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.

Recognition documents awarded at the Museum Council Awards Ceremony 2019

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, …

The Museum Council's 2018 annual report has been published.

The Museum Council’s annual report for 2018 has been published and is now available on the council’s website. The report was approved at the council’s 182nd meeting last April. The report reviews the activities of the Museum Council in 2018 and the appendices include an overview of the allocation from the museum fund that year. The appendices also include a summary of the operations of recognized museums in the year …

Museum Council Award Announcement 2019

The Museum Council invites you to the 2019 Allocation Invitation on the occasion of the main allocation from the Museum Fund 2019, Monday 29 April at 16.30 – 18.00 at the National Gallery of Iceland. The invitation is held following the joint spring meeting of the main museums, the National Gallery of Iceland, the Natural History Museum of Iceland and the National Museum of Iceland. Recipients of project grants from the Museum Fund 2019 will receive recognition documents and light refreshments will be served. Link to Facebook event …

Main allocation of the museum fund 2019

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. From the main allocation of the Museum Fund in 2019, a total of ISK 113,850,000 was awarded, of which 85 project grants totaling ISK 84,250,000 were awarded, in addition to ISK 29,600,000 being allocated in operating grants to 37 recognized museums. A total of 142 project applications were received and the grants awarded ranged from …

Due to the utilization reports of project grants from the museum fund 2018

At the 178th Museum Council meeting, a new version of the utilization reports for project grants was approved, which will take effect starting with the 2018 grant year. Starting with the 2018 grant year, project grant recipients will submit a progress report to the Museum Council for grants exceeding ISK 1,500,000. This report must be submitted at the beginning of the year following the grant year. All grant recipients are to submit …

Agreement between Myndstef and museums on the visual publication of copyrighted works

A working group under the auspices of the National Gallery of Iceland has, together with Myndstefi, the copyright association of visual artists, worked on an agreement on the publication of copyrighted works from the collections of recognized museums and state museums. Upon signing it, museums will be granted permission to publish photographs on an online catalogue of copyrighted works. This will greatly increase the public and schools' access to information from catalogues. On Thursday 20. …