£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.
Introduction to Energy Efficiency
Find out how improving energy efficiency can have multiple benefits for your museum or heritage organisation.
Museum sector finances debated in Parliament
Ahead of a Scottish Parliament debate on culture, we briefed MSPs about the positive impacts of museums and galleries and the challenges facing the museum sector.
Visitor levies – make sure museums’ voices are heard
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.