Additional allocation from the Museum Fund 2019 – continuing education grants to recognized museums

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 …

Museum fund increases by over 100 million between years

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.

Christmas greetings from the museum board

The Museum Council sends warm Christmas greetings to the people of Iceland. The Museum Council office will be closed over Christmas, reopening in the New Year on January 2nd.

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 …

Application for recognition of a museum according to the Museums Act

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

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.