Safnaráð minnir á að opið er fyrir umsóknir í aðalúthlutun safnasjóðs 2024 Umsóknarfrestur er til kl. 16.00 miðvikudaginn 6. nóvember 2024 og sótt er um á umsóknavef safnasjóðs UMSÓKN um styrk til eins árs úr aðalúthlutun safnasjóðs 2025 Viðurkennd söfn geta sótt um styrki til eins árs auk þess sem önnur söfn, höfuðsöfn, safnvísar, setur og …
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 …
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 …
Ársskýrsla safnaráðs 2023 hefur verið birt á vef safnaráðs. Skýrsluna má finna hér.
Open for applications until September 30, 2024 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 the year 2024 is September 30, 2024. All information about applications can be found here: https://safnarad.is/vidurkenning/umsokn-um-vidurkenningu/
The Museum Council office will be closed for summer vacation from Monday, July 8 to August 6. If the matter is urgent, you can reach Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, the Director of the Museum Council, at 820-5450. We remind travelers that you can visit museums anywhere in the country and on our website you can find a map showing the location …
On June 11-12, the Museum Council attended a conference in Stockholm entitled Cultural Heritage and Cultural Resilience – Nordic-Baltic Conference on Civil Preparedness. Here you can find a recording of the lectures and discussions from the first day. Prevention and response plans for the protection of cultural heritage have been in …
The Icelandic Section of ICOM, FÍSOS and the Museum Council are inviting you to a symposium on the eve of International Museum Day under the title Museums for Education and Research, which is also the theme of Museum Day in 2024. The symposium will be held at the Reykjavík Art Museum, Kjarvalsstaðir, on Tuesday, May 14, at 1:00 PM-2:30 PM, followed by light refreshments and a …