The Museums' Mobile School will be held from September 19th to 21st in Akureyri. The school's program and registration form can be found here.

The Icelandic Museum Awards were presented at Bessastaðir last Sunday and it was the Þingeyingi Cultural Centre that received the award for the new permanent exhibition in the Museum House in Húsavík. The selection committee's comment states: The exhibition's layout is well thought out and attractive. The exhibition space is cleverly used so that the exhibits and texts arouse the curiosity of visitors. The special features of the area and the use of nature are well understood and on …

A bill on cultural heritage that has been in the works since 2005 has now become law. This law, along with the new Museums Act that will come into force at the turn of the year, will bring about various changes for museum work and heritage conservation in the country. In the last days of the 2012 spring session, a bill on the Fine Arts Act also became …

The National Audit Office has published a report on the follow-up to the institution's report from 2009 on Icelandic Antiquities and Museums. The report and other documents on the subject can be accessed on the National Audit Office's website: here.

On the occasion of International Museum Day on May 18, nominations for the 2012 Museum Awards are announced. The Museum Awards are awarded every other year to a museum that is considered to have excelled or has notably addressed the challenges facing museums. Three museums have been nominated for the awards, which have been presented to Bessastaðir in the Icelandic …

Keynote speakers: The state of museums and cooperation in the field of museum work A selection of papers is available here: Eiríkur Þorláksson, specialist at the Office of Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. New laws, what do they entail? (PDF file) Ólöf K. Sigurðardóttir. Chairman of the Icelandic Section of ICOM. ICOM Code of Ethics. (PDF file) Bjarni Guðmundsson. The Agricultural Museum in Hvanneyri. Next steps. (PDF file) Björg Erlingsdóttir. Hornafjörður Cultural Center. The state of museums …