Recognition
From the Whaling Collection at Dundee City Museums to the Miners’ Library collection at Wanlockhead’s Museum of Lead Mining, Scotland has some fantastic collections that are of national, and international, significance. This is quite aside from the collections of the national museums and galleries.
The Scottish Government is justly proud of such treasures that demonstrate the nation’s identity and diversity - so it initiated the Recognition Scheme in 2007. The Scheme’s main purposes are to highlight the collections and to widen access for more people to enjoy them by providing funding for improvements.
The Scheme is managed by Museums Galleries Scotland and you’ll find more information about the Scheme, and the answers to most of your questions, in this section.
A report to the Scottish Government on the operation of the Recognition Scheme to 31 March 2009 is available here.