Calendar of annual awareness events
Introduction
Public advocacy or awareness days can be a great way for museums to celebrate their collections, engage with audiences, and raise awareness of social causes.
Museums can join in by sharing content on social media, hosting events, or promoting themselves in the press.
Below are some days that are likely to be of relevance to Scottish museums.
January
Burns Night (25th January)
Holocaust Memorial Day (27th January)
February
National Storytelling Week (1st – 9th February 2025)
Seachdain na Gàidhlig/World Gaelic Week (24th February – 2nd March 2025)
LGBT History Month (February)
March
Women’s History Month (March)
International Women’s Day (8th March)
British Science Week (7th-16th March 2025)
Neurodiversity Celebration Week (18th-24th March 2025)
World Storytelling Day (20th March)
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (25th March)
Trans Day of Visibility (31st March)
April
May
International Museum Day (18th May)
June
Pride Month (June)
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month (June)
Volunteers’ Week (1st-7th June)
Museum Week (2nd-8th June 2025)
Windrush Day (22nd June)
July
Disability Pride Month (July)
South Asian Heritage Month (18th July- 17th August)
August
South Asian Heritage Month (18th July- 17th August)
World Photography Day (19th August)
September
East and South East Asian Heritage Month (September)
Wiki Loves Monuments (September)
World Tourism Day (27th September)
Scotland’s Climate Week (22nd-28th September 2025 )
National Sporting Heritage Day (30th September)
October
Black History Month (October)
Scottish Museums Day (3rd October)
International Day of Intangible Cultural Heritage (17th October)
November
Book Week Scotland (17th – 23rd November 2025)
Transgender Day of Remembrance (20th November)
St Andrew’s Day (30th November)
December
World Aids Day (1st December)
International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime (9th December)
Human Rights Day (10th December)