The theme of this year’s International Museum Day, Museums for Education and Research, focuses on the importance of cultural institutions in providing holistic education and opportunities for knowledge acquisition. Museums are the educational hubs of society, where they foster curiosity, creativity and critical thinking. This year, attention is being drawn to the role of museums in supporting …

The Icelandic Museums and Museum Workers Association (FÍSOS) has launched an interesting and important project entitled Museum Visit 2024. The goal is to draw attention to the important work that museums do and the problems that they face. Museum workers from every region of the country are invited to the meetings, and four workshops will be held across the country …

The 2024 deadline for submitting reports on the use of grants from the museum fund is approaching, which is March 1, 2024. We remind you that it is the responsibility of grant recipients to submit reports on time. If reports are submitted late, it may delay the payment of grants from the museum fund. A list of grants can be found below. Submission reports with deadlines …

The award ceremony took place in the Museum House at a ceremony attended by a large number of people, where the recipients received their certificates of recognition. The award ceremony by the Museum Board took place following the annual meeting of the three main museums; the National Museum of Iceland, the National Gallery of Iceland and the Natural History Museum of Iceland in the Museum House lecture hall on Hverfisgata on Tuesday, January 23. The meeting program began at …

The National Museum of Iceland, the Art Museum of Iceland and the Natural History Museum of Iceland, together with the Museum Council, are inviting you to an annual meeting for recognized museums. The meeting will take place in the lecture hall of the Museum House on Hverfisgata. A recording of the meeting can be viewed here. Agenda for the Annual Meeting of the Main Museums and Museum Council 14:00 – Welcome – coffee will be served to guests 14:15 – 14:45 – Action Plan for the Strategy for Museum Work …

The Museum Council is launching a mailing list and is inviting museum professionals to sign up. The aim of the Museum Council's mailing list is to send museum professionals useful information from museum work and is primarily intended for people who work in recognized museums. If you are interested in receiving information about, for example, application deadlines or museum fund reporting or other useful …