National Museum of the Faroe Islands

Føroya Fornminnisavn is the Historical Museum of the Faroe Islands and is located in the north- east of the capital Tórshavn. It is also designated as a national museum.

In 1952, finally, the historical collection to the Historical Museum of the Faroe Islands was raised after the Løgting made ​​a habit of that matter.

Since 1996, the museum is located in a new building in Hoyvík, has its own library, a large boat house with Faroese boats and an outdoor museum. One of the greatest treasures of the museum is the hoard of Sandur. Since 2002, the pews of Kirkjubøur is the main attraction after it was returned from Denmark to the Faroe Islands.