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
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
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
Front of house toolkit
Learn how to create positive and memorable visitor experiences with Association for Cultural Enterprises's Front of House Toolkit.
- Price: From £65
- Organiser: Association for Culture Enterprises
- 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
The Future of Museums: School Programmes
This event looks at the current landscape for school programmes, and explores how museums might adapt their programmes into the future.
- Price: From £35
- Organiser: Museums Association
- Venue: Online
Strategic Learning Forum Meeting
Join MGS and learning practitioners from the museum sector at this Strategic Learning Forum meeting.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: MGS
- Venue: Online
Digital Marketing Modern Apprenticeship information session
This free session is open to anyone looking to undertake the apprenticeship as well as organisations who are thinking about hosting an apprentice.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: MGS
- Venue: Online
Museums and Galleries Technician Apprenticeship information session
This free session is open to anyone looking to undertake the apprenticeship as well as organisations who are thinking about hosting an apprentice.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: MGS
- Venue: Online
Blether Together: Interdisciplinary learning in primary learning and teaching
Join MGS and Education Scotland for a session to discuss how museums can support interdisciplinary learning for primary school children.
- Price: Free
- Organisers: Education Scotland, MGS
- Venue: 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
- Venues: Edinburgh, National Museums Collection Centre
Retail at cultural venues
Join Association for Cultural Enterprises for this one day online conference sharing best practice in retail at cultural organisations. This event will provide you with useful knowledge, new contacts and practical solutions to help you maximise income from this critical revenue stream.
- Price: From £49
- Organiser: Association for Culture Enterprises
- Venue: Online
Management Modern Apprenticeship information session
This free session is open to anyone looking to undertake the apprenticeship and develop their management skill set as well as organisations who are thinking about hosting an apprentice.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: MGS
- Venue: Online
Scotland's Museums and Galleries Strategy Symposium 2025
Join us in person and online for this event exploring the museum sector's progress on Scotland's Museums & Galleries Strategy.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: MGS