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'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 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. …
The Minister of Education, Culture and Sports has allocated a total of ISK 114,770,000 from the Museum Fund, after receiving the Museum Council's opinion, from the main allocation of the Museum Fund for 2018. 88 project grants were awarded, and their total amount was ISK 90,620,000. A total of 146 project applications were received and the grants awarded ranged from ISK 200,000 to ISK 3.0 million. Thirty-five recognized museums received operating grants from ISK 600,000 to ISK 3.0 million.
See news on the website of the National Museum of Iceland On the day of preservation, March 15, the second volume of the handbook on the preservation of museum collections is published. The publisher is the National Museum of Iceland in collaboration with the National Archives of Iceland, the National Library of Iceland – University Library, the Art Museum of Iceland and the Natural History Museum of Iceland. The editor of the handbook is Nathalie Jacqueminet, Director of Conservation at the National Museum of Iceland. The handbook on the preservation of museum collections is a collaborative project of the main museums in Iceland …
The Council of Museums approved at its 170th meeting to accelerate the process for the main allocation from the Museums Fund, starting with the 2019 main allocation. Acknowledged museums have called for the allocation process to be accelerated so that the entire grant year can be used for project work and for utilizing operating grants. It should be noted that this is the second year in a row that the Museum Council …
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 …
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 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 …