The impact of COVID-19 on museum operations is significant. For example, museums are facing a decline in revenue due to fewer visitors, closures, changes to schedules, changes in working conditions and even staff reductions. To enable the Museum Council to assess the difficulties facing museums and staff, the Museum Council is now collaborating with FÍSOS, ICOM in Iceland …
Relaxation of the ban on gatherings and possible opening of museums Changed rules on restrictions on gatherings came into effect from May 4, see the covid.is website. This means that museums can reopen to their guests. However, rules on crowd limits (50 people) and a two-meter distance limit apply and museums must respect these conditions. Museums …
Starting tomorrow, Tuesday, March 24th, all museums must close their doors to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The Museum Council has prepared a poster (see PDF version here and JPG version here) that museums can print out and hang in their museum windows if appropriate due to the museum closure. The text is based on the texts that …
UPDATED MARCH 22: Latest news on tightened crowd restrictions on covid.is Tightened restrictions on gatherings – the limit is set at 20 people. These rules come into effect at midnight on Monday evening, March 23. THIS MEANS THAT MUSEUMS MUST CLOSED. “The Minister of Health has decided, in accordance with the proposal of the Chief Epidemiologist, to restrict gatherings even further than before due to the rapid spread of …
ICOM, FÍSOS and the Museum Council are calling for a general meeting on Wednesday 4 March at 9.30 am at the Maritime Museum in Reykjavík, where the new ICOM definition of a museum will be discussed. The new definition of a museum was presented at the General Assembly of the International Council of Museums held in Kyoto in September 2019. The outcome of the meeting was to postpone the vote on the definition and call for further …
Now, grantees who were allocated in the 2019 main allocation can submit utilization reports via the Museum Council's application website. Final report for project grants in the 2019 main allocation of the Museum Fund Progress report for project grants, 1.5 million kr. and higher in the 2019 main allocation of the Museum Fund Grantees are required to submit a report to the Museum Council on the utilization of grants from the Museum Fund. All reports on the utilization of grants are submitted via the application website …
Museums of Impact! MOI! Museums of Impact is a European collaborative project funded by the Creative Europe programme. The project aims to develop a self-assessment model for European museums. The model helps museums to critically and creatively assess their operations and develop their capacity to meet the demands of an evolving, increasingly diverse society, …
The Minister of Education, Science and Culture, after receiving the opinion of the Museum Council, has allocated 47 continuing education grants to recognized museums from the additional allocation of the Museum Fund 2019 for a total amount of ISK 12,186,800. Two types of grants were awarded, Continuing Education for Museum Employees on the one hand and Courses/Lecturers on the other. Continuing Education for Museum Employees can be used, among other things, to pursue formal education or as a travel and subsistence grant for …
The Museum Council welcomes the fact that the budget for 2020 states that the budget for the Museum Fund has been increased by over 100 million ISK, to 250.3 million ISK for 2020, 245.5 million ISK in 2021 and 240.6 million ISK in 2022. This increased budget will increase the Museum Fund's ability to support professional museum work in the country.
The application deadline for the 2020 main allocation from the museum fund has been extended to 4:00 PM on Friday, December 13, 2019. See news here. One-year grants 2-3-year grants, Excellence grants Further information is available from the Museum Council's executive director, thora@safnarad.is.