Safnaráð samþykkti á 170. safnaráðsfundi sínum að flýta ferli fyrir aðalúthlutun úr safnasjóði frá og með aðalúthlutun 2019. Hafa viðurkennd söfn kallað eftir því að úthlutunarferli verði flýtt svo að hægt sé að nýta allt styrkárið til vinnu að verkefnum og til nýtingar rekstrarstyrkja. Má geta þess að þetta annað árið í röð sem safnaráð …
According to the Museums Act No. 141/2011, the Museums Council is tasked with supervising accredited museums that operate in accordance with the Museums Council's terms and conditions for the operation of accredited museums. This February, twenty accredited museums across the country will receive a notification of the Museums Council's supervision of accredited museums, which is part 2 of the Museums Council's supervision, Supervision of the museum's premises, facilities …
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 Wednesday, January 3, 2018.
The Minister of Education, Science and Culture has considered the proposal of the Museums Council from 10 October 2017 on the recognition of museums according to the Museums Act No. 141/2011. At the proposal of the Council, the Minister granted recognition to one museum, the Art Museum of the University of Iceland. The Museums Council is accepting applications for recognition for processing in 2018 until 31 August 2018. Further information about the application process can be found here.
The Minister of Education, Culture and Sports, after receiving the opinion of the Museum Council, has allocated continuing education grants from the additional allocation of the Museum Fund to recognized museums in 2017. In the additional allocation of the Museum Fund in the last quarter, recognized museums can apply for project grants for continuing education, so-called continuing education grants. The purpose of these grants is to strengthen the professional work of the museums and strengthen the aspect of continuing education. Two types of grants were awarded, Continuing education for museum employees on the one hand …
Website As you can see, the Museum Council's website is back online after being hit by the collapse of the web hosting company in 1984. It seems that all content has been saved and we are grateful for that, but if users find errors, they can definitely send a message to the email address thora@safnarad.is. The Museum Council's email was not affected...
Applications are open for the 2018 Museum Fund main allocation. The role of the Museum Fund is to support the work of museums that fall under the Museums Act No. 141/2011. To that end, the fund can support the operations and defined projects of recognized museums and collaborative projects between such museums. The Museum Council provides comments on grant applications from the Museum Fund. The Minister of Education, Culture and Science allocates grants from the Museum Fund after receiving …
The application deadline for continuing education grants to recognized museums from the 2017 Museum Fund has been extended to 4:00 PM on Wednesday, October 18! See: https://safnarad.is/frettir/safnarad-auglysir-eftir-umsoknum-fyrir-aukauthlutun-ur-safnasjodi-2017/
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 2017, which concerns the operating year …
Símenntunarstyrkir fyrir viðurkennd söfn Í aukaúthlutun safnasjóðs á síðasta ársfjórðungi geta viðurkennd söfn sótt um verkefnastyrki til símenntunar, svokallaða símenntunarstyrki. Tilgangur með þessum styrkjum er að styrkja faglegt starf safnanna og efla þátt símenntunar. Tvenns konar styrkir eru í boði, Símenntun fyrir starfsmenn safns annars vegar og Námskeið/fyrirlesarar hins vegar. Hvert safn getur sótt um …