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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

An edited text panel. Text "Surviving and Thriving" has a red line through it and is replaced with "Enslaving and Profiteering". Underneath is text "Copy of panel text in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow stories gallery. This portrait shows John Glassford of Dougalston," Red text begins "one of the most prominent Tobacco Lords in Glasgow." A red line is through the text "with his thrid wife Lady Margaret Mackenzie, and some of his children. Glassford was able to build a fortune from his American tobacco trade and had three houses around Glasgow." Text in red replaces it with "Glassford's name is synonymous with Glasgow link to the slave trade, he immensely profited from slaved labour and was also a slave owner himself. To the left of the portrait you can see the silhouette of a enslaved child, his name, age and origin is unknown." Black text " Today this painting hangs in the Peoples Palace Museum."

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.

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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'.

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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'.

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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.

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