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Inclusion
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Inclusion
This page has a range of articles and videos on how to improve representation and inclusivity at your museum or gallery.
Knowledge Exchange: Health & Wellbeing in Museums
This Knowledge Exchange event explored how museums and galleries can help to improve health and wellbeing within their communities as well as how they can effectively work in partnership with health and social care practitioners.
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.
Knowledge Exchange: National Peace Movement
Join the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in partnership with MGS, in attempting to identify the extent of existing representation of the Peace Movement(s) in Scottish museums.
Knowledge Exchange: Queering Historic Houses
In this Knowledge Exchange we hear from Indigo Dunphy-Smith from the Georgian House, Edinburgh. Indigo discusses The Georgian House's research into the site’s connection to LGBTQ+ history and explains how house museums can represent more diverse stories.
Knowledge Exchange: Representing the Underrepresented
In October 2020 we heard from Zey Kussan of Museum As Muck and Zandra Yeaman of The Hunterian, about approaches to addressing class system inequalities and the inclusive interpretation of museum collections.
Knowledge Exchange: The Museum of Ordinary People: Finding the Extraordinary in the Ordinary
The Museum of Ordinary People celebrates the ripples that ordinary people leave behind. Hear the story behind the ethos and development of this activist museum in this knowledge exchange event.
Knowledge Exchange: The Museum of Youth Culture
In this knowledge exchange event we hear from The Museum of Youth Culture, a newly emerging museum. They work to tell stories about youth movements, scenes, styles, and sounds across Britain.
Knowledge Exchange: Working with Roma Communities
Is your museum/heritage group interested in working more inclusively with individuals/groups from the Roma community? In this knowledge exchange event we were joined by Leon and Blanka (who undertook placements as part of EDI in Scottish Heritage).
Language and Anti-Oppression Work
This guide explains the language Museums Galleries Scotland uses in our anti-oppression work, that is developing through Delivering Change.