The Minister of Culture has now allocated ISK 24,800,000 from the additional allocation of the Museum Fund for 2023.
From the 2023 additional allocation, 82 grants were awarded to 37 recognized museums, 59 grants are for continuing education projects and course delivery, and 23 grants are for digital promotion.
The Minister allocates funds from the museum fund after receiving the opinion of the museum council.
List of grants from the Museum Fund's additional allocation 2023
| Beneficiary | Project name | Application category | Strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reykjavik City History Museum | New website for the Reykjavík City History Museum – digital media | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| Reykjavik City History Museum | Museum Next in London | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| Reykjavik City History Museum | Employee relocation to Den gamle by in Árhús | c) Exchange of funds between museums | 300.000 |
| Reykjavik City History Museum | The School of Antiquities' charging course at the Árbæjar Museum | e) Courses/speakers – Collaborative projects | 600.000 |
| Árnesingar Regional Museum | Digital promotion on website and social media | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| Árnesingar Regional Museum | Participation in the Icelandic Museums Travel School 2024 | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| Borgarfjörður Regional Museum | Preparatory School - Akureyri 2023 | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| Borgarfjörður Regional Museum | Museum staff education days in West Iceland | e) Courses/speakers – Collaborative projects | 300.000 |
| Garðskagi Regional Museum | Continuing education for employees of the Garðskagi Regional Museum | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| Hafnarfjörður Regional Museum | Social media and website | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| Hafnarfjörður Regional Museum | EAUH 2024 - Cities at the Boundaries | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| The Húnvetningar and Strandamanna Regional Museum | Museum and museum staff travel school in 2024 | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 150.000 |
| The Húnvetningar and Strandamanna Regional Museum | Collaborative projects between museums, centers and exhibitions in Northwest Iceland | e) Courses/speakers – Collaborative projects | 300.000 |
| The Húnvetningar and Strandamanna Regional Museum | National costume education for museum staff. Part two. | e) Courses/speakers – Collaborative projects | 600.000 |
| Reykjanesbær Regional Museum | Photos for new website and introduction | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| Reykjanesbær Regional Museum | Participation in mobile school 2024 | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| Skagfjordur Regional Museum | Digital media and education | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| Skagfjordur Regional Museum | FÍSOS 2024 Mobile School | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| Skagfjordur Regional Museum | Preserving craft knowledge – turf loading course in Skagafjörður | d) Courses/speakers - Museums apply individually | 300.000 |
| Snæfellsnes and Hnappdæla Regional Museum - The Norwegian House | Educational and educational trip to Beamish - England | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| Snæfellsnes and Hnappdæla Regional Museum - The Norwegian House | Heartland - Lecture series about Snæfellsnes from 1900 | d) Courses/speakers - Museums apply individually | 300.000 |
| Westfjords Regional Museum | The 2024 School Year | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| Westfjords Regional Museum | Preservation building | c) Exchange of funds between museums | 300.000 |
| Westfjords Regional Museum | Handling museum storage - what to keep in mind? | d) Courses/speakers - Museums apply individually | 300.000 |
| The Regional Museum in Göðir, Akranes | Enhancing digital presentation at the Görður Regional Museum, Akranes | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| The Regional Museum in Göðir, Akranes | FÍSOS 2024 boarding school in Akureyri | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| Gerðarsafn - Kópavogur Art Museum | Lifelong Learning at the Venice Biennale | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| Gerðarsafn - Kópavogur Art Museum | Exchange of residences between the Gerðarsafn and art museums in Helsinki | c) Exchange of funds between museums | 300.000 |
| Reykjavik Botanical Garden | Digital Botanical Garden | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| Reykjavik Botanical Garden | A trip by a Botanic Garden employee to the International Botanic Gardens Conference | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| Hafnarborg | Efforts to update the website | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| Hafnarborg | Mobile school 2024 | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| The Home Industries Museum | Establish a foothold on social media | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| The Home Industries Museum | Travel and meeting allowance for lifelong learning | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| The Home Industries Museum | Clothing of common people in the 18th and 19th centuries. | d) Courses/speakers - Museums apply individually | 300.000 |
| The Whale Museum in Húsavík | Digital marketing materials | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| The Whale Museum in Húsavík | Museums + Heritage in London | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| The Whale Museum in Húsavík | Whales off Bermuda | d) Courses/speakers - Museums apply individually | 200.000 |
| Icelandic Design Museum | Digital promotional materials tailored to foreign visitors | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| Icelandic Design Museum | Teamwork coaching | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| Icelandic Agricultural Museum | Life on the Media of the Agricultural Museum | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| Icelandic Agricultural Museum | Museums' mobile school | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| Icelandic Agricultural Museum | Communicating the history of salmon fishing | c) Exchange of funds between museums | 300.000 |
