{"id":187,"date":"2016-11-10T11:57:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T11:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vu2158.shelley.1984.is\/?p=187"},"modified":"2017-07-03T11:58:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T11:58:25","slug":"dagskra-malthings-um-sofn-og-ferdathjonustu-i-safnahusinu-18-november-kl-13-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/frettir\/2016\/11\/dagskra-malthings-um-sofn-og-ferdathjonustu-i-safnahusinu-18-november-kl-13-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Program for a symposium on museums and tourism at the Museum House, November 18, 1 PM - 4 PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Council of Museums, \u00cdslandstofa, and the Association of Icelandic Municipalities are hosting a symposium on museums and tourism, where the role and status of museums and related activities in Icelandic tourism will be discussed. The symposium is sponsored by the National Museum of Iceland.<\/p>\n<p>The museum sector in Iceland has grown significantly in recent years, and surveys of foreign tourists have revealed a strong interest in Icelandic culture and history.Museums are considered an important part of tourism, but there is a need to strengthen their role and status within the industry.<\/p>\n<h4>Agenda:<\/h4>\n<p><strong>13:00<\/strong> Opening of the conference \u2013 address from a representative of the Ministry of Education and Culture<br \/>\n<strong>13:15<\/strong> Sigurj\u00f3n Baldur Hafsteinsson, Professor of Museum Studies and Executive Director of the Research Center in Museum Studies<br \/>\n<strong>13:25<\/strong> Gu\u00f0r\u00fan \u00de\u00f3ra Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir, Director at the Research Center for Tourism<br \/>\n<strong>13:35<\/strong> Maria Reynisdottir, specialist at the Ministry of Industry and Trade<br \/>\n<strong>13:50<\/strong> Inga Hl\u00edn P\u00e1lsd\u00f3ttir, Director of Tourism and Creative Industries at \u00cdslandsstofa<br \/>\n<strong>14:10<\/strong> Questions and discussions<br \/>\n<strong>14:30<\/strong> Coffee break<br \/>\n<strong>14:45<\/strong> Sigr\u00fan \u00deormar, board member of the Association for Historical Tourism Services<br \/>\n<strong>15:00<\/strong> Kristj\u00e1n Gu\u00f0mundsson, Managing Director of the Marketing Bureau of Westland<br \/>\n<strong>15:15<\/strong> Helga Maureen Gylfad\u00f3ttir, Chair of the Association of Icelandic Museums and Museum Professionals<br \/>\n<strong>15:30<\/strong> Halld\u00f3r Halld\u00f3rsson, Chairman of the Association of Icelandic Municipalities<br \/>\n<strong>15:45<\/strong> Questions and discussions<br \/>\n<strong>16:00<\/strong> Light refreshments<\/p>\n<p>Chairperson: Sif J\u00f3hannesd\u00f3ttir, Director of the Cultural Center of \u00deingeyjar<\/p>\n<p>Registration is now open at <a class=\"external\" title=\"Visit the website of Visit Iceland (Opens in a new browser tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.islandsstofa.is\/vidburdir\/malthing-um-sofn-og-ferdathjonustu\/1013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website of \u00cdslandsstofa <span class=\"icon\">(Opens in a new browser window)<\/span><\/a> until 12:00 PM on Thursday, November 17.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Malthing-um-sofn-and-travel-adventure-advertisement-15-page-001-(1)\" src=\"\/media\/forsida\/large\/Malthing-um-sofn-og-ferdathonustu-augl-15-page-001-(1).jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Council of Museums, \u00cdslandstofa, and the Association of Icelandic Municipalities are hosting a symposium on museums and tourism, where the role and status of museums and related activities in Icelandic tourism will be discussed. The symposium is sponsored by the National Museum of Iceland. The scope of the museum sector in Iceland has increased significantly in recent years, and surveys of foreign tourists have revealed a great interest in \u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188,"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions\/188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}