A new definition of a museum was adopted at the ICOM World Congress held in Prague, Czech Republic, 20-28 August, with a standing ovation from the participants after a several-year approval process that involved all ICOM divisions. The new definition is as follows: “A museum is a not-for-profit, permanent institution in the service of society that researches, collects, conserves, interprets …
The Museum Council would like to remind you that the last date for submitting applications for recognition according to the Museums Act No. 141/2011, in order for the application to be reviewed before the application deadline for the museum fund for the year 2023 expires, is September 15, 2022. The application form for recognition of a museum can be found here, the following documents must be included with the application: Confirmation from the owner and/or board of the museum that a request is made for …
The Museum Council's Annual Report 2021 has been published on the Museum Council's website. The report can be found here
The Museum Council collects information about the activities of recognized museums in Iceland and submits this information to Statistics Iceland. Statistics Iceland then processes the data further and collects information about other museum activities in its annual data collection. The news report states that the number of museum visitors in general decreased by 45% between 2019 and 2020 at 112 museums …