Lunch & Learn: Venue Hire for Museums
We are joined by Sharon Bradley, Bigger & Upper Clydesdale Museum, & Douglas Walker, The Black Watch Castle and Museum.
Small Grants Fund
Accredited museums can apply for up to £15,000. This year, non-accredited museums will be able to apply for up to £10,000. Expression of Interest period: 1 April 2026 - 29 April 2026
Museum Development Fund
The Museum Development Fund supports museums to deliver medium-sized, strategic, sustainable development projects.
This fund will re-open in 2026.
Unlocking Potential Fund
Part of the Museum Futures Programme, the Unlocking Potential Fund can help prepare the way for strategic development of your museum by addressing issues that are currently preventing you from moving forward.
Grants Programme
Our grants programme distributes funding to museums and galleries through the Museum Development Fund, Small Grants Fund, and occasional special funding.
Repair and Adaptation Fund
This new fund will support capital costs that directly increase the resilience or accessibility of museums through projects that address capital repair issues or adaptations. This fund is currently closed for applications.
Innovation Fund
Part of the Museum Futures Programme, the Innovation Fund can support museums to develop, trial and implement activity that will improve the museum’s financial position.
Knowledge Exchange: Removing Class Barriers with Museum as Muck
In this recorded Knowledge Exchange event Michelle McGrath, from Museum as Muck, explains class barriers within the museum workforce and explores how they can be dismantled.
Knowledge Exchange: Heritage organisations supporting Scottish Travellers with Progress in Dialogue
In this recorded Knowledge Exchange event, Davie Donaldson from Progress in Dialogue, talks about how heritage organisations can engage with and support Scottish Travellers and their heritage.
£2 million awarded through Museum Futures programme
Culture Secretary, Angus Robertson welcomes £2 million award through Museum Futures programme during a visit to David Livingstone Birthplace.
Museum Futures programme
The Museum Futures programme of essential support has been developed in direct response to the significant and ongoing financial and capacity challenges faced by the sector.
Is there hope for social media in the Heritage sector? A final SHSMG event
At the SHSMG's final event, hear from from speakers from the National Library of Scotland, the National Trust for Scotland and National Museums Scotland about the future of social media in our sector.