The Museum Council is advertising for applications for grants from the main allocation of the Museum Fund in 2019

Museum Fund Main Allocation 2019 Application deadline is November 15, 2018 The Museum Fund Main Allocation provides both project grants and operating grants from the Museum Fund. The amount and number of grants awarded are determined by the Fund's available funds as well as the number and quality of applications. Accredited museums can apply for grants from the Museum Fund, and the Fund is also authorized to support other activities to …

The Museum Council is advertising applications for continuing education grants to recognized museums.

Continuing education grants for recognized museums Applications are now open for the 2018 Museum Fund supplementary allocation. In the last quarter of the Museum Fund supplementary allocation, recognized museums can apply for project grants for continuing education, so-called continuing education grants. The purpose of these grants is to strengthen the professional work of museums and strengthen the element of continuing education. Two types of grants are available, Continuing education for museum employees on the one hand and Courses/lecturers on the other. Each …

Open for submission of the Annual Report of Accredited Museums 2018

Deadline for submission is October 15, 2018. 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 …

Application for recognition of a museum according to the Museums Act

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

Application for recognition of a museum according to the Museums Act

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

The Árnesingar Art Museum received the Icelandic Museum Award 2018

The President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, presented the Árnesingar Art Museum with the Icelandic Museum Award 2018 at a ceremony in Bessastaðir today, Tuesday 5 June at 4pm. The Icelandic Museum Award is an award given every other year to an Icelandic museum for outstanding work. Three museums were nominated, but along with the Árnesingar Art Museum, the Botanical Garden in Reykjavík and the National Museum of Iceland for their new conservation and research centre were nominated for the 2018 Museum Award. Icelandic Department …

International Museum Day, May 18, 2018

International Museum Day is celebrated annually on 18 May by the International Council of Museums (ICOM). About 35,000 museums in 140 countries participate. Museums around the world organize events on the day, weekend or even the entire week of 18 May, and have done so every year since 1977. Each year, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) selects …

Museum Council Award Announcement 2018

Museum Council's Award Ceremony On the occasion of the main award ceremony of the 2018 Museum Fund, which was announced last March, the Museum Council invites you to celebrate with the museum's members on Monday, April 23, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the National Gallery of Iceland. Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, Minister of Education and Culture, will give an address. The recipients of the five highest project grants will present their projects. The Regional Museum in Görður – New basic exhibition at the Regional Museum in Görður – Phase …

The Museum Council's 2017 annual report has been published.

The Museum Council’s 2017 Annual Report has been published and is now available on the council’s website. The report was approved at the council’s 171st meeting on March 22. The report reviews the activities of the Museum Council in 2017 and the appendices provide an overview of the allocation from the museum fund that year. The appendices also provide a summary of the operations of recognized museums in 2016. …