There are three parts to this Museum, first the Museum of Sculptures and art, second his apartment, and third the gardens.
His Museum
His Apartment
The Gardens
Jónsson chose to locate the museum on the top of Skolavorduhaed, “a desolate hill on the outskirts of town,” as he puts it in his autobiography. The museum was the first building to be constructed on the top of the hill and Jónsson realized what possibilities this location, the highest in town, offered. Like some of his contemporaries, he dreamt of Skolavorduhaed becoming the political and cultural Acropolis of an independent Iceland. The museum was built according to a plan by the artist and it may thus be said that the museum building constitutes his biggest sculpture. The building served as his studio, as a gallery for his works and even as his home.
