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.

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Blue and yellow flowers line an uneven stone path which runs between two leafy trees. The path leads to a stone building.

An adult with light skin and tied-back wavy red hair, an adult with light skin and medium length dark brown hair, and a child with light skin and short brown hair stand together on a raised walkway within a spacious gallery. The child is pointing to something high above them.

A two-storey building with walls of warm brown stone and a grey tiled roof. It has gothic features which include small turrets and arched windows, and located in the centre of a small civic square.

An adult with medium-tone skin, a chin tattoo, and white hair tied into a bun observes a Maori cloak made of brown feathers.

A pair of hands in purple nitrile gloves holds a smartphone over a length of red and green tartan fabric.

Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) is the national development body for Scotland’s museum sector. We support 452 museums and galleries through strategic investment, advice, workforce development, and advocacy.

452

Museums & Galleries

supported by us in Scotland

257

Accredited Museums

across Scotland meet the UK Museum Accreditation Standard

£2.1 million

In MGS Grants Funding

awarded to museums and galleries in 2023/24

39

MGS learning opportunities

provided to the sector in 2023/24

Strategy

Scotland's Museums and Galleries Strategy 2023-2030

Visit the Strategy Hub to discover the priority areas and outcomes of the new strategy for Scotland’s museums and galleries. Explore films, case studies, and other guidance to find out how the strategy will be delivered by MGS and the museum sector.

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