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: MGS
- Venue: Online
Starting from Scratch on Social Media | December SHSMG Event
Want to develop a social media presence or launch a new account for your organisation or project? Join Scottish Heritage Social Media Group for their December event to learn how.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Scottish Heritage Social Media Group
- Venue: Online
Take Care: Putting Collections at the Heart of Climate Change Work
The Museums Associations believes that all museums can take action on climate justice by doing three key things: raising awareness; championing change; and being the change. This one-day conference looks at the role collections can play in this work.
- Price: From £35
- Organiser: Museums Association
- Venue: Online
Artistic Commissioning
This brand-new TEG training has been developed in response to sector needs for guidance on commissioning and delivering projects and installations in collaboration with artists and creative practitioners.
- Price: £64 - £94
- Organiser: Touring Exhibition Group
- Venue: Online
Knowledge Exchange: Finding Your Place | What does place-based working look like for museums?
This session brings together three different examples of museums and galleries working in place-based ways.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: MGS
- Venue: Online
Queer Family Friendliness in Museums and Heritage
This session will bring together heritage practitioners and community voices to explore what it means for museums and heritage organisations to be queer family friendly.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Queer Heritage and Collections Network
- Venue: Online
University of Strathclyde: Animals and Heritage Research Sharing Day
This session is designed for those working with Scotland’s heritage sector and will offer an opportunity to connect with researchers who explore the significance of human-animal relationships to our understanding of the past.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: University of Strathclyde
- Venue: Glasgow
Reveal and Connect: African and Caribbean Collections in Scottish Museums
Join NMS at this online event to learn more about a new national review of African and Caribbean collections in Scottish museums.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: National Museums Scotland
- Venue: Online
Lunch and Learn: Job Hunting Skills & Professional Development Skills
We have created a series of Lunch & Learn events focusing on the skills you need to become a successful job seeker. This session will focus on job hunting skills & professional development Skills.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: MGS
- Venue: Online
Developing My Leadership 2025
Become a more self-aware and confident leader through this six session online course from MGS and Social Enterprise Academy.
- Price: £250 to £450
- Organisers: MGS, Social Enterprise Academy
- Venue: Online
Essentials of Marketing
Whether you’re in your first marketing job, or want a grasp of the basics to support your work in other areas, AMA’s Essentials of Marketing will give you a solid foundation in the skills you need to succeed.
- Price: From £200 + VAT
- Organiser: Arts Marketing Association
- Venue: Online
Lunch and Learn: Job application skills
We have created a series of Lunch & Learn events focusing on the skills you need to become a successful job seeker. This session will focus on job application skills.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: MGS
- Venue: Online
Enhancing biodiversity at museum sites
In this free online event, Ashleigh Whiffin, Curator of Entomology, will share how National Museums Scotland has been proactively developing the grounds at the National Museums Collection Centre to support urban biodiversity.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: National Museums Scotland
- Venue: Online
Lunch and Learn: Interview skills
We have created a series of Lunch & Learn events focusing on the skills you need to become a successful job seeker. This session will focus on job interview skills.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: MGS
- Venue: Online
How to Create Great Short Form Video with Capcut
This workshop from Arts Marketing Association will help you create engaging short form video content.
- Price: From £55+ VAT
- Organiser: Arts Marketing Association
- Venue: Online