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Museums Awarded Over £237k To Support Resilience And Sustainabilty

Eight museums and galleries across Scotland have been awarded over £237K by Museums Galleries Scotland to support their resilience to the cost of living crisis as vital spaces for communities.

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Launch of Scotland’s Museums and Galleries Strategy 2023-2030

The strategy supports museums and galleries to meet changing environmental, economic, and social contexts and to strengthen their invaluable role at the heart of Scotland’s communities.

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Museums Galleries Scotland Announces Development of Access To Culture Programme

The development of the Delivering Change programme by Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) will support the sector to implement fully equitable, human-rights based approaches to represent previously unheard voices in Scottish museums.

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Celebrating Ten Years of Going Further

Museums Galleries Scotland highlights and celebrates the museum sector’s work over the past ten years with the newly published Celebrating Ten Years of Going Further.

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Funding Update and Feedback Request

Museums are facing significant financial challenges associated with inflation. This is creating uncertainty around budgets both this year and next.

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Museum Development Fund Recipients Announced

Today Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) announces that five museums and galleries have been awarded funding from the Scottish Government supported Museum Development Fund to continue welcoming visitors to engage with Scotland’s history.

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Sir Harry Lauder Museum Collection Becomes 51st Recognised Collection

Today South Lanarkshire’s Sir Harry Lauder collection is officially recognised as one of Scotland’s Nationally Significant Collections.

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MGS on Empire, Slavery & Scotland’s Museums Steering Group Recommendations

Today, the Empire, Slavery & Scotland’s Museums Steering Group make recommendations to the Scottish Government on how Scotland’s involvement in empire, colonialism, and historic slavery can be addressed using museum collections and spaces.

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Over £1 Million Awarded Through The Museums Capital Resilience Fund

Today Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) announces that 39 museums and galleries across Scotland have been awarded over £1 million, thanks to funding from the Scottish Government.