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 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 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.
Please note that the Museum Council's new 2019 procedures for allocations from the museum fund have now been published on the council's website, but they can also be downloaded here.
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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.
The Museum Council's award ceremony was held at the National Gallery of Iceland on Monday, April 29, following the spring meeting of the main museums, which held their spring meeting together. At the award ceremony, recipients of project grants from the Museum Fund 2019 were presented with certificates of recognition and flowers, while last March, the Minister of Education, Culture and Sports, after receiving the Museum Council's opinion, allocated a total of ISK 113,850,000 from the Museum Fund for the 2019 main allocation. In addition to 37 operating grants, …