Events
Choose from a wide range of in-person and online events, organised by MGS and other sector organisations. Includes workshops, talks, and Knowledge Exchange events.
Employability Advice Surgeries
Are you looking for tips and tricks to boost your employability skills? Join us for a free online session where you will receive personalised advice from a member of our team.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Museums Galleries Scotland
- Location: Online
Playable Heritage: Creating a collaborative framework for collecting video game culture
This conference will explore challenges and opportunities for collecting video game culture across the UK.
- Price: Free
- Organisers: National Library of Scotland, National Museums Scotland, National Videogame Museum, Ukie (The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment)
- Location: National Museum of Scotland
Money Talks: Income Generation for Museums
This online conference offers insights into practical ways that your museum can generate sustainable income and more.
- Price: £37-£69
- Organiser: Museums Association
- Location: Online
Lunch & Learn: Developing a strong grants application: need and opportunity
Join the Museum Galleries Scotland Grants Team to find out how to develop a strong grant application. In this session, Grants Officers will focus on how to communicate and evidence the need and opportunities for a project.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Museums Galleries Scotland
- Location: Online
Charity Finance Essentials
Museums Galleries Scotland has partnered with SCVO to deliver a free finance training session for trustees, board members, and senior leaders as part the Museum Futures programme.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Museums Galleries Scotland
- Location: Online
Introduction to Digital Distribution for Museums
Explore how museums and galleries can use online booking systems and distribution partners to reach more visitors and work more efficiently.
- Price: Free
- Organisers: Museums Galleries Scotland, VisitScotland
- Location: Online
VisitScotland Business Essentials: Climate partners panel discussion - climate action support for your tourism business
Hosted by VisitScotland, this Climate Week panel brings together our core climate partners, HES, EICC Springboard Programme and TRACE by Isla.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: VisitScotland
- Location: Online
Getting to grips with Heat Pumps
Hear from sector colleagues about their years of experience in the world of heat pumps from the well-known air and ground source to experimental river heat exchange systems and even how heat pumps can work on a historic ship.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Museums Galleries Scotland
- Location: Online
Introduction to Museum Accreditation
This session is open to any museum in Scotland that is interested in applying for Accreditation as well as those with Working Towards Accreditation status.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Museums Galleries Scotland
- Location: Online
Early Years and Play-based approaches online resource launch
Join us for the launch of a new online resource focussing on Early Years and Play-based approaches to engaging with audiences.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Museums Galleries Scotland
- Location: Online
Get Grants Free Virtual Conference
Join Get Grants for two days of expert fundraising advice, top tips, Q&As, networking, peer-support, and lots of chat.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Get Grants
- Location: Online
Lunch & Learn: Developing a strong grants application: impact
Join the Museum Galleries Scotland Grants Team to find out how to develop a strong grant application. In this session, Grants Officers will focus on how to develop a strong grant application.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Museums Galleries Scotland
- Location: Online
Understanding Treasure Trove
This webinar will provide an introduction to Scotland’s Treasure Trove system and the updated Code of Practice
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Museums Galleries Scotland
- Location: Online
Introduction to Integrated Pest Management
Learn how to identify and monitor pests and best practice methods for preventing infestation in your museum collection.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: National Museums Scotland
- Location: National Museums Collection Centre
Introduction to object handling, packing and labelling
Learn best practice methods for handling, packing and labelling objects in your museum collection.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: National Museums Scotland
- Location: National Museums Collection Centre