Search
Contact Us
  • Last updated: January 23rd 2023

Blog

Read our latest blogs from MGS and across the sector, including useful guidance and tips on working and volunteering in Scotland’s museums, project updates, examples of best practice, and much more.

An adult with dark skin and medium-length red braided hair and twin teenagers with dark skin and long black braided hair sit together in a room with mid-20th century furniture and decorations. The adult reads a book to the two teenagers.
Filters
Clear filters
Author
Month
Year
Two bicycles propped up against a railing on a coastal path. The Forth Rail Bridge spans the water in the background.
Blog post
Public transport meets active travel for a great museum adventure
For World Car Free Day MGS Climate Officer Lucy Neville visited the Museum of Scottish Railways by trying out the Inner Forth Bike Bus. In this article, Lucy recounts her journey and highlights the benefits of active travel.
A museum display featuring a poster of South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela, a placard with an image of a raised fist and the text "Black Lives Matter", and a black sign with the text "Sheku Bayoh Street".
Blog post
Focus on: education in action
We spoke with four museum sector workers to find out how they're focusing on education by engaging with learners to co-curate displays, develop skills, and explore topics of migration and empire.
An adult with light skin and medium-length blonde hair sits on a bench in a garden while a child with light skin and brown hair sits on the floor with a map and an ink stamp. The adult and child are laughing and smiling.
Blog post
Focus on: collaboration in action
Business partnerships, forums, and shared engagement activities: three museum sector workers offer insights into how they’re achieving the collaboration aims of Scotland’s museums and galleries strategy.
An adult with light skin and long blonde hair uses a smartphone to take a photo of a museum gallery. Behind them is a display featuring a traditional red phone box.
Blog post
Our new social media strategy
Robyn, Rosie, and Joe from our communications team explain our plans to enhance our engagement with the sector through a new social media strategy.
Blue and white prints are displayed on a white board. The prints show outlines of various plants and birds.
Blog post
Exploring museums: a week of adventure and inspiration
Lucy Neville, MGS Climate officer and Emily Chandler, MGS Grants Officer write about their trip to explore various museums and exhibitions across Dundee and Montrose.
A crowd of people smile and wave rainbow Pride flags as they march down a high street on a sunny day.
Blog post
Focus on: inclusion in action
From creating space for LGBTQ+ voices to handling human remains with respect, this spotlight on museum sector workers showcases how museums and galleries are putting the inclusion aims of Scotland's museums and galleries strategy into practice.
White caravans in a field next to a photo of a person with light skin tone and short white hair weaving a willow object. Beneath the photos are a grid and a speckled circle. Overlaid is a purple gradient
Blog post
The final frontier: understanding our museums and galleries as meeting places of knowledge
Learn how organisations can co-curate with Gypsy/Traveller communities to share their knowledge through museum spaces.
A Benin Bronze sculpture is pictured in the foreground. The sculpture depicts the head of an Oba of Benin. A person with light skin tone and dark hair is in the background observing the sculpture.
Blog post
New repatriation working group seeks sector views
Neil Curtis, Head of Museums and Special Collections at the University of Aberdeen, explains some of the context for setting up a new group which focuses on supporting repatriation in Scotland's museums and galleries.
An adult with light skin and medium-length grey hair smiles next to a table displaying military costume.
Blog post
Focus on: Fair Work in action
Find out how Scotland's museums and galleries are putting Fair Work into practice with this focus on insights and interviews from across the museum sector workforce.