The Whale Museum has been visited this summer, as can be understood, but some visitors connect with the museum in a different and greater way than the traditional tourist.

Indeed, the Germans Elke Wald and Silke Ahlborn do, who visited the museum recently, when they spent a few days in Húsavík and its surroundings.

Both Elke and Silke worked at the Whale Museum since the turn of the century, Elke as a project manager under the executive management of Ásbjörn Björgvinsson, the founder of the Whale Museum, and Silke as a volunteer, in addition to which she later took on the role of guide on board the boats of Norðurisigling.

Silke and Elke at the new foundry exhibition

Namiyo Kubo's familiar work on the south wall

It was a pleasant reunion for Elke, Silke and Jan, but there is a great friendship between them from the past.

Go Iceland!

There have been a lot of visitors in the Whale Museum these days, as expected, but some guests are more tied to the museum than others. That definitely applies to our dear friends from Germany: Elke Wald and Silke Ahlborn, who came by the museum while spending a few days in Húsavík and surroundings.

Elke and Silke both worked in the Whale Museum for several years, Elke as a project manager during Ásbjörn Björgvinsson's (museum founder) time and Silke as a volunteer. There is no doubt that their work has been of great value to the museum.

Silke and Elke by the new Blue Whale Exhibition

Namiyo Kubo's mural is not unfamiliar to those two!

It was truly a reunion for Elke, Jan and Silke, who all knew each other before.

And last, but not least: Go Iceland!