The Museum Council wishes all museum members and citizens a Merry Christmas and thanks them for the year that is passing. The Museum Council office will be closed over Christmas and will reopen on Thursday, January 3, 2019.
The Minister of Education, Culture and Sports, after receiving the opinion of the Museum Council, has allocated continuing education grants to recognized museums from the additional allocation of the Museum Fund in 2018, a total of ISK 11,512,100. 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 to pursue formal education (for example, through organized courses) or for informal study trips, …
The application deadline is 4:00 p.m. Friday, November 16, 2018. The main allocation of the Museum Fund includes 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. Recognized museums can apply for grants from the Museum Fund, and the Fund is also authorized to support other activities to promote professional museum work, …
Museum Council's symposium on the educational role of museums and digital media The Museum Council is hosting a symposium in the Museum House on Friday, October 26, at 2-5 p.m. on the educational role of museums and how digital media can support it. See Facebook event The symposium is being held following the publication of the Museum Council's status report on digital media in accredited museums, "In step with the times? – Digital media in museums in …
In step with the times? Digital dissemination of collections for educational purposes The Museum Council's status report, "In step with the times? Digital dissemination of collections for educational purposes" has now been published. In recent months, an expert group under the auspices of the Museum Council has been working on a special project by the Museum Council on the educational role of museums, with an emphasis on the digital dissemination of collections and how digital dissemination is useful in education, but the role of ...
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 Museum Board office will be closed for summer vacation from July 19 to August 14, 2018.