Events
Choose from a wide range of in-person and online events, organised by MGS and other sector organisations. Includes workshops, talks, and Knowledge Exchange events.
Employability Advice Surgeries
Are you looking for tips and tricks to boost your employability skills? Join us for a free online session where you will receive personalised advice from a member of our team.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Museums Galleries Scotland
- Location: Online
Developing My Leadership 2026
Become a more self-aware and confident leader through this six session online course from MGS and Social Enterprise Academy.
- Price: £250 to £450
- Organiser: Social Enterprise Academy
- Location: Online
Welcoming autistic families
For many autistic families, there are multiple barriers that make visiting museums a challenge. This session, led by Emily Elsworth, explores the simple and practical changes you can make to create a more accessible environment.
- Price: £6 - £42
- Organiser: Kids in Museums
- Location: Online
Webinar Introduction to Canva
Canva makes designing and creating engaging content quick and easy, perfect for busy business owners! This webinar introduces the basics of designing with Canva.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Business Gateway
- Location: Online
Knowledge Exchange: Creating Sustainable Exhibitions
This Knowledge Exchange will showcase examples of sustainable exhibition design, top tips for materials, suppliers and cost saving as well as a demonstration of the new The Exhibition Group’s Sustainable Exhibition Toolkit.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Museums Galleries Scotland
- Location: Online
Future of Museums: Empowering Collections
Join the Museums Association in Edinburgh for the launch of the updated Empowering Collections report.
- Price: £84 - £168
- Organiser: Museums Association
- Location: Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland
Lunch & Learn: Running a museum café: Balancing Hospitality and Heritage
We are joined by ; Caroline Mathers, Stirling Smith Museum, and Sue McVey, Food for Life Scotland.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Museums Galleries Scotland
- Location: Online
Kids in Museums Cuppa Session for museum trustees
A free briefing and discussion session for anyone involved in museum governance. Hear why families and young people are important visitors and key trends in audience behaviour since COVID.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Kids in Museums
- Location: Online
Making your museum accessible to low income families
Do you want to understand your audiences that are experiencing poverty better? Do you also want to understand the barriers faced by those experiencing poverty to accessing cultural spaces? This session will help you develop your current offer for low income families.
- Price: £6 - £42
- Organiser: Kids in Museums
- Location: Online
Knowledge Exchange: Lessons from Global Majority-led heritage professionals
Lessons from independent Global Majority-led heritage professionals with Chamion Caballero (Mixed Museum) and Elma Glasgow
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Museums Galleries Scotland
- Location: Online
Meaningful consultation with young people
Do you want to consult with young people to improve your provision, but aren’t sure how to do this in a meaningful way? This session will support you to engage with young people effectively.
- Price: £6 - £42
- Organiser: Kids in Museums
- Location: Online
Ticketing Conference 2026
Join the Association for Cultural Enterprise for their annual ticketing conference focusing on smart strategies, creative thinking and essential contacts to help you maximise commercial opportunity.
- Price: £52 - £104
- Organiser: Association for Cultural Enterprises
- Location: Online
AMA Conference 2026: Together
This year’s theme is Together. Your experiences as cultural marketers will be placed front and centre. Together, we’ll learn from each other, grow our skills and inspire new ways of working.
- Price: From £70 + VAT
- Organiser: Arts Marketing Association
- Location: Edinburgh
Innovation Panel Discussion
The Museum Futures team are delighted to host our first Innovation Panel Discussion where we have invited three organisations to share their experiences.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Museums Galleries Scotland
- Location: Online
Knowledge Exchange: Anti-Racism and Decolonisation with Maya Sharma
Maya Sharma will join us to talk about anti-racism and decolonisation, and explore the opportunities and challenges as museums navigate their role bringing together communities.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Museums Galleries Scotland
- Location: Online