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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.

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Claire, a Digital Outreach Assistant through the Kickstart Scheme, giving a talk at Museums and Galleries Edinburgh.
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Digital Engagement: Reminiscence boxes and Art in the City
Claire Robertson, a Digital Outreach Assistant at Museums and Galleries Edinburgh, shares her Kickstart experience and the different project she has been working on.
Crowds watch a torchlit procession at night. Two adults in Viking costume stand on board a Viking longship at the centre of the procession.
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Intangible Cultural Heritage support for Year of Stories 2022
Peter Hewitt is MGS’s new dedicated Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Officer. Here he explains what ICH is and outlines the support available to successful applicants to our Year of Stories 2022 Community Stories Fund.
A statue of Robert Burns standing in the centre of Dumfries, by Greyfriars Kirk.
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Iconic Stories and Storytellers in Scotland's Year of Stories
2022 has been designated as Scotland’s Year of Stories. It’s a year in which stories inspired by, created or written in Scotland will be showcased and celebrated with a programme of events and activity.
An adult with light skin and long brown hair stands next to a blossoming tree in a park.
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Kickstart and Accessibility in the Museum Sector
Gemma Gleed, an Administration Assistant Kickstarter at MGS, shares an overview of how the Kickstart scheme has helped the Museum sector in its accessibility and how the scheme helped her during the pandemic.