{"id":12894,"date":"2016-01-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/vardveislu-og-rannsoknasetur\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T08:59:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T08:59:06","slug":"preservation-and-research-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/vardveislu-og-rannsoknasetur\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservation and Research Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>An agreement for a new Preservation and Research Centre for the National Museum of Iceland at Tjarnarvellir in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur has been signed. This new centre marks an important milestone in the preservation of national heritage in Iceland. It will provide ideal conditions for the preservation of national treasures under the correct security conditions, and well-equipped facilities for curatorial work, teaching and research within the remit of the National Museum of Iceland, which is the principal museum for cultural heritage.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The building will provide facilities for the specialised preservation of the National Museum's diverse collection. Artifacts and finds from archaeological excavations in Iceland will be preserved in a specially equipped facility for processing and research. The building is located at Tjarnarvellir in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, is 4,270 m\u00b2 in size, and it is planned that the National Museum will take it into use in mid-2016. The building was designed by Ark\u00deing. The new Preservation and Research Centre of the National Museum will house secure storage for a large part of the museum's collection, as well as facilities for staff, specialists, academics and students. The secure storage areas will feature state-of-the-art climate control to ensure the preservation of sensitive collections. The building will also house laboratories, conservation workshops, and facilities for preparing exhibitions. The building will also have teaching facilities, as the National Museum of Iceland is a university institution with an important role for researchers and students. The collections of the National Museum of Iceland will be housed in a fully equipped facility in phases over the next two years, as part of the collections has until now been stored in temporary conditions in Seltjarnarnes, Reykjav\u00edk and K\u00f3pavogur. Part of the collection will continue to be housed in the museum's premises in K\u00f3pavogur, where the National Museum of Iceland's Photograph Collection will remain.<\/p>\n<p>The Municipality of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur welcomes the arrival of the National Museum to the municipality and the addition to the range of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's business life that the museum and its setting represent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Image credit: veitingageirinn.is&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samningur um n\u00fdtt Var\u00f0veislu- og ranns\u00f3knasetur \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0minjasafns \u00cdslands a\u00f0 Tjarnarv\u00f6llum \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i hefur veri\u00f0 undirrita\u00f0ur. \u00deetta n\u00fdja setur markar mikilv\u00e6g \u00fe\u00e1ttaskil \u00ed \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0minjav\u00f6rslu \u00e1 \u00cdslandi. \u00dear ver\u00f0a kj\u00f6ra\u00f0st\u00e6\u00f0ur til var\u00f0veislu \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0minja vi\u00f0 r\u00e9tt \u00f6ryggisskilyr\u00f0i og vel b\u00fain starfsa\u00f0sta\u00f0a til safnastarfs, kennslu og ranns\u00f3kna \u00e1 fagsvi\u00f0i \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0minjasafns \u00cdslands sem er h\u00f6fu\u00f0safn \u00e1 svi\u00f0i menningarminja.&nbsp; \u00cd h\u00fasinu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12894"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}