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 Minister of Culture has now allocated 24,800,000 kr. from the additional allocation of the Museum Fund 2023. From the additional allocation of 2023, 82 grants were allocated to 37 recognized museums, 59 grants are for continuing education projects and course holding and 23 grants for digital promotion. The Minister allocates from the Museum Fund after receiving the opinion of the Museum Council. List of grants from the additional allocation of the Museum Fund 2023 Allocation from the Museum Fund 2023 From …
The Museum Council wishes all museum members and citizens a Merry Christmas and thanks them for the year that is passing. The Museum Council office will be closed over Christmas and will reopen on Wednesday, January 3, 2024.
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 …
The FÍSOS Travel School is an annual conference for museums and curators. This year, the travel school took place in the Netherlands, where almost 120 visitors made their way to Amsterdam from October 10-13. The conference is organized by the Icelandic Museums and Museum Professionals Association. These conferences place a strong emphasis on providing important professional development and continuing education for the profession, creating a platform …
The Museum Council would like to remind you that applications are open for the 2023 additional allocation of the Museum Fund. The application deadline is 4:00 p.m., Thursday, November 30, 2023. Grants from the additional allocation are only available to recognized museums. See the application form here: https://safnarad.eydublod.is/Forms/Form/23-UMS-AUK-UMS INFORMATION The following grant categories are available: a) Grant for digital promotion Recognized museums can submit one application for grants at a time …
In September, the museum board went on its annual autumn trip and visited the Folk Museum in Skógar and Sagnheima, the Nature and Folk Museum of the Vestmannaeyjar Islands, as well as other museums and exhibitions. The group consisted of the museum board itself, the directors of the main museums, as well as museum board staff. At the Folk Museum in Skógar, the museum's director, Andri Guðmundsson, welcomed the museum board and led them through the history and exhibitions of the museum. The Folk Museum …