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Culture Committee hears of progress on Empire, Slavery and Scotland’s Museums
Representatives from Museums Galleries Scotland and the Empire, Slavery & Scotland’s Museums Steering Group (ESSM) recently gave evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Culture Committee.
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.
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.
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.
How to Create Great Short Form Video with Capcut
This workshop from Arts Marketing Association will help you create engaging short form video content. 
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Focus on: climate action
Find out how museums and galleries are taking climate action with these insights from four museum sector workers. Read the article for practical advice on small projects, community engagement, and Carbon Literacy training.
Evaluation
Business Support Programme Evaluation
The Business Support Programme was a leadership programme for heritage organisations which aimed to build capacity amongst the heritage workforce to effectively lead their organisations through turbulent times.
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MGS hosts discussion on museum sector support for health and wellbeing 
Representatives of cultural, healthcare, and third sector organisations met with MGS to explore opportunities for collaboration on a national scale. 
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Celebrating Scotland’s Intangible Cultural Heritage
Museum Development Manager for Collections and Interpretation at MGS, Jacob O’Sullivan, shares some of the key highlights from the recent ICH in Scotland Conference, which welcomed over 100 delegates from across the museum and heritage sector.
Queer Family Friendliness in Museums and Heritage
This session will bring together heritage practitioners and community voices to explore what it means for museums and heritage organisations to be queer family friendly.
Brodick Castle, National Trust for Scotland
Hidden treasures: developing skills and confidence in collections
Collections are at the heart of museum work. Find out how investing in the documentation and display of Napoleonic coins enabled the team at Brodick Castle to gain new expertise and strengthen their connections with other heritage organisations.
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.