200th Museum Council Meeting

Thursday, December 17, 2020, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Location: Teams Present: Ólafur Kvaran, Chair, Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Haraldur Þór Egilsson, Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir, Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir, Harpa Þórsdóttir, Hilmar Malmquist, Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director. The meeting began with congratulations to the National Museum of Natural History of Iceland and Hilmar Malmquist, director of the museum, on the newly signed agreement for the museum's future premises …

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198th Museum Council Meeting

Friday, November 20, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM. Location: Teams Present: Ólafur Kvaran, Chair, Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Haraldur Þór Egilsson, Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir, Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir, Harpa Þórsdóttir (first half of the meeting), Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir, and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director. Hilmar Malmquist was unable to attend. 1. Matters for Information: An overview of activities since the last meeting. Among other things, the collaboration was reported…

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197th Museum Council Meeting

Tuesday, October 20, 3-5 PM Location: Teams Attendees: Ólafur Kvaran, Chair, Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Haraldur Þór Egilsson, Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir, Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir, Harpa Þórsdóttir, Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir, and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director. Hilmar Malmquist was unable to attend. Approved between meetings: Annual Report of the Museum Board 2019. 1. Matters for information: Overview of activities since the last meeting. Among …

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196th Museum Council Meeting

Thursday, September 10, 2020, 11 AM - 1 PM Location: The Museum Building Present in person: Ólafur Kvaran, Chairman, Haraldur Þór Egilsson, Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir, Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir, Harpa Þórsdóttir, Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir, and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director. Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir and Hilmar Malmquist announced their absence. 1. Matters for Information: Overview of activities since the last meeting. Application for museum accreditation. Application …

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195th Museum Council Meeting

Thursday, July 2, 2020, 11 AM - 1 PM. Location: Safnahúsið. Present in person: Ólafur Kvaran, Chair, Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir, Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir, and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director. Present via remote meeting: Haraldur Þór Egilsson. Harpa Þórsdóttir, Hilmar Malmquist, and Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir were unable to attend. 1. Matters for Information: Overview of activities since the last meeting. Government measures …

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193rd Museum Council Meeting

Tuesday, May 26, 2020, 1 PM - 3 PM. Location: Safnahúsið. In attendance in person: Ólafur Kvaran, Chair, Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir, Haraldur Þór Egilsson, Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir, and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director. Present via remote meeting: Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Harpa Þórsdóttir, and Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir. Hilmar Malmquist was absent. 1. Matters for Information Overview of activities since the last meeting. Survey on COVID-19 …

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192nd Museum Council Meeting

Wednesday, April 16, 2020, 11 AM - 1 PM Location: Zoom – remote meeting Present: Ólafur Kvaran, Chair, Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir, Haraldur Þór Egilsson, Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir, Harpa Þórsdóttir, Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir, and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director. Hilmar Malmquist was absent. 1. Matters for Information Overview of activities since the last meeting. COVID-19 response of the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees has sent to accredited …

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191st Museum Council Meeting

Friday, March 6, 2020, 3-5 PM Location: The Museum Building Present: Ólafur Kvaran, Chairman, Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Gunnþóra Halldórsdóttir (alternate), Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir, Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir, and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director. Haraldur Þór Egilsson, Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir, Hilmar Malmquist, and Harpa Þórsdóttir were absent. 1. Matters for Information: Overview of activities since the last meeting. The National Board, ICOM in Iceland, and …

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190th Museum Council Meeting

Allocation Meeting for the 2020 Main Allocation Saturday, February 15, 2020, from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the Safnahúsið, Hverfisgata Attendees: Ólafur Kvaran, Chair; Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Vice Chair; Gunnþóra Halldórsdóttir, Alternate Member of the Museum Council; Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir, Main Member of the Museum Council; Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir, Main Member of the Museum Council; and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director. Matters for Decision: Proposal for the allocation of grants from the main distribution of the Museum Fund for 2020 approved…

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189th Museum Council Meeting

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM Location: The Museum Building. Present: Ólafur Kvaran, Chair; Anna Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir; Haraldur Þór Egilsson; Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir; Sigríður Björk Jónsdóttir; Harpa Þórsdóttir; and Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director. Hilmar Malmquist and Margrét Hallgrímsdóttir were absent. 1. Matters for Information: An overview of activities since the last meeting. This item was postponed until the next meeting. The Council …

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