The President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, presented to the National Museum of Iceland The Icelandic Museum Awards 2020 at a ceremony at the National Museum on Hverfisgata on Monday, May 18 at 4:00 PM. The Icelandic Museum Award is a biennial award presented to an Icelandic museum for outstanding work.
Five projects were also nominated: the Reykjavík City History Museum, the Reykjavík Art Museum, the National Museum of Natural History of Iceland and, jointly, the Eastland Museum, the Eastland Museum of Technology, the Eastland Maritime Museum, and the Gunnar Museum.
National Museum of Iceland won the award for Conservation and research center in Hafnarfjörður and Kópavogur, along with Handbook on the preservation of museum collections. It was the assessment of the selection committee that these projects are an important contribution to preservation nationwide. Collaboration and the sharing of knowledge are significant, and the specialized facilities created for the preservation of priceless heritage serve as a model and are a credit to the Icelandic museum community.