Museum Council's symposium on the educational role of museums and digital media The Museum Council is hosting a symposium in the Museum House on Friday, October 26, at 2-5 p.m. on the educational role of museums and how digital media can support it. See Facebook event The symposium is being held following the publication of the Museum Council's status report on digital media in accredited museums, "In step with the times? – Digital media in museums in …

In step with the times? Digital dissemination of collections for educational purposes The Museum Council's status report, "In step with the times? Digital dissemination of collections for educational purposes" has now been published. In recent months, an expert group under the auspices of the Museum Council has been working on a special project by the Museum Council on the educational role of museums, with an emphasis on the digital dissemination of collections and how digital dissemination is useful in education, but the role of ...

Museum Fund Main Allocation 2019 Application deadline is November 15, 2018 The Museum Fund Main Allocation provides both project grants and operating grants from the Museum Fund. The amount and number of grants awarded are determined by the Fund's available funds as well as the number and quality of applications. Accredited museums can apply for grants from the Museum Fund, and the Fund is also authorized to support other activities to …

The Museum Council would like to remind you that the last date for submitting applications for recognition under the Museum Act No. 141/2011, in order for the application to be processed before the application deadline for the Museum Fund for 2019 expires, is 31 August 2018. Applications received after that time will not be processed until after the allocation from the Museum Fund for 2019 has been completed. Attention is drawn to the fact that …

The President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, presented the Árnesingar Art Museum with the Icelandic Museum Award 2018 at a ceremony in Bessastaðir today, Tuesday 5 June at 4pm. The Icelandic Museum Award is an award given every other year to an Icelandic museum for outstanding work. Three museums were nominated, but along with the Árnesingar Art Museum, the Botanical Garden in Reykjavík and the National Museum of Iceland for their new conservation and research centre were nominated for the 2018 Museum Award. Icelandic Department …

The Museum Council’s 2017 Annual Report has been published and is now available on the council’s website. The report was approved at the council’s 171st meeting on March 22. The report reviews the activities of the Museum Council in 2017 and the appendices provide an overview of the allocation from the museum fund that year. The appendices also provide a summary of the operations of recognized museums in 2016. …