The museum magazine Kvistur is now published and is celebrating its 10th anniversary, with the first Kvistur magazine being published in 2014. The magazine is an important part of museum work in the country and strengthens the professional field of museums, while also giving people insight into the many facets of museum work. The topics are, as in recent years, diverse and contain interesting …
This year's museum staff seminar was entitled What's the point? Transformation in museum work and took place from 2-4 October in Akureyri. The museum staff seminar is both a forum for discussions about the most important issues in museum work, and also an opportunity for further education. At this 36th FÍSOS seminar, a tight and diverse program was offered. Museum staff are always …
The Museum Council attended the annual meeting and conference of the International Blue Shield Association on September 9-12. The conference was held in Bucharest, Romania, in collaboration with the Romanian National Institute for Heritage, and its title was Shielding the Past: 70 years of the Hague Convention on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the 1954 UNESCO Hague Convention on the Protection of …
For the past seven years, the Museum Council's office has been located at Lækjargata 3 in Gimli, a listed building built in 1905. The Museum Council staff bid farewell to the small castle in Lækjargata and thank you for the good times over the past years. The Museum Council is now based at Austurstræti 5 on the fourth floor. The Museum Council's office will remain there for the foreseeable future.
Prevention and response plans for the protection of cultural heritage have been a focus of the Museum Council recently. As Iceland has now ratified the 1954 UNESCO Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, this includes a commitment that all recognized museums in Iceland work on prevention and develop response plans for various types of threats, including natural and …