This advice guide is aimed at learning practitioners in museums and galleries in Scotland. It’s also helpful for teachers who may wish to use museums’ resources to support their teaching.

Museums Galleries Scotland has awarded £600,000 to increase leadership capacity for 17 museums.

Advice, review, and discussion opportunity for Scottish museums and galleries interested in applying for our Museum Futures Funds.

This Knowledge Exchange event explores working compassionately with trauma symptoms including addiction, depression and psychosis.

Find out how students and the Museum team benefited from long term engagement during this Workforce for the Future project.

Organisations applying for MGS Grants programme funding will need to implement this increase by 1st May 2026.

A Modern Apprenticeship is a job which lets people earn a wage and gain an industry-recognised qualification through work-based learning. It’s an opportunity open to both new hires and existing employees  who are over the age of 16. There is now no upper age limit for participating.

Learn more about our two new Museum Futures Funds: the Innovation Fund & the Unlocking Potential Fund

We’ve collated a selection of resilience stories from across Scotland’s museums and galleries to highlight some of this work and inspire other organisations. These examples demonstrate collaboration, innovation, skills development, audience development, and entrepreneurial thinking.

We welcome the news that several Scottish museums have been recognised for their work on community engagement, innovation, and climate action at leading sector awards this month.

Discover the details of awards made from our past funding streams.

Museums Galleries Scotland has awarded £862,488 to 17 museum organisations across Scotland through the Repair and Adaptation Fund.