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  • Last updated: January 23rd 2023

Sector Stories

Be inspired and learn about the amazing work being undertaken by museums and galleries across Scotland, through stories, case studies, and insights.

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The Tall Ship Glenlee
Pathfinder pilot: collaborative conservation
Historic vessels are collaborating on a project that aims to improve access to conservation skills, training, and support.
Museums and Heritage Highland
Pathfinder pilot: small museums, shared services
This Museum Futures project aims to free up leadership capacity by hiring staff that provide operational support to a group of independent museums in the Highlands.
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Museum Futures
Museum to Museum | Episode 1: My Museum
New ideas and fresh perspectives: the best ideas all start with a conversation. We've invited eight museum workers to chat about their work, their museums, and the future of the sector.
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Museum Futures
Museum to Museum | Episode 2: Resilient Museums
What’s the secret to success? We asked museum workers to share their wins and the things they hope to achieve at their museums.
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Museum Futures
Museum to Museum | Episode 3: Inspiring Museums
We love museums! Museum workers tell us what inspires their work – and the one thing they think museums need most. 
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Museum Futures
Museum to Museum | Episode 4: Museum Work
What does it take to work in a museum? Museum workers tell us about the skills they need and the support they receive from their colleagues across the museum sector.
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Museum Futures
Museum to Museum | Episode 5: Quickfire Questions
In our final episode, we ask museum workers for their opinions on a range of big topics such as AI, admission fees... and whether their museums are haunted.
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Discovery Point
Innovation in action: Mast climb experience at Discovery Point
In this video, Ashley Pink from Dundee Heritage Trust highlights their mast climb experience and shares how innovative thinking can attract audiences and bring in revenue.
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Sector stories
The Caribbean Connections Creative Partnership Case Study
This case study explores what sustainable co-production can look like in practice. It also gives an example of how processes can support (or hinder) co-production with Museums Galleries Scotland explaining the structural changes that are needed to support co-production.
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Return (And Other) Stories
Māori Taonga in Scotland: A story of reconnection
Māori curators from Aotearoa New Zealand and Perth Museum reflect on twenty years of collaboration: returning ancestors, signing an MoU, and reconnecting taonga with their communities.
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Museums Galleries Scotland
How climate action intersects with anti-racism
Reframing the Work is a series of staff conversations about embedding anti‑oppressive practice at MGS. This audio story discusses the links between anti-racism and climate action.
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Delivering Change
Delivering Change Conversations
In this podcast Delivering Change participants share their experiences, learnings, and challenges as they take transformative action to support all people to access culture.