Komið hefur í ljós forritunarvilla í verkefnaumsóknareyðublaði safnasjóðs fyrir árið 2017, sem lýsir sér þannig að reiturinn Upplýsingar um fjárhagsáætlun birtist ekki á blaðinu í útgáfu 1. Fjárhagsáætlun er ein forsenda fyrir mati á umsóknum um verkefnastyrki og verður að fylgja umsókn, því er nauðsyn að uppfæra umsóknaeyðublaðið. Því verða umsækjendur að ná í …

Safnaráð, Íslandsstofa og Samband íslenskra sveitarfélaga stóðu að málþingi um söfn og ferðaþjónustu föstudaginn 18. nóvember sl. og var þingið jafnframt styrkt af Þjóðminjasafni Íslands. Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir framkvæmdastjóri safnaráðs setti þingið og Illugi Gunnarsson mennta- og menningarmálaráðherra flutti ávarp í byrjun þings. Meðal framsögumanna voru Inga Hlín Pálssdóttir forstöðumaður ferðaþjónustu og skapandi greina hjá …

Safnaráð, Íslandsstofa og Samband íslenskra sveitarfélaga standa að málþingi um söfn og ferðaþjónustu þar sem rætt verður um hlutverk og stöðu safna og tengdrar starfsemií íslenskri ferðaþjónustu. Málþingið er styrkt af Þjóðminjasafni Íslands. Umfang safnageirans á Íslandi hefur aukist mikið á síðustu árum og kannanir meðal erlendra ferðamanna hafa leitt í ljós mikinn áhuga á …

The Museum Council, Icelanders' Association and the Association of Icelandic Local Authorities are hosting a symposium on museums and tourism on Friday, November 18th from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM in the Museum Building on Hverfisgata. The symposium is being held following the Museum Council's report (PDF file) on museums and tourism, which was published in the fall of 2015 and was prepared by the Research Centre for Museum Studies at the University of Iceland and the University's Institute of Economics …

The role of the Museum Fund is to support the work of museums that fall under the Museums Act No. 141/2011 (Opens in a new browser window). The Museum Council provides comments on grant applications from the Museum Fund. The Minister of Education, Science and Culture allocates grants from the Museum Fund upon receipt of proposals from the Museum Council in accordance with the Museums Act and the Council's allocation rules from 29 September 2015. Both project grants and operating grants are granted from the Museum Fund, the amount and …

In the fall of 2016, lifelong learning grants will be awarded to strengthen the professional work of recognized museums. The purpose of these grants is to strengthen the professional work of the museums and strengthen the element of lifelong learning. Recognized museums can apply for lifelong learning grants for their employees. This time, a minimum of two million ISK will be awarded. Each grant will be a maximum of 250,000 ISK. Each recognized …

  According to the Museums Act 141/2011, the Museums Council is tasked with supervising recognized museums that operate in accordance with the Museums Council's terms and conditions for the operation of recognized museums. The supervision is threefold: a) Supervision of the operation of a museum. By reviewing the annual report of the museums to the Museums Council.b) Supervision of the museum's building, the facilities of the museum, the preservation of artifacts and security issues. With this form of museums and a preventive assessment of …

The Museum Council's annual report for 2015 is now available on the council's website. The report was approved at the council's 153rd meeting on August 30. The report reviews the activities of the Museum Council in 2015 and includes an overview of the allocation from the museum fund in 2015. It also contains a summary of the operations of recognized museums in 2014, which may be useful to museums …

The procedures can also be downloaded (PDF file) here. 1. Role of the Museum Council According to the Museum Act, the role of the Museum Council is to provide an opinion on grant applications to the Museum Fund. When the application deadline has passed, the Director of the Museum Council reviews the applications and excludes those that do not meet the Museum Council's requirements. If there are any doubts, they are presented to the chairman. The Museum Council receives a list of …

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 2017 Museum Fund expires, is 31 August 2016. Applications received after that time will not be processed until after the 2017 Museum Fund has been allocated. Only recognized museums other than state-owned museums …