Monday, December 17, 2018, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: The Nordic House
Present: Ólafur Kvaran, Chair; Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Vice Chair; Haraldur Þór Egilsson; Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir; Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir; Harpa Þórsdóttir; and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director. Hilmar Malmquist and Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir were unable to attend. The special guest at the meeting was Eiríkur Þorláksson, a specialist at the Ministry of Education and Culture.
1. Matter for presentation
- Overview of the council's activities since the last meeting.
- The main points regarding the 2019 project plan and budget were briefly reviewed.
2. Matters for decision
- A new version of the project grant utilization reports was approved: Going forward, project grant recipients will submit a progress report to the Collection Council for grants exceeding 1,500,000 kr. This report must be submitted no later than the beginning of the year following the grant year. The final report follows a similar format to the previous project grant progress report. This applies to project grants awarded in 2018 and thereafter. However, grant payments will not be phased at this time.
- The Utilization Report for Operating Grants for the year 2017 was approved.
- Appointment of the Museum Council to the Heritage Council approved. The National Heritage Agency of Iceland offered in a letter to the Council dated November 29, 2018, that the Museum Council nominate two representatives (one main and one alternate representative) to eight heritage councils, one in each heritage region, but their appointment is provided for in Article 10. art. of the Cultural Heritage Act no. 80/2012. Representatives on the heritage boards, other than the regional heritage officer, may include representatives of municipal associations and planning authorities in the heritage area, and directors of accredited museums. Fourteen directors of recognized museums of cultural heritage, one director of a recognized art museum, and one director of a recognized natural history museum are appointed.
- It was approved that the total amount of the 2019 main allocation will be approximately 114 million króna. Funding for the museum fund in 2019, according to the 2019 draft budget, amounts to 142 million króna.
- The Council of Museums received the Inspection Committee's Inspection Reports for two accredited museums:
- Reykjavik City History Museum
- Reykjavik Art Museum
- This item will be discussed per capsulam.
3. Other matters
- The 2018 supplemental allocation from the Museum Fund was announced, with the Minister of Education and Culture allocating 11,512,100 króna to 43 continuing education projects, based on recommendations from the Museum Council.
- Eiríkur Þorláksson presented changes to financial contributions for museums and museum affairs that will take place in the coming years.
Meeting adjourned at 5:45 PM / TBÓ