The Executive Director of the Museums Council presented the fund's allocation rules and the conditions for museum recognition at a mobile school for museum professionals held in Reykjavík at the end of September. Here you can see the slides that accompanied the presentation. Here you can see a recording of the presentation. Further information about the recognition process can be found here.

Table of Contents 1. A museum shall be owned by a public entity, a non-profit organization, a company or an enterprise that ensures the financial basis for the museum for its normal operations and appoints a board of directors. A museum shall not be operated for profit. With the Museums Act No. 141/2011, the Museums Council was given the role of discussing the recognition of museums and the withdrawal of recognition before proposals to that effect are sent to the Minister. …

I. Objective of the meeting The objective of the meeting is to seek the opinion of museum professionals on key questions regarding the future organization of museum affairs in the country in the spirit of the new Museum Act. It is important to receive opinions and suggestions on emphases and implementation from the group. The objective of the meeting is no less to work in close cooperation with the main stakeholders and to agree on a conclusion that takes into account …

According to the Museums Act, the role of the Museums Council is to work on a strategy for museum work in collaboration with the main museums, which is sent to the minister for approval. In accordance with this role, the Museums Council agreed at its meeting on 20 March 2013 to establish a working group to work on the council's strategy. The main museums, the National Gallery of Iceland and the National Museum, were approached, along with a study programme in …

The Museum Council received a total of 61 applications from parties for grants from the Museum Fund in 2013. There were 47 applications for operating grants and 171 applications for project grants. The Museum Council made a proposal for allocation from the Museum Fund to the Minister of Education, Science and Culture, who allocated funds from the fund on April 30. 44 museums were allocated operating grants in the amount of ISK 1,000,000. 14 collaboration grants were awarded …

The Museum Council is now accepting museum charters for approval in accordance with the Museums Act No. 141/2011. According to Article 10 of the Museums Act No. 141/2011, the Museum Council’s approval of a museum’s charter is a condition for a museum to be recognized under the Museums Act. However, the Museum Council’s approval of a charter does not constitute recognition of the museum. Approval of charters 1. The museum’s representative (museum director or chairman …

The last day to apply for the museum fund was March 26. Applications will be discussed at the next meeting of the council and proposals for allocation will be sent to the minister following that meeting. The fund received a total of 60 applications this year.

The Museum Council is advertising applications from cultural museums, natural history museums and art museums for grants from the Museum Fund in 2013. The role of the Museum Fund is to support the work of those museums that fall under the Museums Act No. 141/2011. The Museum Council allocates funds from the fund in accordance with the Museums Act and the Council's allocation rules from 19 July 2010. The amount and number of grants awarded depend on the budget allocation and applications. …

Applications for the 2013 museum fund are now open. The application form is online but can be printed out. As soon as the application has been submitted, a copy of it will be sent to the applicant by email. It is a good idea for applicants to include all information and documents before starting to fill them out. The form …

It will be possible to apply for grants from the Museum Fund in 2013 on the Museum Fund website from 1 March next year. The application deadline will be 26 March 2013. The Museum Council allocates funds from the fund in accordance with the Museums Act No. 141/2011 and the Council's allocation rules from 24 June 2010. In order to apply for an operating grant from the Museum Fund, a museum must meet the conditions set out in Article 10. …