Development was slow for the first two decades, but in 1980-1990 museum education linked to the school curriculum was introduced in Iceland, on the Scandinavian model, and posts were established for museum educators at the country’s leading museums.
Þróunin var hæg fyrstu tvo áratugina en milli 1980 og 1990 var safnkennsla í tengslum við námskrá innleidd hér á landi fyrir áhrif frá Norðurlöndum og safnkennarastöður stofnaðar við helstu söfnin.