The Minister of Education, Culture and Sports, after receiving the Museum Council's opinion, has allocated a total of 108.4 million ISK from the Museum Fund for 2016. Of this amount, 78.8 million ISK goes to individual projects, while almost 30 million goes to operating grants to recognized museums throughout the country. This time, a total of 152 projects received applications for grants. Grants are being allocated to 93 projects …

According to the Museum Act, those who receive grants from the Museum Fund must submit a final report within a year of the expected end of the project. It is now almost two years since the allocation of grants in 2014, and since grants are awarded for one year, it can be assumed that a year will have passed since the end of all projects on the 30th. …

  For information regarding the allocation from the 2016 Museum Fund: The Museum Council's allocation meeting was held on Thursday, March 3rd, and a proposal for allocation from the 2016 Museum Fund was sent to the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science on Monday, March 7th for confirmation by the Minister.