The Museums Council is, according to the Museums Act, tasked with supervising accredited museums that operate in accordance with the Museums Council's terms of reference for the operations of accredited museums. Preparations have recently been made for the first phase of this inspection, and 8 museums in the Reykjavík area will be visited in November and December. A curator working on behalf of the Museums Council will review the building …

The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports is advertising a vacancy for the position of Director of the Museums Council. The position will be held for a period of five years with the possibility of extension. The Museums Council operates in accordance with Act No. 141/2011 and advises the Minister of Education, Culture and Sports and other government authorities on museum matters. The Museums Council's role includes overseeing museum activities in the country, working on policy …

For the past two years, Þórdís Anna Baldursdóttir has received a grant from the Museum Fund to prepare guidelines for the packaging, display and storage of textiles. The guidelines are now available here on the Museum Council's website. Collectors are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the guidelines and use them in their work.

At the end of April 2015, the survey was submitted to the 51 parties that received a grant from the Museum Fund in 2015. A total of 39 parties responded, giving a response rate of 76%, which is considered acceptable. The results show that the fund's customers generally find it easy to fill out an application to the fund and understand the instructions with the application form. The dissemination of information about the status of …

The Museum Council's annual report for 2014 is now available on the council's website. The report was approved at the council's 141st meeting on April 13. The report contains an overview of the allocation from the museum fund in 2014. It also contains a summary of the operations of recognized museums in 2013, which can be useful to museums when creating criteria for policymaking. The Museum Council now publishes an overview of …

  The Museum Council has now sent a request to the representatives of the museums and projects that received grants from the fund this year to participate in a short survey organized by the council. The aim of the survey is to assess the satisfaction of the fund's customers with the application process and to receive suggestions on what can be improved. Those who have been invited to take …

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 2016 Museum Fund expires, is 31 August 2015. Applications received after that date will not be processed until after the 2016 Museum Fund has been allocated. Only recognized museums other than state-owned museums …

The Minister of Education, Culture and Sports, after receiving the Museum Council's opinion, has allocated a total of 108.6 million ISK from the Museum Fund for 2015. Of this amount, almost 70 million ISK goes to individual projects and 39 million in operating grants to recognized museums throughout the country. This time, a total of 130 projects received applications for grants. Grants are being allocated to 86 projects …

According to the Museum Act, those who receive grants from the Museum Fund must submit a final report within a year of the expected end of the project. It is now almost two years since the allocation of grants in 2013, and since grants are awarded for one year, it can be assumed that a year will have passed since the end of all projects on the 30th. …

The Museum Council hosted a symposium on museum research at the National Museum on November 6. The focus was on the role of research in museum work and on the role of museums in promoting understanding of the development and status of culture, art, nature and science through their research and dissemination. The characteristics of museum research and the expectations of the academic community were examined …