The black timber houses of Neðstikaupstaður in Ísafjörður, home of the Westfjords Heritage Museum, below a mountain slope.

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Westfjords Heritage Museum

The Westfjords Heritage Museum is the local history museum of the Westfjords, housed in Neðstikaupstaður in Ísafjörður, a group of timber trading houses from the second half of the 18th century. Its main exhibition in Turnhúsið, opened in 1988, covers fishing and coastal life, with a collection of accordions and old wooden boats kept seaworthy.

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