Supporting Scotland's Museums and Galleries

Discover the wide range of opportunities and support available to the sector to help deliver the new strategy for Scotland’s museums and galleries.

Explore the strategy

Meet our team

A group of children standing on a staircase and holding hand-painted placards which feature messages about political and social issues.

Three large lighthouse lenses on display in a room with white walls and a blue floor. The glass bands of the lenses shine with white, yellow, and green light.

An adult in a black hoodie wears a VR headset and holds a controller whilst smiling. Behind him, a TV screen displays what the VR output.

An adult with medium-light skin, long straight brown hair, a teal blouse and white gloves holds the frame of a large painting. The painting is of an adult with light skin wearing a wide blue hat.

Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) is the national development body for Scotland’s museum sector. We support 455 museums and galleries through strategic investment, advice, workforce development, and advocacy.

455

Museums and Galleries

supported by us in Scotland

252

Accredited Museums

across Scotland meet the UK Museum Accreditation Standard

£1.7 million

In MGS Grants Funding

awarded to museums and galleries in 2024/25

72

MGS Learning Opportunities

provided to the sector in 2024/25

Resilience

Museum Futures

Museum Futures is a pioneering programme of funding and support which seeks to accelerate collaboration and innovation and embed organisational sustainability across the museum sector.

This programme, which is backed by £4 million of Scottish Government funding, was developed in partnership with the Scottish Government, Museums Galleries Scotland, and The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

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