Tuesday, December 4, 2023, from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Meeting location: Teams

Present: Vilhjálmur Bjarnason, Chair; Gunnhildur Ásta Guðmundsdóttir, Vice Chair; Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir; Inga Lára Baldvinsdóttir; and Hlynur Hallsson.  

The meeting was attended on behalf of the main collections: For the National Gallery of Iceland: Ingibjörg Jóhannsdóttir; for the National Museum of Iceland: Harpa Þórsdóttir; for the National Museum of Natural History of Iceland: Hilmar Malmquist. 

Staff of the Board of Trustees: Þóra Björk Ólafsdóttir, Executive Director, who writes the minutes, and Klara Þórhallsdóttir.
 

1. Matter for presentation

  1. Overview of the council's activities since the last meeting. 
  2. Main Allocation 2024 – Status of the Process Discussed
  3. Main Allocation 2023 – Application Status Discussed
  4. Matters of a single accredited museum discussed
  5. Discussion of draft report on the state of heritage protection in the country Heritage preservation – status, challenges, and opportunities.

2. Matters for Decision

  1.  Two reports regarding the monitoring of accredited collections were approved: one visit report and one evaluation report. 
  2. Approval of the Museum Council's nomination to the Heritage Council of the Heritage Agency.

3. Other matters

  • The meeting time for the 229th Board of Trustees meeting was set.

 

  Meeting adjourned at 5:20 PM / THB