Current Projects
Community Project:
The Dalabyggð Saga Road
Combining Viking Age visual storytelling techniques and the Sagas of the local area, we are working with the children of Búðardalur to create a road mural to celebrate the area's vibrant history.
Publication:
Leif in the Year 970
A collaborative effort between our own Rain Adriann Mason, and Icelandic artist Vikar Mar Svanhvítarson, Leif in 970 will help children to understand and visualise just what their lives would have been like if they had been born 1000 years earlier.
Development:
Guided Walk
We are working on expanding our experience for guests. Using the principles of Slow Travel, Gamification, and Experience Design, we are currently working on a new type of experience.
This innovative development is supported by Frumkvöðlasjóður Íslandsbanka.
Development: Reconstructing the Eiríksstaðir Pithouse
Based on the original excavation of the house and on research conducted by our own Rain Adriann Mason and Atli Freyr Guðmundsson, we are rebuilding the pit house, aiming to place a fully functional 10th century textile workshop in there.
Completed Projects
Development:
Eiríksstaðir's Wolf-Bridge
Created by the talented American-Icelandic woodworker Tryggvi Thorlief Larum, these hand-carved bridge-rails showcase the craftsmanship - and colours - that Viking Age craftsmen implemented into their every day lives.
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Filming:
On les Appelle Vikings
In this French documentary on Viking Age buildings, our own Rain Adriann Mason is interviewed on what life would have been like for the first Icelanders to build their farmsteads on this unforgiving Island.
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Filming:
Togtet - Utopia og blodfejder
A 2023 Danish documentary focusing on Viking voyages, featuring both our longhouse and our staff - including our own Peter Stewart as Eirik the Red. The 4th episode 'Utopia og blodfjeder' has many scenes from us. Three local children participated: Eilísabet Freyja Óskarsdóttir, Jón Leví and Mikael Hall
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Research: Eiríksstaðir and Other Pithouses in Iceland
Funded by Nýsköpunarsjóður Námsmanna, this collaborative research project by Rain Adriann Mason and Atli Freyr Guðmundsson explores the theories about the uses of the slightly sunken buildings found on farms like Eiríksstaðir.
Filming:
Profilm - The Far Traveler
In 2019, a documentary made by Profilm was partly filmed in Eiriksstaðir with our staff. The documentary tells the story of Guðríður Þorbjarnardóttir, who is among the main characters in the Greenlanders' Saga.
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Filming:
America's Lost Vikings
A documentary by Arrow Media discussing the evidence supporting the the Icelanders reaching Canada around the year 1000 CE.
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