where bands and artists use the biggest herring vessel as a stage, and chairs and benches are placed around the piers, allowing up to 250 people to enjoy a concert in amazing acoustic. The Old Slipway down by the harbour is an old boat building garage since the 1930s. It is a mix of an exhibition and an open workshop. The walls display the 200 years history of boat building in Siglufjörður as well as various old tools used for wooden boat building, some of them being over 100 years old and still functioning. Also, the Old Slipway is a workshop, where both educated boatbuilders and amateurs can get permission to bring in their old boats for renovation, or even build new boats – based on old Icelandic knowledge and methods. Salting demonstrations, or live exhibitions, are offered upon request or booking. They happen on the dock outside Róaldsbrakki museum building. Enjoying these shows, visitors are allowed to step back in time as the herring girls salt and pack herring into barrels, smoke their cigarettes and gossip about the handsome fishermen they met at yesterdays ball. Workers take away their full barrels and bring them new ones to keep on filling, while the accordion player uses his instrument to create the right atmosphere. Awards The Herring Era Museum in Siglufjörður, Iceland, has won several awards: The Tourist Board Innovation Award, 1998. Honorary Recognition, Icelandic Parliament, 1999. The Icelandic Museum Award, 2000. INVEST – Industrial Development Society Incentive Award, 2003. The European Museum Award, The Micheletti Award, the best new industry museum in Europe, 2004. Icelandic Tourist Board - Environment Award, 2017. Opening hours, entrance fees & visitor numbers May and September the museum is open daily from 13:00 – 17:00 At summertime, June, July and August it is open daily from 10:00 – 18:00 At wintertime, the museum is open by arrangement and upon request. Entrance fee is ISK 2200 for adults, ISK 1200 for seniors and students, and no fee is charged for children under 16 years old. Note that the ticket is valid for all museum buildings as well as for The Folk Music Center which is located close by the Herring Museum. Visitor numbers have increased highly in the twenty years the museum has been open. In 1994 there were around 4,000 visitors at the museum, but for the past years, from 2015 to 2017 visitor numbers