After receiving the Museum Council's opinion, the Minister of Culture has now allocated 17,923,000 ISK from the additional allocation of the Museum Fund 2022. From the additional allocation of 2022, 58 grants were allocated to 38 recognized museums, 35 grants are for continuing education projects and courses, and 23 grants are for other projects. The total allocation for the year 2022 from the Museum Fund is therefore 224,413,000 ISK, which is also the fund's second highest allocation since its inception …

At the end of last year, two new handbooks were published, the second in November and entitled “Preventive Conservation of Textile Works” by Curator Þórdís Anna Baldursdóttir. In December, a “Handbook on Exhibition Preparation and Conservation of Artifacts” was published in two parts by Curator Nathalie Jacqueminet. Both projects received grants from the main allocation of the Museum Fund. Numerous museums in Iceland conserve works of art made …