We enjoyed a wonderful experience at the Wildlife museum in Stokkseyri, Iceland. The auditoriums were filled with fine exhibits of animals from all around the world. The mounts were lifelike. Displays of firearms that were used in harvesting the trophies were very interesting. The museum's curator, Pall Reynisson, has done an exquisite job in these fine displays. We recommend visiting the Wildlife Museum Veidisafnid in Stokkseyri, Iceland. You will be amazed.

In a small village in South-Iceland, Stokkseyri, you will find several museums, amongst them The Wildlife Museum or "Veiðisafnið" in Icelandic. The museum is the home of Páll Reynisson, hunter, who opened his home to the public in 2004.

Páll started out with 2 stuffed birds, but his collection grew so much that he had filled 3 houses in Reykjavík, the capital city of Iceland. He then moved with his collection in 1999 to Stokkseyri village in South-Iceland.

More and more people were knocking on his door to have a peek at his animals and when a 1000 people had visited him on that purpose over a period of 6 months, he decided on opening up a museum.

I have visited the museum several times through the years. There are 2 big rooms - saloons really, one is his living room with a big giraffe in the middle of the room plus numerous other animals, which Páll has hunted in Iceland, Greenland, North-America and South-Africa.

In the other room, the drawing room, there is a lion and a lioness, a crocodile and numerous birds and other animals. On display are also rifles, hand-guns, hunting knives and much more. Páll´s collection is quite amazing.

Páll is such a perfectionist that it is a delight paying him a visit, everything is perfectly arranged and the selection is huge. A guided tour of the museum is available, make use of that as Páll is very knowledgeable.

The museum is located in one of the first buildings you see on your right hand side when you enter Stokkseyri village.

The opening hours for the museum are daily from 11am - 6pm from April-September, but on weekends only during the winter time. The museum is closed in December and January.

No pictures are allowed inside the museum for security reasons. Páll didn´t budge no matter how hard I begged him for one picture of me and the polar bear. Or the giraffe. So I had to take a picture of Páll himself ;) He didn´t seem to mind, but better ask him beforehand ;)