Wednesday, December 3, 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Meeting place: 5 Austurstr\u00e6ti, 4th floor <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Present: Vilhj\u00e1lmur Bjarnason, Chair; Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Dr\u00f6fn Whitehead (from item 1.2); Hlynur Hallsson; J\u00f3hanna Erla P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir; and Gunnhildur \u00c1sta Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir, Vice Chair, who participated via Teams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On behalf of the principal collections, the meeting was attended by, from section 1.2: For the National Gallery of Iceland: Ingibj\u00f6rg J\u00f3hannsd\u00f3ttir; for the National Museum of Natural History of Iceland: Ragnhildur Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir; for the National Museum of Iceland: Harpa \u00de\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Staff of the Board of Trustees: Th\u00f3ra Bj\u00f6rk \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir, Executive Director, who writes the minutes, and Klara \u00de\u00f3rhallsd\u00f3ttir. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
1.1.<\/strong> <\/em>This leg began at 2:00 PM.<\/em> \u2013 Discussion on applications for the 2025 supplemental allocation and the 2026 main allocation. Only Vilhj\u00e1lmur Bjarnason, Gunnhildur \u00c1sta Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir, Hlynur Hallsson, and J\u00f3hanna Erla P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir attended this part of the meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 1.2.<\/strong> This leg began at 3:00 PM.<\/em> \u2013 From the last meeting. Everyone present attended the meeting. Among other things, \u00de\u00f3ra Bj\u00f6rk and Harpa reported on the ICOM General Assembly, which they attended last November and was held in Dubai this time. Harpa also spoke about a UNESCO conference she attended. Th\u00f3ra Bj\u00f6rk was interviewed by the television station S\u00fdn. Klara reported on a workshop about cultural statistics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 1.3<\/strong>. Presentation of the number and total amount of applications for the 2025 supplemental allocation and the 2026 main allocation <\/p>\n\n\n\n 1.4.<\/strong> The merger of two state-owned, accredited museums and the discussion about its impact on accreditation. On the one hand, it is the merger of the Einar J\u00f3nsson Art Museum with the National Gallery of Iceland, which has been in the works for many years. 1.5.<\/strong> Pruning of accredited museums was discussed. Article 17 of the Museum Act 141\/2011 states \u201eDisposal of Collection Objects. It is prohibited to dispose of collection objects unless there are compelling reasons. It is permissible to cull the collection based on a culling plan approved by the principal repository. The relevant principal repository makes the decision to dispose of collection objects after receiving a recommendation from the collections council.\u201e<\/em>There are indications that collections are not sufficiently familiar with the rules for deaccessioning and how to conduct it, particularly regarding registered vs. unregistered objects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 2.1.<\/strong> From the National Museum: Deletion request from the Eastland Museum. The Museum Council has no comments on the deletion request.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2.2.<\/strong> For the record: The visit report for the National Film Archive of Iceland was approved and will be sent to the archive and its owners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wednesday, December 3, 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM Meeting location: Austurstr\u00e6ti 5, 4th floor Attendees: Chairman Vilhj\u00e1lmur Bjarnason, Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Dr\u00f6fn Whitehead (from item 1.2), Hlynur Hallsson, J\u00f3hanna Erla P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir, and Vice-Chairwoman Gunnhildur \u00c1sta Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir, who participated via Teams.\u00a0 Representing the lead institutions from team 1.2 were: for the National Gallery of Iceland, Ingibj\u00f6rg J\u00f3hannsd\u00f3ttir; for the National Museum of Natural History of Iceland, Ragnhildur Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir; and for the National Museum of Iceland, Harpa \u00de\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir. Staff \u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":4706,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5356","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5356"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5363,"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5356\/revisions\/5363"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The planned merger of the National Film Archive of Iceland with the Sound and Vision Library and the National Library of Iceland was also discussed. The Council of Museums will submit a review to the consultation portal when the matter is posted there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n2. Matters for decision<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
3. Other issues<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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