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
Developing My Leadership 2026
Become a more self-aware and confident leader through this six session online course from MGS and Social Enterprise Academy.
- Price: £250 to £450
- Organiser: Social Enterprise Academy
- Location: Online
Lunch & Learn: Making the most of your social media
Do you want to get more out of your museum's social media accounts? Join Joe from our Marketing Team for an informal presentation and chat about creating compelling content, reaching the right audiences, and evaluating your impact.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Museums Galleries Scotland
- Location: Online
AIM Conference 2026: Independent advantage: Rethinking your museum operating model
Drawing on groundbreaking new research into the sector’s most effective business models, the Association of Independent Museums' annual conference will unpack the essential strategies and practical steps your museum's success.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: AIM
- Location: Co Durham
Engaging schools with global citizenship & colonial collections
Hear from RBGE and ScotDec (Global Citizenship education champions) about how they managed to engage thousands of pupils across Scotland, via an online learning session, with colonial collections, global citizenship, maths and plants.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Museums Galleries Scotland
- Location: Online
Lunch & Learn: Venue Hire for Museums
We are joined by Sharon Bradley, Bigger & Upper Clydesdale Museum, & Douglas Walker, The Black Watch Castle and Museum.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Museums Galleries Scotland
- Location: Online
Managing Stress in the Workplace
Through the Museum Futures Programme, MGS are delighted to invite SAMH to lead a webinar on Managing Stress in the workplace.
This session will explore the definition of stress and related triggers. It includes stress management tips and tools for the workplace.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Museums Galleries Scotland
- Location: Online
Knowledge Exchange: Creating Sustainable Exhibitions
This Knowledge Exchange will showcase examples of sustainable exhibition design, top tips for materials, suppliers and cost saving as well as a demonstration of the new The Exhibition Group’s Sustainable Exhibition Toolkit.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Museums Galleries Scotland
- Location: Online
Lunch & Learn: Running a museum café: Balancing Hospitality and Heritage
We are joined by ; Caroline Mathers, Stirling Smith Museum, and Sue McVey, Food for Life Scotland.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Museums Galleries Scotland
- Location: Online
AMA Conference 2026: Together
This year’s theme is Together. Your experiences as cultural marketers will be placed front and centre. Together, we’ll learn from each other, grow our skills and inspire new ways of working.
- Price: From £70 + VAT
- Organiser: Arts Marketing Association
- Location: Edinburgh