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
VisitScotland Business Development Programme 2026-27 - Glasgow City
Whether you operate accommodation, attractions, food and drink experiences, activity providers, transport services, or visitor-focused businesses, this is an opportunity to connect with like-minded organisations, share ideas, build local partnerships, and discover new ways to strengthen the visitor experience across your region.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: VisitScotland
- Location: St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art
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
VisitScotland Business Development Programme 2026-27 - Moray Speyside
Whether you operate accommodation, attractions, food and drink experiences, activity providers, transport services, or visitor-focused businesses, this is an opportunity to connect with like-minded organisations, share ideas, build local partnerships, and discover new ways to strengthen the visitor experience across your region.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: VisitScotland
- Location: Elgin
Museum career programmes for young people: Afternoon cuppa session
Join us for an informal virtual briefing exploring how museums can help young people develop skills, confidence and awareness of future career opportunities. Hear case studies from Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum and Charleston, and find out more about getting involved with Takeover Day.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Kids in Museums
- 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
Reveal and Connect: South African and Caribbean collections in Scottish museums
Join NMS at this online event about two collaborative projects that have built on the legacy of Reveal and Connect, exploring African and Caribbean collections cared for by Scottish museums.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: National Museums Scotland
- Location: Online
Heritage Careers: an Employer's Toolkit for Supporting Young People
Join Historic Environment Scotland, Museums Galleries Scotland and Developing the Young Workforce for this free online session and learn how to create opportunities for young people in heritage through skills strategies, work programmes, funding and engagement.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Historic Environment Scotland
- Location: Online
MGS Marketing Support Surgeries
Join members of the MGS Marketing Team for free marketing support surgeries. They’re a chance to discuss marketing plans for the season ahead, ask questions, and talk about any challenges you’re facing around marketing and PR.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Museums Galleries Scotland
- 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
Taking the museum home: Creating a family friendly museum shop
Nearly two thirds of families said that visiting a museum shop was an important part of a visit. Join retail consultant Polly Redman for practical tips on stock selection, merchandising and creating a retail offer that works for family visitors.
- Price: £6 - £42
- Organiser: Kids in Museums
- Location: Online
History in Our Bones: Uncovering Stories of Disability Through Time
People with physical impairments lived, worked, and participated in communities throughout premodern Europe, yet their experiences remain absent from history. This hybrid talk will explore case studies, and introduce the Visible Disabilities in Premodern Europe project.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
- Location: Augustine United Church, Edinburgh
Knowledge Exchange: Andrew Given from Queer Britain
Andrew Given, Director of Queer Britain, will join us to share their museum journey as well as examples of inclusive and community co-production practises.
- Price: Free
- Organisers: Museums Galleries Scotland, Queer Britain
- 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