with salt; the fishermen embrace their wives for the last time, then women, children and elders gather on the jetties and wave the handkerchiefs ... It is the effervescence of the great departure.
The Museum of the Sea rich in memories, in models of boats and old objects, tells this very particular type of fishing, for which the men left between February and April, to return only in September.
Housed in the former fishing school, this museum evokes the maritime history of Grand Fort Philippe and including fishing in Iceland.

Old house-shelter of the lifeboat now transformed into a museum. Discover, through photos, antiques and press articles, the story of the rescue, from the first cannon-mooring gun and its snorkel to the modern boats of the SNSM.