Resilient Heritage Business Modules
This business and financial online learning programme supports organisations within the cultural heritage sector on their journey toward sustainable growth and inclusive, effective governance.
Big Garden Bird Watch: Museums as hubs for citizen science
For this year's Big Garden Bird Watch, Climate Officer Lucy Neville took a trip to Greyfriars Kirkyard to take part in the survey. In this blog, Lucy details her findings and highlights how museums can encourage bird activity in their gardens by creating habitats for birds and other species to thrive.
What is biodiversity loss and how can you combat it?
The heritage sector can help increase biodiversity levels in the UK by engaging and educating visitors on biodiversity, along with wider environmental concerns.
£456K boost for 9 Scottish museums to strengthen community links
The funded projects focus on sharing untold stories within their collections, promoting inclusivity, and encouraging co-curation.
The UK Museum Accreditation Scheme
The Museum Accreditation Scheme is the UK industry standard for museums and galleries. It ensures all museums within the scheme are resilient, well governed organisations that meet an agreed upon set of standards.
Museum Accreditation
The Accreditation Scheme is a voluntary scheme that sets nationally agreed standards for museums in the UK, and Museums Galleries Scotland is the assessing organisation in Scotland.
Resilience
The continued resilience of Scotland’s museums and galleries helps them adapt in response to social, economic, and environmental factors to become more sustainable organisations.
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Connection
Access to culture is a human right and museums should enable all people to enjoy a cultural life. Building connections with diverse communities will help museums and galleries maximise their positive impact.
Workforce
The Workforce strand of the Strategy addresses the need to ensure jobs and workplaces are effective, fair and fulfilling for all.
Flock to Sock
In this video case study we hear from Museum Development Officer Julie Cave about Glenesk Folk Museum's Flock to Sock project.
Carbon Calculators
Carbon calculators can help museums and galleries reliably measure your carbon footprint so you can reduce your energy usage.