{"id":4287,"date":"2025-01-07T14:23:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T14:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/?p=4287"},"modified":"2025-01-07T15:24:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T15:24:59","slug":"radstefna-og-malthing-um-malefni-safna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/safnarad.is\/en\/frettir\/2025\/01\/radstefna-og-malthing-um-malefni-safna\/","title":{"rendered":"Conferences and seminars on museum issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last November, both a conference and a symposium were held at the Reykjav\u00edk Art Museum \u2013 Hafnarh\u00fas. Both events addressed important issues in museum work, where Th\u00f3ra Bj\u00f6rk \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir, Executive Director of the Museum Council, gave a presentation on behalf of the Museum Council along with a number of other interesting speakers. You can listen to recordings of the events and find links and the program below, but this was, on the one hand\u00a0 Symposium on the grant environment for art museums in Iceland<\/strong><\/a> and on the other hand Policy Strategy: Strategy Development in the Cultural Sector<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Reykjav\u00edk Art Museum regularly hosts conferences that focus on discussing professional issues concerning museums and museum professionals. On November 14, an event was held. Policy on strategic planning in the cultural sector<\/strong> and how such strategic work is utilized in museum work. The conference was a collaborative project of the Reykjav\u00edk Art Museum, the Reykjav\u00edk City History Museum, and the Master's Program in Cultural Management at the University of Bifr\u00f6st, with support from the Museum Fund.<\/p>\n

The occasion was that many cultural institutions have recently renewed their strategies with new focuses for the coming years, and the conference was intended to examine that strategic work and how it is utilized in museum work. Various questions regarding the strategic planning process were raised, and there was a discussion about what belongs in a museum's strategy. Museums identify the opportunities and challenges of the future in a dynamic and ever-changing cultural environment when developing their strategic plans. Older strategies must be reviewed, an assessment made of what has been achieved, and multiple goals considered in a holistic way.<\/p>\n

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Th\u00f3ra Bj\u00f6rk \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir, Executive Director of the Museum Council<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The conference featured speakers and participants from nationally recognized museums and representatives from the city's cultural life, including Nj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Sigurj\u00f3nsson, professor at the University of Bifr\u00f6st, H\u00e9\u00f0inn Unnsteinsson, strategic advisor, \u00d3l\u00f6f Krist\u00edn Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir, director of the Reykjav\u00edk Art Museum, Gu\u00f0brandur Benediktsson, director of the City History Museum, Anita Elefsen, director of the Icelandic Herring Museum, Sigurj\u00f3n Baldur Hafsteinsson, professor of museology at the University of Iceland, and \u00de\u00f3ra Bj\u00f6rk \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir, executive director of the Museum Council.<\/p>\n

Here you can find a recording from the conference.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

On November 21, it took place Symposium on the grant environment for art museums in Iceland<\/strong> at the Reykjav\u00edk Art Museum \u2013 Hafnarh\u00fas. The project was a collaboration between the AS\u00cd Art Museum and the Association of Art Museums in Iceland, with support from the museum fund. The goal was to map the grant systems available to Icelandic art museums and compare them with those of neighboring countries. There are 14 recognized art museums in Iceland, in addition to the National Gallery of Iceland, which is the main museum. It is funded by the state budget and, for example, cannot apply for state grants in the same way as the other museums. The art museums are very different in type and size; some are owned by municipalities and others are private non-profit organizations. Some have only one gallery and one employee, while others have larger staffs and multiple galleries in even several buildings. Therefore, there can be a significant disparity in the operations of art museums, and the conference was intended to be a platform to discuss this broadly, what has worked well, but what could possibly be changed or improved.<\/p>\n

The program consisted of short lightning talks where the different perspectives of various organizations and stakeholders were presented, followed by longer presentations providing insight into the grant environments of neighboring countries. The event concluded with a panel discussion. The moderator was Erling J\u00f3hannesson, and opening remarks were given by the Minister of Culture, Lilja Alfre\u00f0sd\u00f3ttir, and the chairperson of the Association of Art Museums in Iceland, Ald\u00eds Arnard\u00f3ttir. Numerous short presentations were given, including from the Regional Associations \u2013 Sigursteinn Sigur\u00f0sson, the City of Reykjav\u00edk \u2013 Arnfr\u00ed\u00f0ur S. Valdimarsd\u00f3ttir, S\u00cdM \u2013 the Association of Icelandic Visual Artists \u2013 Hlynur Helgason, and the Municipality of \u00cdsafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u2013 Gylfi \u00d3lafsson, Art Council \u2013 \u00c1sd\u00eds Span\u00f3, Art Museums \u2013 Helga \u00de\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir, Collections Council \u2013 \u00de\u00f3ra Bj\u00f6rk \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir, Ministry of Culture \u2013 Hildur J\u00f6rundsd\u00f3ttir, private sector \u2013 B\u00f6rkur Arnarson and Artis \u2013 Au\u00f0ur J\u00f6rundsd\u00f3ttir. More information about the symposium's program can be found here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here you can find a recording of the symposium.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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