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.

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 …

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 application deadline for continuing education grants to recognized museums from the 2017 Museum Fund has been extended to 4:00 PM on Wednesday, October 18! See: https://safnarad.is/frettir/safnarad-auglysir-eftir-umsoknum-fyrir-aukauthlutun-ur-safnasjodi-2017/

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 2017, which concerns the operating year …

Símenntunarstyrkir fyrir viðurkennd söfn Í aukaúthlutun safnasjóðs á síðasta ársfjórðungi geta viðurkennd söfn sótt um verkefnastyrki til símenntunar, svokallaða símenntunarstyrki. Tilgangur með þessum styrkjum er að styrkja faglegt starf safnanna og efla þátt símenntunar. Tvenns konar styrkir eru í boði, Símenntun fyrir starfsmenn safns annars vegar og Námskeið/fyrirlesarar hins vegar. Hvert safn getur sótt um …

Á 164. safnaráðsfundi þann 5. september 2017 voru samþykktar breytingar á Verklagi við mat á umsóknum um styrki úr safnasjóði (almennt kallað verklagsreglur) til samræmis við þær breytingar sem hafa átt sér stað frá síðasta ári. Er þar helst að nefna að kafli um aukaúthlutun úr safnasjóði var settur inn, má kynna sér reglurnar hér.

The Museum Council would like to remind you that the last date for submitting applications for recognition under the Museums Act, in order for the application to be processed before the application deadline for the 2018 Museum Fund expires, is August 31, 2017. Applications received after that time will not be processed until after the 2018 Museum Fund has been allocated. Only recognized museums other than state-owned museums …