Last November, both a conference and a symposium were held at the Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhús. Both events discussed important issues in museum work, and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director of the Museums Council, gave a talk on behalf of the Museums Council, along with a number of other interesting speakers. You can listen to recordings of the events and find links and the program here …
The annual museum council trip took place in November and four museums were visited in West Iceland. They were the Görðar Museum in Akranes, the Borgarfjörður Museum, the Norwegian House – the Snæfellsnes and Hnappdæla Museum and the Icelandic Agricultural Museum. In addition to the council members, the directors of the three main museums who attend the museum council meetings due to their position, as well as the museum council office staff who were also with them. …
The Museum Council sends everyone warm Christmas greetings and thanks for your support during the year that is passing. The Museum Council office will be closed over Christmas and will reopen on Thursday, January 2, 2025. With best wishes for a fruitful, new museum year!
According to Article 7 of the Museums Act No. 141/2011, the Museums Council shall convene a consultation meeting at least annually with the Minister of Culture and representatives of the main museums, as well as the professional associations involved in the work of the museums that operate under the Museums Act. The first consultation meeting between the Minister of Culture and Business and the professional associations of museum work was held on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, at the Museums Council's premises at Austurstræti 5, while the Museums Council draws up rules for …
The Museum Council would like to remind you that applications are now open for the 2024 Museum Fund Extra Allocation. The application deadline is 4:00 p.m., Monday, November 25, 2024. In the 2024 Museum Fund Extra Allocation, recognized museums can apply for grants for continuing education or digital promotion. Applications received after the application deadline will not be considered. An application form can be found here. INFORMATION …
Safnaráð minnir á að opið er fyrir umsóknir í aðalúthlutun safnasjóðs 2024 Umsóknarfrestur er til kl. 16.00 miðvikudaginn 6. nóvember 2024 og sótt er um á umsóknavef safnasjóðs UMSÓKN um styrk til eins árs úr aðalúthlutun safnasjóðs 2025 Viðurkennd söfn geta sótt um styrki til eins árs auk þess sem önnur söfn, höfuðsöfn, safnvísar, setur og …
The museum magazine Kvistur is now published and is celebrating its 10th anniversary, with the first Kvistur magazine being published in 2014. The magazine is an important part of museum work in the country and strengthens the professional field of museums, while also giving people insight into the many facets of museum work. The topics are, as in recent years, diverse and contain interesting …
This year's museum staff seminar was entitled What's the point? Transformation in museum work and took place from 2-4 October in Akureyri. The museum staff seminar is both a forum for discussions about the most important issues in museum work, and also an opportunity for further education. At this 36th FÍSOS seminar, a tight and diverse program was offered. Museum staff are always …
The Museum Council attended the annual meeting and conference of the International Blue Shield Association on September 9-12. The conference was held in Bucharest, Romania, in collaboration with the Romanian National Institute for Heritage, and its title was Shielding the Past: 70 years of the Hague Convention on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the 1954 UNESCO Hague Convention on the Protection of …
For the past seven years, the Museum Council's office has been located at Lækjargata 3 in Gimli, a listed building built in 1905. The Museum Council staff bid farewell to the small castle in Lækjargata and thank you for the good times over the past years. The Museum Council is now based at Austurstræti 5 on the fourth floor. The Museum Council's office will remain there for the foreseeable future.