Main allocation of the museum fund 2025

The Minister of Culture has allocated funds from the main allocation of the Museum Fund 2025 The Museum Council's allocation ceremony took place in the Picture Hall of the National Museum of Iceland on Friday, February 14, at a ceremonial ceremony attended by distinguished guests. Minister of Culture Logi Einarsson addressed the guests and allocated 129 grants, a total of 217,159,500 krónur from the Museum Fund. There were 114 one-year grants totaling 163,259,500 krónur to 47 beneficiaries. Excellence Grants 2025 – …

Museum Council's award invitation to the National Museum

The Museum Council's award ceremony will be held in the Picture Gallery of the National Museum of Iceland on Friday, February 14th, from 4-5 p.m. Logi Einarsson, Minister of Culture, will award grants from the main allocation of the museum fund at a ceremonial ceremony. The award ceremony is a direct continuation of the annual meeting of the National Museums and the Museum Council, which begins earlier, at 2:00-4:00 p.m. at the National Museum of Iceland. At the Museum Council meeting last December, the council approved a proposal for a main allocation from the museum fund for 2025 …

Additional allocation from the museum fund 2024

Minister of Culture Logi Einarsson has now allocated 23,660,000 kr. from the additional allocation of the Museum Fund 2024. From the additional allocation of 2024, 74 grants were allocated to 38 recognized museums, 53 grants are for continuing education projects and courses and 21 grants for digital promotion. The Minister allocates from the Museum Fund after receiving the opinion of the Museum Council. List of grants from the additional allocation of the Museum Fund 2024 Allocation from the Museum Fund …

Conferences and seminars on museum issues

Last November, both a conference and a symposium were held at the Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhús. Both events discussed important issues in museum work, and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director of the Museums Council, gave a talk on behalf of the Museums Council, along with a number of other interesting speakers. You can listen to recordings of the events and find links and the program here …

Museum Council visits museums in West Iceland

The annual museum council trip took place in November and four museums were visited in West Iceland. They were the Görðar Museum in Akranes, the Borgarfjörður Museum, the Norwegian House – the Snæfellsnes and Hnappdæla Museum and the Icelandic Agricultural Museum. In addition to the council members, the directors of the three main museums who attend the museum council meetings due to their position, as well as the museum council office staff who were also with them. …

Christmas greetings from the museum board

The Museum Council sends everyone warm Christmas greetings and thanks for your support during the year that is passing. The Museum Council office will be closed over Christmas and will reopen on Thursday, January 2, 2025. With best wishes for a fruitful, new museum year!

Árlegur samráðsfundur menningarráðherra og fagfélaga safnastarfs

Samkvæmt 7.gr. safnalaga nr. 141/2011 skal Safnaráð boða til samráðsfundar a.m.k. árlega með menningarráðherra og fulltrúum höfuðsafna ásamt þeim fagfélögum sem koma að starfi þeirra safna sem starfa undir safnalögum. Fyrsti samráðsfundur menningar- og viðskiptaráðherra og fagfélaga safnastarfs var haldinn þriðjudaginn 19. nóvember 2024 í húsakynnum Safnaráðs að Austurstræti 5, en Safnaráð semur reglur um …

Opið fyrir umsóknir í aukaúthlutun 2024

Safnaráð minnir á, að opið er fyrir umsóknir í aukaúthlutun safnasjóðs 2024. Umsóknarfrestur er til kl. 16.00, mánudaginn 25. nóvember 2024. Í aukaúthlutun safnasjóðs árið 2024 geta viðurkennd söfn sótt um styrki til símenntunar eða til stafrænna kynningarmála. Umsóknir sem berast eftir að umsóknarfresti lýkur verða ekki teknar til greina.  Hér má finna umsóknareyðublað. UPPLÝSINGAR …

Minnum á að opið er fyrir umsóknir í aðalúthlutun safnasjóðs 2025

Safnaráð minnir á að opið er fyrir umsóknir í aðalúthlutun safnasjóðs 2024  Umsóknarfrestur er til kl. 16.00 miðvikudaginn 6. nóvember 2024 og sótt er um á umsóknavef safnasjóðs   UMSÓKN um styrk til eins árs úr aðalúthlutun safnasjóðs 2025 Viðurkennd söfn geta sótt um styrki til eins árs auk þess sem önnur söfn, höfuðsöfn, safnvísar, setur og …

Twig 2024

The museum magazine Kvistur is now published and is celebrating its 10th anniversary, with the first Kvistur magazine being published in 2014. The magazine is an important part of museum work in the country and strengthens the professional field of museums, while also giving people insight into the many facets of museum work. The topics are, as in recent years, diverse and contain interesting …