Seinni hluti handbókar um varðveislu safnkosts kominn út

Sjá frétt á vef Þjóðminjasafns Íslands Á degi forvörslu, 15. mars er útgefið seinna bindi handbókar um varðveislu safnskosts. Útgefandi er Þjóðminjasafn Íslands í samstarfi við Þjóðskjalasafn Íslands, Landsbókasafn Íslands  – Háskólabókasafn, Listasafn Íslands og Náttúruminjasafn Íslands. Ritstjóri handbókarinnar er Nathalie Jacqueminet, varðveislustjóri á Þjóðminjasafni Íslands. Handbók um varðveislu safnkosts er samstarfsverkefni höfuðsafnanna á Íslandi …

Úthlutunarferli fyrir aðalúthlutun úr safnasjóði árið 2019 verður flýtt

Safnaráð samþykkti á 170. safnaráðsfundi sínum að flýta ferli fyrir aðalúthlutun úr safnasjóði frá og með aðalúthlutun 2019. Hafa viðurkennd söfn kallað eftir því að úthlutunarferli verði flýtt svo að hægt sé að nýta allt styrkárið til vinnu að verkefnum og til nýtingar rekstrarstyrkja. Má geta þess að þetta annað árið í röð sem safnaráð …

Supervision by the Museum Council of recognized museums

According to the Museums Act No. 141/2011, the Museums Council is tasked with supervising accredited museums that operate in accordance with the Museums Council's terms and conditions for the operation of accredited museums. This February, twenty accredited museums across the country will receive a notification of the Museums Council's supervision of accredited museums, which is part 2 of the Museums Council's supervision, Supervision of the museum's premises, facilities …

Christmas greetings from the museum board

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 Wednesday, January 3, 2018.

The University of Iceland Art Museum has been granted the status of a recognized museum.

The Minister of Education, Science and Culture has considered the proposal of the Museums Council from 10 October 2017 on the recognition of museums according to the Museums Act No. 141/2011. At the proposal of the Council, the Minister granted recognition to one museum, the Art Museum of the University of Iceland. The Museums Council is accepting applications for recognition for processing in 2018 until 31 August 2018. Further information about the application process can be found here.

Allocation of continuing education grants to recognized museums 2017

The Minister of Education, Culture and Sports, after receiving the opinion of the Museum Council, has allocated continuing education grants from the additional allocation of the Museum Fund to recognized museums in 2017. In the additional allocation of the Museum Fund in the last quarter, 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 the museums and strengthen the aspect of continuing education. Two types of grants were awarded, Continuing education for museum employees on the one hand …

News from the website and applications

Website As you can see, the Museum Council's website is back online after being hit by the collapse of the web hosting company in 1984. It seems that all content has been saved and we are grateful for that, but if users find errors, they can definitely send a message to the email address thora@safnarad.is. The Museum Council's email was not affected...

The Museum Council is advertising for applications for grants from the main allocation of the Museum Fund in 2018.

Applications are open for the 2018 Museum Fund main allocation. The role of the Museum Fund is to support the work of museums that fall under the Museums Act No. 141/2011. To that end, the fund can support the operations and defined projects of recognized museums and collaborative projects between such museums. The Museum Council provides comments on grant applications from the Museum Fund. The Minister of Education, Culture and Science allocates grants from the Museum Fund after receiving …

Opið fyrir skil á Árlegri skýrslu viðurkenndra safna 2017

Safnaráði er samkvæmt safnalögum nr. 141/2011 falið að hafa eftirlit með viðurkenndum söfnum sem starfa eftir skilmálum safnaráðs um starfsemi viðurkenndra safna. Eftirlit safnaráðs með viðurkenndum söfnum er þríþætt og er einn hluti þess er eftirlit með rekstri safns og er það gert með yfirferð safnaráðs á Árlegri skýrslu viðurkenndra safna 2017 er varðar rekstrarárið …