The Center for Visual Arts was launched in January 2012 when The Akureyri Art Museum and The Cultural Center were merged. The Center is divided into three distinctly separate venues: The Akureyri Art Museum and the multipurpose facilities of Ketilhús (Kettle House) and Deiglan (Melting Pot) all located on the same street in the heart of Akureyri, affectionally known as Listagil (Art Canyon).
The Museum opened its galleries on August 29th 1993 and is the oldest of those three establishments. For the past two decades it has been the flagship of the Art Canyon and has played a prominent role in the cultural life of Akureyri as the first institution outside Reykjavík to concentrate solely on visual arts.
