The whale museum will be closed on Thursday, January 5 and Friday, January 6 due to construction work at the museum.
The museum reopens on Monday, January 9, with the same opening hours as before;
10 - 16 every weekday until April, but then the opening hours are extended.
According to a RÚV news report from April 8, 2025, Bjarni Benediktsson initially considered himself incompetent to process Hval hf.'s application for a whaling license due to
The chairman of the Icelandic Fisheries Association (SFS, formerly LÍÚ), Ólafur H. Marteinsson, told Morgunblaðið on March 14 that "As far as the capelin stock is concerned,
The summer season has officially begun at the Húsavík Whale Museum and the museum's opening hours have been extended. The museum is now open to all