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four-person rowboat built around 1900. As the demand for salted fish grew through the 19th century, larger vessels which could go further out to sea became more common. The history of
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17 m (56 ft) long and 5 m (16 ft). Seawater flows below the pier, and the entrance is through the reconstructed deck of the steamship
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Icelandic fisheries at the turn of the 20th century, and realistically depicts the lives of Icelandic fishermen. In the late 19th century, fishing the coastal waters in rowboats was the most common method of commercial fishing. This time is represented by the Farsæll, a
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called Grandi, and housed a fish freezing plant. In 1959, BÚR (Reykjavik
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exhibition installed in a former storage area and a museum café which opened in a space formerly rented by the museum. Now the museum has seven halls with seven exhibitions, ranging from photographic displays to full exhibits of 100-year-old boats, including the former Coast Guard vessel
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Coastal Vessel Óðinn is great fun for children to explore. In the rowboat Sæfari, kids can dress up as traditional fishermen.
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in the 1950s and 1970s. The ship also tells about its own history. The museum focuses on the history of fishing in
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proved a particularly good rescue vessel and it patrolled
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