13.04.2015 at: 12-14
in a meeting room on the 6th floor of the National Museum of Iceland
Present: Ólafur Kvaran, chairman, Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Haraldur Þór Egilsson, Guðbrandur Benediktsson, Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir, Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir, Halldór Björn Runólfsson, and Ágústa Kristófersdóttir, executive director. Absent: Hilmar J. Malmquist
Minutes of the 138th, 139th and 140th meetings signed.
Presentation case
1. Summary of activities since the last meeting.
2. Museum Fund allocations for 2015 announced. Further analysis and policy development regarding allocations will be conducted at the June council meeting, taking into account the results of the council's survey of the fund's clients. Efforts will continue to educate museum staff on how to make applications.
Matter for decision
1. Request for a postponement of the use of a grant from the Hvoli Regional Museum approved.
2. The annual report of the Juice Council, approved with amendments, will be published on the council's website, and a copy will be sent to the Minister of Education and Culture.
3. Museum Council budget 2015, changes approved.
Other issues:
The next meeting of the Museum Council will be on May 21st and Eiríkir Þorláksson, a specialist in the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, will be invited to that meeting. No further discussion and the meeting adjourned at 14:00/ÁK