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In 2018

178th Board of Trustees Meeting

Monday, December 17, 2018, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Location: Nordic House Present: Ólafur Kvaran, Chairman, Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Vice-Chairman, Haraldur Þór Egilsson, Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir, Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir, Harpa Þórsdóttir, and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director. Hilmar Malmquist and Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir were unable to attend. The special guest at the meeting was Eiríkur Þorláksson, an expert from the Ministry of Education and Culture. 1. Matter …

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177th Board of Trustees Meeting

Friday, November 23, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Location: Safnahúsið, Hverfisgata. Present: Ólafur Kvaran, Chair; Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Vice Chair; Haraldur Þór Egilsson; Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir; Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir; and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director. Harpa Þórsdóttir, Hilmar Malmquist and Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir were unable to attend. Approval and signing of the minutes of the 175th and 176th meetings of the Museum Board. 1. Matters for information: Overview …

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176th Board of Trustees Meeting

Tuesday, October 9, 2018, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Location: Safnahúsið, Hverfisgata. Present: Ólafur Kvaran, Chair; Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Vice Chair; Haraldur Þór Egilsson; Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir; Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir; Álfheiður Ingadóttir; Anna Lísa Rúnarsdóttir; and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director. Harpa Thorsdottir was unable to attend. Approved between meetings of the Board of the Collection On September 26, 2018, the Board of the Collection approved by email 15 appraisal reports …

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175th Board of Trustees Meeting

Tuesday, September 4, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Location: Safnahúsið, Hverfisgata. Present: Ólafur Kvaran, Chair; Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Vice Chair; Haraldur Þór Egilsson; Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir; Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir; Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir; Harpa Þórsdóttir; and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director. Hilmar Malmquist was unable to attend. 1. Matters for information: an overview of the council's activities since the last meeting. Status of two approved …

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174th Board of Trustees Meeting

Tuesday, June 26, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM Location: Safnahúsið, Hverfisgata. Present: Ólafur Kvaran, Chairman, Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Vice-Chair, Haraldur Þór Egilsson (by phone), Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir, Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir, Harpa Þórsdóttir, Hilmar Malmquist, and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director. Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir was unable to attend. 1. Matters for information: Overview of the council's activities since the last meeting. Discussion of additions …

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173rd Board of Trustees Meeting

Friday, June 1, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Location: Safnahúsið, Hverfisgata. Present: Ólafur Kvaran, Chair; Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Vice Chair; Haraldur Þór Egilsson; Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir; Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir; Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir; Harpa Þórsdóttir; and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director. Hilmar Malmquist was unable to attend. 1. Matters for information: an overview of the council's activities since the last meeting. The meeting's guests were Sveinbjörg …

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172nd Board of Trustees Meeting

Wednesday, April 25, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Location: Safnahúsið, Hverfisgata. Present: Ólafur Kvaran, Chair, Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Vice Chair, Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir, Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir, Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir, Harpa Þórsdóttir, Hilmar Malmquist, Thóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director, and Eiríkur Þorláksson, specialist at the Ministry of Education and Culture, were at the meeting from 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM. Haraldur Þór Egilsson was unable to attend. 1. …

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171st Board of Trustees Meeting

Thursday, March 22, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM Location: Safnahúsið, Hverfisgata Present: Ólafur Kvaran, Chair; Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Vice Chair; Haraldur Þór Egilsson; Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir; Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir; Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir; Anna María Urbancic (on behalf of the National Gallery of Iceland), Álfheiður Ingadóttir (on behalf of the National Museum of Natural History of Iceland) and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director. 1. Matters for presentation 1.1 Overview of the Council's activities since …

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170th Board of Trustees Meeting

Tuesday, February 20, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Location: The National Museum, Hverfisgata Present: Ólafur Kvaran, Chair; Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Vice Chair; Haraldur Þór Egilsson; Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir; Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir; Harpa Þórsdóttir; Anna Lísa Rúnarsdóttir; and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director. Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir and Hilmar Malmquist were unable to attend. 0. Approval and signing of the minutes of the 168th and 169th meetings of the Museum Board 1. …

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169th Board of Trustees Meeting

2018 Allocation Meeting Friday, February 2, 2018, from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM at the National Museum, Hverfisgata Attendees: Ólafur Kvaran, Chair; Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Vice Chair; Magnús Karel Hannesson, Alternate Member of the Museum Council; Gunnþóra Halldórsdóttir, Alternate Member of the Museum Council; Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir, Main Member of the Museum Council; and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director. 1. Matters for Decision 1.1 Proposal for the allocation of grants from the main allocation of the Museum Fund for 2018 …

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