The Museum Council is hosting a symposium on museum research at the National Museum on November 6. Research should be an important part of museum work and one of the prerequisites for museum work to be in step with the times. The Museum Council wants to explore and assess the importance of research in museum work and find ways to strengthen the role of research in museum work. Attention will be focused on …

Recording. Program: 13:30 – Ágústa Kristófersdóttir, Director of the Museum Council – Applications for the Museum Fund 2015 13:50 – Eiríkur Stephensen, Specialist in Research and Innovation at Rannís: About defined projects 14:20 – Þorgeir Ólafsson, Information Officer at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and Þóra Magnúsdóttir, Specialist at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: EFTA Development Fund and Cultural Cooperation 14:50 – Haraldur Þór Egilsson, Director of the Akureyri Museum: …

The Museum Council is advertising applications for grants from the Museum Fund in 2015. The role of the Museum Fund is to support the work of museums that fall under the Museums Act No. 141/2011. The Museum Council makes a proposal to the Minister of Education, Culture and Science for allocation from the fund in accordance with the Museums Act and the Council's allocation rules from 18 September 2013. The amount and number of grants awarded depend on the budget allocation and applications. To …

The Minister of Education and Culture has now, at the proposal of the Museums Council, granted the Hunting Museum recognition in accordance with the Museums Act. The museum applied for a reconsideration of the previous decision based on new evidence, and the Museums Council considered a proposal for recognition of the museum at its meeting in August. The Minister confirmed the Council's proposal and the museum has been notified of the decision. Here is a list of the museums that …

The Museum Council is inviting people to an educational meeting on October 3rd at 1:30 PM in the lecture hall of the National Museum of Iceland about applications to the museum fund, project definitions and other grants. The aim of the meeting is to enhance the knowledge of those applying for grants to the fund on the fund's structure, how to define projects and to introduce the EFTA Development Fund's grants in the field of culture, about which many inquiries were received last …

Applications for the 2015 museum fund will be advertised at the end of September and the application deadline is November 15. Applications will only be accepted through the museum fund's application website, which will be opened on October 1. Login is done through Íslykil, but you can apply for access here. Those who are interested in applying for …

The Minister of Education and Culture has now, at the proposal of the Museums Council, granted recognition to the Bustarfell Museum, the Museums Museum and the Sheep Centre in Strandur according to the Museums Act. The museums applied for a re-instatement of the previous decision on the basis of new evidence and the Museums Council considered a proposal for their recognition at its meeting in May. The Minister confirmed the Council's proposal and the three museums have been notified of the decision. …

The Museum Council has agreed 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 Museum Fund expires, is 31 August each year. Applications received after that time will not be processed until after the next allocation from the Museum Fund. Only recognized museums other than state-owned museums can …

At a meeting of the Museum Council in February, it was agreed to postpone the continuation of the Council's strategy development and entrust the Chairman of the Council with the implementation of the next steps. The steering group that has been working on the strategy submitted the data it had collected, including a summary of consultation meetings with museum members.

The Museum Council's annual report for 2013 was approved at the 131st meeting of the council on April 10. The report provides an overview of the council's activities last year. An overview and analysis of allocations from the Museum Fund in 2013, as well as information on the operations of museums that received funding from the fund. See the report here.