Jason Rose, our Senior Advocacy and Public Affairs Manager, shares how museums and galleries can take part in local consultations on visitor levies and have their say on how levy revenue is spent.

Windows can be sources of large amounts of lost and wasted heat for a museum building. Find out ways of minimising lost heat through your windows.

Learn how conserving water and using it efficiently can dramatically improve the environmental performance of your museum building, saving money.

Find out ways you can improve the energy performance of your museum building to help you lower both your energy bills and your carbon emissions.  

This guide looks at the impact of climate change on access to culture and the role that culture has in climate action. 

Find out about methods and tools to help museums become more sustainable. Including through accreditation, training, certification, and standardisation schemes.

FInd out about the circular economy and how museums can get maximum value out of the resources they consume.

Find out ways you can help museum and gallery visitors reduce their travel emissions when visiting your venue.

Find examples of networks that may be useful to museums, or their staff looking to take and support climate action. 

Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) is a tradition, practice, or living expression of a group or community. In Scotland, we use an inclusive approach to ICH which respects the diversity of Scotland's communities. We refer to 'ICH in Scotland' rather than 'Scottish ICH'.

In December 2021, the Folklore Museums Network, Historic Environment Scotland, and Museums Galleries Scotland hosted a collaborative online workshop looking at the identification, interpretation, and collection of Intangible Cultural Heritage. 

In November 2015, MGS partnered with Traditional Arts and Cultural Scotland and Creative Scotland to organise an International Symposium on the role of Intangible Cultural Heritage in identities and sustainable community development.