On June 15, 2002, the Whale Museum opened in a renovated building at Hafnarstvet 1. Extensive renovations had been made inside and out, and the hard work was celebrated in a fitting way.
Reinhard Reynisson, the then mayor of Húsavíkurbær, gives a speech at the opening of the Whale Museum at Hafnarstvet 1
Ásbjörn Björgvinsson gives an opening speech
From the whale corridor on the upper floor of the museum