It was announced yesterday that the museum will receive two grants from the Eastern Development Fund in 2024. On the one hand, for an exhibition in the outdoor gallery in Lónsleiru, which will be opened in connection with the women’s and gender history conference that will be held on both sides of Fjarðarheiðar in June 2024. The content of the exhibition has not been determined, but its goal must be to highlight aspects of the history of women in Seyðisfjörður that have not been aired so far. The other grant is due to a joint project between the museum and the Egilsstaðir Secondary School on an educational project where students will work with artefacts that have been removed from the museum and look at ways to give them a second life, possibly with a changed role.
Thank you very much for the support. The work and projects of the museum, as well as other similar cultural institutions, are based on the fact that it is possible to receive grants to undertake special projects, outside of the day-to-day operations.
