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 …

FÍSOS 2024 boarding school in Akureyri

This year's museum staff seminar was entitled What's the point? Transformation in museum work and took place from 2-4 October in Akureyri. The museum staff seminar is both a forum for discussions about the most important issues in museum work, and also an opportunity for further education. At this 36th FÍSOS seminar, a tight and diverse program was offered. Museum staff are always …

The Blue Shield International Organization

The Museum Council attended the annual meeting and conference of the International Blue Shield Association on September 9-12. The conference was held in Bucharest, Romania, in collaboration with the Romanian National Institute for Heritage, and its title was Shielding the Past: 70 years of the Hague Convention on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the 1954 UNESCO Hague Convention on the Protection of …

The Museum Council is moving to new premises in Austurstræti.

For the past seven years, the Museum Council's office has been located at Lækjargata 3 in Gimli, a listed building built in 1905. The Museum Council staff bid farewell to the small castle in Lækjargata and thank you for the good times over the past years. The Museum Council is now based at Austurstræti 5 on the fourth floor. The Museum Council's office will remain there for the foreseeable future.

Guide to creating a contingency plan

Prevention and response plans for the protection of cultural heritage have been a focus of the Museum Council recently. As Iceland has now ratified the 1954 UNESCO Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, this includes a commitment that all recognized museums in Iceland work on prevention and develop response plans for various types of threats, including natural and …