The Einar Jónsson Museum

The Einar Jónsson Museum holds a silhouette unlike any other in Reykjavik. Its thick, gray concrete walls rise into a fortress-like structure, crowned by a heavy, crenelated tower that looms over the neighboring street. Einar Jónsson himself designed this building, finishing it in nineteen twenty-three to serve as both his home and a studio for his massive, symbolic sculptures. He lived in the top-floor apartment, keeping his collection of bronze and plaster figures in the cavernous, light-filled galleries below.