Grassroots Support Groups
Grassroots Support Groups (GSGs) include regional, Scottish national, and UK-wide, groups. GSGs tend to be structured around peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, and support around areas of shared interest or identity.
Introduction to Repatriation and Returning Cultural Belongings
This suite of guidance supports museums so they can work towards restitution, repatriation and return processes becoming part of normal museum practice.
Jedburgh Castle Jail & Museum launches dark tourism experience with support from Museum Futures Innovation Fund
Jedburgh Castle Jail & Museum opens a new interactive escape room and costumed tours with support from the Museum Futures Innovation Fund.
From commitment to action: Cycle One of MGS's Anti-Racism Action Plan
As Cycle One of our Anti-Racism Action Plan is concludes, our Chief Executive, Lucy Casot, reflects on what it took to deliver it, what working this way felt like, and what other organisations can take from our experience.
Calendar of annual awareness events
Public advocacy or awareness days can be a great way for museums and galleries to celebrate their collections, engage with audiences, and raise awareness of social causes.
Staying Safe in a Digital World
Join us for an informative webinar aimed at strengthening the cyber resilience of voluntary organisations in Scotland.
Can we take politics out of museums?
Museums have often been viewed as the trusted custodians of collective memories and shared heritage. What are their ethical responsibilities to the people they claim to represent?
The Caribbean Connections Creative Partnership Case Study
This case study explores what sustainable co-production can look like in practice. It also gives an example of how processes can support (or hinder) co-production with Museums Galleries Scotland explaining the structural changes that are needed to support co-production.
Workforce for the Future evaluation
Workforce for the Future supported P5 – S2 pupils to work with their local museum on projects that introduced the diversity of job roles within the museum sector while developing employability skills.
Green Tourism Gold for Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums
We welcome the news that all four venues at Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums have been awarded Green Tourism Gold accreditation, a globally recognised sustainability award.
Lunch & Learn: Developing a strong grants application: deliverability
Join the Museum Galleries Scotland Grants Team to find out how to develop a strong grant application. In this session, Grants Officers will focus on how to communicate and evidence that your project is deliverable.
Lunch & Learn: Developing a strong grants application: impact
Join the Museum Galleries Scotland Grants Team to find out how to develop a strong grant application. In this session, Grants Officers will focus on how to develop a strong grant application.