The Minister of Education, Culture and Sports has, after receiving the opinion of the Museum Council, allocated funds from the accelerated additional allocation of the Museum Fund 2020. This time, the additional allocation of the Museum Fund is approximately half a year earlier than usual, as museums are in urgent need due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 37 applications were received for a total amount of ISK 61,195,000. All applications will receive funding and the total grant allocation is ISK 40,124,000. …

UPDATE: APPLICATION PROCESS IS CLOSED Applications have been opened for the accelerated additional allocation of the Museum Fund 2020. This time, the additional allocation of the Museum Fund is approximately half a year earlier than usual, as there is an urgent need for museums due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the additional allocation of the Museum Fund, only recognized museums can apply for funding; applications from …

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 …

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 …