The Museum Council is advertising for applications for the 2020 main allocation of the Museum Fund

Applications for the 2020 Museum Fund main allocation have now been opened. The application deadline is 4:00 p.m. on Friday, December 13, 2019. As of the 2020 Museum Fund main allocation, the fund will be allocated in an undivided manner. The terms “operating and project grants” have been discontinued and instead grants from the Museum Fund will be awarded in specific categories. Grants …

The Museum Council is advertising for applications from the 2019 Museum Fund's additional allocation

Applications for the 2019 Museum Fund Extra Allocation are now open, the application deadline has been extended to 4:00 PM on Monday, November 25, 2019. In the last quarter of the Museum Fund Extra Allocation, recognized museums can apply for grants for lifelong learning, so-called lifelong learning grants. The purpose of these grants is to support the professional work of museums and to strengthen the aspect of lifelong learning. Two categories of grants are available, …

Annual Report of Accredited Museums 2019 – open for submissions

The Museum Council is, according to the Museums Act No. 141/2011, tasked with supervising accredited museums that operate in accordance with the Museum Council's terms and conditions for the operation of accredited museums. The Museum Council's supervision of accredited museums is threefold, one part of which is supervision of the operation of the museum, which is done through the Museum Council's review of the Annual Report of Accredited Museums 2019, which concerns the operating year …

Museum Board office closed for summer vacation

The Museum Board office is closed for summer vacation from July 15th to August 7th. You can reach Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director, at 820-5450 if the matter is urgent.

Museum Council Award Announcement 2019

The Museum Council invites you to the 2019 Allocation Invitation on the occasion of the main allocation from the Museum Fund 2019, Monday 29 April at 16.30 – 18.00 at the National Gallery of Iceland. The invitation is held following the joint spring meeting of the main museums, the National Gallery of Iceland, the Natural History Museum of Iceland and the National Museum of Iceland. Recipients of project grants from the Museum Fund 2019 will receive recognition documents and light refreshments will be served. Link to Facebook event …

Main allocation of the museum fund 2019

The Minister of Education, Culture and Sports, after receiving the Museum Council's opinion, allocated a total of ISK 113,850,000 from the Museum Fund. From the main allocation of the Museum Fund in 2019, a total of ISK 113,850,000 was awarded, of which 85 project grants totaling ISK 84,250,000 were awarded, in addition to ISK 29,600,000 being allocated in operating grants to 37 recognized museums. A total of 142 project applications were received and the grants awarded ranged from …

Due to the utilization reports of project grants from the museum fund 2018

At the 178th Museum Council meeting, a new version of the utilization reports for project grants was approved, which will take effect starting with the 2018 grant year. Starting with the 2018 grant year, project grant recipients will submit a progress report to the Museum Council for grants exceeding ISK 1,500,000. This report must be submitted at the beginning of the year following the grant year. All grant recipients are to submit …

Agreement between Myndstef and museums on the visual publication of copyrighted works

A working group under the auspices of the National Gallery of Iceland has, together with Myndstefi, the copyright association of visual artists, worked on an agreement on the publication of copyrighted works from the collections of recognized museums and state museums. Upon signing it, museums will be granted permission to publish photographs on an online catalogue of copyrighted works. This will greatly increase the public and schools' access to information from catalogues. On Thursday 20. …

Christmas greetings from the museum board

The Museum Council wishes all museum members and citizens a Merry Christmas and thanks them for the year that is passing. The Museum Council office will be closed over Christmas and will reopen on Thursday, January 3, 2019.