Creative Minds Fund
The Creative Minds Fund supports museums and partnering organisations to engage people experiencing mental health issues. Expression of Interest period: 29 May 2025 – 25 June 2026.
Knowledge Exchange: Learning for sustainability
In this Knowledge Exchange event from Museums Galleries Scotland, speakers discuss how museums and heritage organisations can facilitate the education of young people on climate action.
Scottish museums take climate action
As Scotland’s Climate Week begins Museums Galleries Scotland emphasises the role museums play in climate action.
Introduction to restitution and repatriation work in Scotland
Find out about restitution and repatriation in collection management, and additional guidance on the issue.
MGS makes case for museum sector funding at Scottish Parliament
CEO Lucy Casot gave evidence of the financial challenges facing museums and galleries at the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee’s pre-budget scrutiny for 2025-26.
Delivering Change: Community Catalysts
Information about the Delivering Change: Community Catalysts programme, where communities are supported to connect with museums.
Using outdoor spaces to diversify audiences and benefit nature
This case study explores the value of creating an outdoor space for engaging visitors and the local community, as well as attracting new audiences while also benefiting the local biodiversity.
Focus on: collaboration in action
Business partnerships, forums, and shared engagement activities: three museum sector workers offer insights into how they’re achieving the collaboration aims of Scotland’s museums and galleries strategy.
Joint statement on unethical sales from collections
The 2015 joint sector statement that warns against the disposal of collection items for financial purposes has been updated and reiterated for 2024.
MuseumNext: Digital Collections Summit
The Digital Collections Summit brings together museum sector workers from around the globe to share case studies, actionable strategies, and new ideas on the digital side of museum collections.
Our response to the Scottish Parliament's pre-budget scrutiny for 2025-26
Our submission to the pre-budget scrutiny highlights museum sector workforce reductions and warns of an urgent need for investment in museums and galleries.
Our new social media strategy
Robyn, Rosie, and Joe from our communications team explain our plans to enhance our engagement with the sector through a new social media strategy.