| The Icelandic Art Museum | Conference on Art Museum Grant Systems | e) Courses/speakers – Collaborative projects | 600.000 |
| Árnesingar Art Museum | Mobile school 2024 | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| Árnesingar Art Museum | Masterclass for artists and art teachers | d) Courses/speakers - Museums apply individually | 200.000 |
| Einar Jónsson Art Museum | LEJ north | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 200.000 |
| Einar Jónsson Art Museum | educational visit to the V&A | c) Exchange of funds between museums | 300.000 |
| Reykjanesbær Art Museum | One place for better accessibility. New website for the Reykjanesbær Art Museum. | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| Reykjanesbær Art Museum | Educational trip to Venice | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| Reykjavik Art Museum | Presentation and content work for the new Reykjavik Art Museum website | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| Reykjavik Art Museum | Educational trip for Reykjavik Art Museum staff to London, England 19-22.9.2024 | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| Reykjavik Art Museum | Green solutions at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg | c) Exchange of funds between museums | 300.000 |
| Akureyri Art Museum | Increased attention to the Museum's educational work on social media | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| Akureyri Art Museum | Educational trip to art museums | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| Hornafjörður Cultural Center | Human settlement in Mýri - Electronic media | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| Hornafjörður Cultural Center | Visual literacy and memory loss | d) Courses/speakers - Museums apply individually | 300.000 |
| Þingeyingi Cultural Center | Presentation of selected photographic collections in the collection of the Þingeyingi Photography Museum | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| Þingeyingi Cultural Center | FÍSOS boarding school in Akureyri 2024 | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 200.000 |
| East Iceland Museum | Museum staff travel school in Akureyri | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 200.000 |
| East Iceland Museum | Lifelong learning: Order and regulation in museums. | c) Exchange of funds between museums | 150.000 |
| Akureyri Museum | Grímsey Island trip | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| The Museum at Bustarfell | Strengthening digital presentation | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| Kópavogur Natural History Museum | Explored in Kópavogur - Educational and promotional campaign at the Kópavogur Natural History Museum | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| Kópavogur Natural History Museum | Exchange of funds during the creation of a basic exhibition | c) Exchange of funds between museums | 300.000 |
| The Living Art Museum | Digital Nýló in the real world | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| The Living Art Museum | Living Art Museum staff trip to the Venice Biennale 2024 | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| The Living Art Museum | The Periphery is the Center: Museums and Resistance in the Contemporary World | e) Courses/speakers – Collaborative projects | 300.000 |
| The Museum Collection | The Museum of Icelandic History website | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| The Museum Collection | The European Outsider Art Association Congress in Ghent 2024 | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| The Museum Collection | Lectures on exhibitions and micro-courses | d) Courses/speakers - Museums apply individually | 200.000 |
| Sagnheimar - Local History Museum and Natural History Museum | Akureyri boarding school 2024 | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| Sheep farm in Strandir | Follows the movements of sheep over the summer | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| Sheep farm in Strandir | Museums' Travel School 2024 | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| Icelandic Herring Museum | Making a promotional video for marketing purposes | a) Digital promotion grant | 300.000 |
| Icelandic Herring Museum | International Congress of Maritime Museums / ICMM Congress 2024 | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| Icelandic Herring Museum | Photo registration & use of Fotostation | c) Exchange of funds between museums | 200.000 |
| Icelandic Herring Museum | Course for museum professionals in North Iceland: Preservation of paintings | d) Courses/speakers - Museums apply individually | 300.000 |
| East Iceland Technical Museum | Mobile school 2024 | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| East Iceland Technical Museum | Training/introduction for the curator of the Technical Museum at the Herring Museum | c) Exchange of funds between museums | 300.000 |
| East Iceland Technical Museum | Women's and Gender History Conference in East Iceland | e) Courses/speakers – Collaborative projects | 600.000 |
| Fishing Museum | Continuing education for museum employees - Continuing education/museum trip to Ireland phase 4 – 2024 | b) Continuing education for museum employees | 300.000 |
| Number of grants | 82 | Total amount | 24.800.000 |
Allocation from the museum fund 2023
From the main allocation of the Museum Fund 2023 in February, a total of ISK 209,510,000 was awarded. The total allocation for the year 2023 from the museum fund is therefore ISK 234,310,000, which is also the fund's second-highest allocation since its inception, and there are a total of 202 grants.
A list of all grants and recipients of the Museum Fund in 2023 can be found here.