On the first floor guests will see all kinds of artifacts related to salting the herring into barrels and preparing them for export. The main floor has good historical explanations – leading visitors to understand what a large part herring industry used to play in Iceland's history. Also visitors will get the chance to view amazing old photographs as well as movies shot in Siglufjörður around the 1940s and those help visitors see things as the really were. Thousands of people flocked to Siglufjörður each herring season in search for a well paid job; herring girls, fishermen and other workers. Hundreds of herring girls came from around the country to work during the summer, and they would be housed in the stations where they were employed. So on the upper floor the living quarters are still standing, untouched – and it feels like the girls just ran out for work. Grána – a 1930s herring factory explains to visitors how those reducing plants transformed the herring into both meal and oil. The Grána was built for the museum and opened in 2003. All the heavy machinery which is to be found in the exhibition was gathered from old, abandoned herring factories around the country - leading to the exhibition looking like a real, original factory. The Herring Museums website sais: "Our work has been to breathe life back into these ghost factories. [...] Our goal is to introduce the public to the heyday of Iceland's herring reduction industry, the 1930s – 1950s. This is why we built Grána, a large factory building modelled on the original Grána herring reduction factory which operated in Siglufjordur between 1919 and 1950. [...] spending years dismantling piece by piece two of Iceland's most remote ghost factories (those at Ingólfsfjörður and Hjalteyri) and transporting everything back to Siglufjörður [...] The Boathouse – is the newest museum building, which was inaugurated by Crown Prince Håkon of Norway on 29 June 2004. In the Boat House a little example of the town's bustling harbour has been recreated. Visitors can take a walk along the piers where ten boats and ships are docked, and you'll hear the sound of seagulls and waves breaking. Also, visitors are welcome to go on board the biggest herring vessel of the exhibition, which is very exciting. Apart from being a museum building, The Boathouse is occasionally used as a concert hall -