Tuesday, February 28, 2017, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Location: Museum House, Hverfisgata 15
Present: Ólafur Kvaran, chairman, Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, vice chairman, Haraldur Þór Egilsson, Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir, Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir, Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, managing director.
Halldór Björn Runólfsson and Hilmar J. Malmquist did not make it.
0. Approval and signing of the minutes of the 156th, 157th and 158th meetings of the Museum Council
1. Presentation case
1.1. Overview of the Council's activities since the last meeting
1.2. Museum Council website – draft design presented.
1.3. The resolutions of the Museum Council 2013-2016 were distributed to the trustees for information and review.
1.4. Discussion on Article 17 of the Museums Act 141/2011 and Article 7(f) of the same Act on the disposal of museum objects and the screening plans that main museums must approve. Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir, National Museum Curator, presented the work that the National Museum is doing regarding Article 17 of the Act.
2. Matters for decision
2.1. Museum Council Budget 2017 approved by the Museum Council
2.2. Museum Council's 2017 project plan approved by the Museum Council
2.3. Museum Council meeting schedule 2017 approved by the Museum Council
2.4. Supervision of recognized museums. The Árnesinga Museum of Art, the Icelandic Design Museum, the Reykjanesbær Art Museum, the Árnesinga Museum of Art, the Kópavogur Art Museum – Gerðarsafn and the Reykjanesbær Art Museum were in the first phase of the Museum Council’s supervision and submitted their supervision reports to the Museum Council last autumn. The Museum Council’s Supervision Committee has submitted evaluation reports based on these museums’ supervision reports, where an assessment of the condition of the collection, storage and exhibition spaces can be found in the evaluation reports, along with suggestions for improvements and the timeframes that the museums should set for themselves to correct the issues that the Evaluation Committee finds necessary. The Evaluation Committee’s evaluation reports were approved by the Museum Council.
3. Other issues
3.1. Discussion regarding two accredited museums. In light of news regarding the status of two accredited museums, the Executive Director of the Museums Council was tasked with gathering information about the status of the museums with regard to accreditation.
3.2. Report from RÚV regarding the removal of material from the RÚV museum collection. The report was referred for consideration at the next meeting of the museum board.
3.3. Kútter Sigurfari. Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir informed the museum board about the status of this project.
Meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m. / ÞBÓ