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.

Resources for Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller History Month
Did you know that June is Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller History Month? We've collated some resources and event prompts to help museums and galleries commemorate this annual event.

Focus On: Inclusion
This guide introduces the inclusion priority area of Scotland's museums and galleries strategy. It shares relevant resources and suggests practical steps that your museum or gallery can take to achieve the actions set out in the strategy.

Focus On: Fair Work
This handy guide introduces the Fair Work priority area of Scotland's museums and galleries strategy. It highlights useful resources and suggests practical steps that your museum or gallery can take to achieve the aims of the strategy.

Climate work in action
Alex Smith, former Climate Officer at MGS, wrote about his trip to see some of the work museums in Scotland are undertaking in order to increase their sustainability and tackle the climate crises.

Decolonising museums by exhibiting accountability: a changemakers’ concept
This blog by Kulsum Shabbir is the second in a set of three commissioned blogs from the Our Shared Cultural Heritage Changemakers program to share their reflections in the light of the Empire, Slavery & Scotland’s Museums recommendations.

Introduction to Fair Work: Respect
This blog series by Lizzy and Frankie introduces Fair Work. This refers to all aspects of working for your organisation, from creating a job spec and developing a positive organisational culture to the day-to-day experience of working and progressing in your organisation. In this blog we explain 'respect'.

Fresh Eyes: the importance of youth involvement - and vision - in realising policy goals
This blog by Chrislyn Pereira is the first in a set of three commissioned blogs from the Our Shared Cultural Heritage(OSCH) Changemakers program to share their reflections in the light of the Empire, Slavery & Scotland’s Museums recommendations.

Introduction to Fair Work: Fulfilment
This blog series by Lizzy and Frankie introduces Fair Work. This refers to all aspects of working for your organisation, from creating a job spec and developing a positive organisational culture to the day-to-day experience of working and progressing in your organisation. In this blog we explain 'fulfilment'.

Scotland in Stories
Explore stories of Scotland’s people, places and culture through an imaginative mix of podcasts, walking trails, online exhibitions and more – created as part of the Year of Stories 2022 Community Stories Programme.