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 …

The Museum Board office is closed for summer vacation until August 10. If the matter is urgent, the Executive Director can be reached at 820-5450.