The Minister of Education and Culture, upon receiving a recommendation from the Museum Board, has allocated project grants for continuing education (continuing education grants) from the Museum Fund to accredited museums for the year 2016. In total, 21 accredited museums received a continuing education grant this time, from 100,000 to 250,000 kr. each, with a total allocation of 4,603,125 kr. (PDF document) A list of the continuing education grant allocations can be found here.

The Museum Council reminds you that the application deadline for the museum fund is Wednesday, December 7, 2016. Applications are submitted through the Museum Council's application website: https://www.safnarad.is/umsoknavefur-safnarads/opin-skil/ A guide for applicants can be found on the website: https://www.safnarad.is/media/leidbeiningar/Umsoknavefur-safnarads—Leidbeiningar-utg2.pdf SOME USEFUL INFORMATION: In number fields, you can enter a fraction (for example, in the annual report of a museum if the annual staff is 5.3), but note: this depends on the language settings…

  A programming error has been discovered in the 2017 Collections Fund project application form, which causes the "Budget Information" field not to appear on the form in version 1. A budget is a prerequisite for the evaluation of project grant applications and must be submitted with the application, so the application form must be updated. Therefore, applicants must download …

The Council of Museums, Íslandstofu, and the Association of Icelandic Municipalities organized a symposium on museums and tourism on Friday, November 18, and the conference was also sponsored by the National Museum of Iceland. Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director of the Museum Council, opened the conference, and Minister of Education and Culture Illugi Gunnarsson delivered an opening address. Among the speakers were Inga Hlín Pálssdóttir, Director of Tourism and Creative Industries at …

The Council of Museums, Íslandstofa, and the Association of Icelandic Municipalities are hosting a symposium on museums and tourism, where the role and status of museums and related activities in Icelandic tourism will be discussed. The symposium is sponsored by the National Museum of Iceland. The scope of the museum sector in Iceland has increased significantly in recent years, and surveys of foreign tourists have revealed a great interest in …

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 …