Interesting if you want to know about Vikings. Might not be interesting for young children as you follow with an audio guide. Has a small gift shop and area to dress up as a Viking.

We had under an hour before time to go to city walk tour. Saga Museum was across street from our hotel so we chose that. The tour takes 35 minutes. They have realistic looking wax figure exhibits and much history of Iceland from 870 ad to 1500s.

Great look into Viking history in Iceland! It was a fun exhibit. You got to walk through and listen to an audioguide. At the end, we got to dress up as Vikings and it’s one of my favorite memories from the trip!

We found this exhibition very interesting. The mannequins we of a very high quality and realistic, we even convinced ourselves they were actually moving but only realised later on that we were experiencing tremors from the volcanic activity which the area was experiencing. The museum has lockers for backpacks etc, and the interesting stories were related using earphones etc, plus each exhibit had the stories in writing as well. It tells the folk lore stories very well and is a potted history of early Iceland settlements by the vikings There is also a costume area where people can dress up in Viking costumes, and a very interesting film showing how the mannequins were sculpted using local people as the models Would recommend a visit here as an introduction to Icelands history. The stories are repeated by tour guides when you are exploring the island

Located at the far end of the port area near bus stop 15. Doesn't look much from outside but surprisingly good inside. Admission was 3000 kr each (seniors), headphones included. Excellent waxworks and replicas of early Icelandic history tell the story of the people based on the collected Sagas dating from the 12th to 15th centuries. Useful background information for a visit to Iceland, as it talks about the first settlers, the rise of clans and the church, the Reformation, colonial power etc. A highlight is the chance to dress up in Viking clothes at the end! I won’t remember all the characters’ names, but I enjoyed listening to them!

For the price this museum which looks into viking history in Iceland does not offer much and was over before I knew it! An audio guide is included which tends to pad out the experience. The individual exhibits are pretty good but there really is not a lot of them. You will not be missing out on much if you don't visit and Reykjavik has much better museums.

In the Saga Museum, ensure that you get the complimentary headset and audioguide as you walk through the 17 exhibits which were dioramas of key moments in early Icelandic history. There are also signs in English next to each exhibit. It was quite dark which made taking photos a bit difficult. There were a few chairs to sit and a lot of kids were just sitting on the floor. It took me about 30 minutes to walk by all the exhibits. There is also a gift shop in the museum.

Entertaining self guided audio tour of the early history of Iceland. Shows wax museum style scenes of events.Some of the scenes are very graphically violent. These might be inappropriate for younger children.

Meh, very expensive to see wax figures and listen to recordings. It is also quite small. In hindsight I should have skipped it. I could have just read Wikipedia.

We spent about an hour at this museum. Although small, we enjoyed our visit, it is interesting to read about some of the Icelandic sagas.

This museum is not appropriate for children under the age of approximately 8 years. There are depictions of bloody murders and hanging. The staff at the entrance did warn us of this, to be fair to them, but if you have young children then I would skip this. It’s a purely audio guided tour, some of the exhibits are very good (the human models are very life like) but unless you are super interested in early Icelandic history then you’ll probably leave disappointed given the cost.

Rather short for the price and does not include anything about the last 100yrs. The audio narration is quite good. The wax figures are ok but look very antiquated and didn't add much except for a couple of them

Calling it a 'Saga museum' is a misnomer, it has nothing to do with the famous historical sagas, but it is a good illustration of early Icelandic history. Worth a visit, if you like history, but don't expect to see much about the Eddic characters or any other sagas in there.

Interesting but the lines where in front of the exhibits and the audio tour is set for a specific amount of time at each exhibits. The staff should have spaces out the people and allowed more time between them. Then everyone would have enough time at each exhibit.

The scenes might not be worth it without the excellent narration. If you listen, you will learn a ton of cool history. We also had a blast with costumes and pics afterwards.