International Museum Day is celebrated on May 18th every year, and the International Council of Museums, ICOM, has been organizing the day since 1977. Each year, ICOM chooses a theme for International Museum Day that relates to issues that are a hot topic in society. This year's theme is "The Power of Museums". The Icelandic Museum Awards 2022 were presented for the thirteenth time at …

We are not talking about storage – but about preservation housing! The Museum Council, the Icelandic Department of ICOM and FÍSOS are inviting you to a symposium in the Museum Building on Hverfisgata on Monday, May 9th at 13:00-16:00 under the title: We are not talking about storage – but about preservation housing! The symposium will also be streamed, see information here on the event on Facebook. The topic will be monitoring and the status of preservation issues in museums …