Events
Choose from a wide range of in-person and online events, organised by MGS, or other organisations, and also hear from our colleagues across the sector. Includes workshops, talks, and Knowledge Exchange events.
Employability Advice Surgeries
Are you looking for tips and tricks to boost your employability skills? Join us for a series of online sessions starting on Fri Apr 12 2024 at 14:30.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: MGS
- Venue: Online
Disability essentials: VisitScotland E-learning course
VisitScotland are working with AccessAble to provide businesses with free access to an online Disability Essentials e-learning course.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: VisitScotland
- Venue: Online
‘Blether Together’: Decolonising the Curriculum
This ‘Blether Together’ event is organised by Museums Galleries Scotland and Education Scotland. The event is an opportunity for museums, galleries, and heritage organisations to engage with teachers and community learning and development (CLD) practitioners.
- Price: Free
- Organisers: Education Scotland, MGS
- Venue: Online
Online Masterclass: Transforming the Guest Experience
This one-day masterclass is designed to give you a practical step-by-step guide to refocusing your activity behind purpose and guest experience.
- Price: £130 - £260
- Organiser: Association for Culture Enterprises
- Venue: Online
Scottish Museums Federation Conference 2024
Join SMF for their 2024 Conference where museum workers from across Scotland will gather to share ideas, insights, and experiences.
- Price: £12 - £27
- Organiser: Scottish Museums Federation
- Venues: Linlithgow, Online
All Inclusive: Championing Accessible Museums
All Inclusive is MA's annual one-day conference exploring how museums can become anti-ableist in everything that they do.
- Price: £35 - £65
- Organiser: Museums Association
- Venue: Online
Improving Access Project Spring Symposium
To share the learning of the Improving Access’ initial exploration phase, the project’s steering group are hosting a Spring Symposium.
- Price: Free
- Organisers: Historic Environment Scotland, MGS
- Venues: Online, Stirling
Introduction to Museum Accreditation
This will be an introductory session for museums looking to find out more about the Accreditation scheme and the process of achieving Accreditation status.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: MGS
- Venue: Online
Maths in Museums
This free online event will help you find the maths stories in your museum collections and create maths-focused programming and events for your school and family audiences ahead of Maths Week Scotland.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: National Museums Scotland
- Venue: Online
Choosing collections software
Thinking about upgrading or changing your collections software? Join this online event aimed at museum staff and volunteers who wish to to find out more about the process and hear from software providers.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: Collections Trust
- Venue: Online
Introduction to furniture collections
Learn the fundamentals of documenting and caring for furniture collections in this free training day from National Museums Scotland.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: National Museums Scotland
- Venues: Edinburgh, National Museums Collection Centre
Be Bold, Be Brave: Arts Marketing Association Conference 2024
Whether you’re an old pro or a newbie, the AMA Conference is for you. You’ll gain knowledge, grow your network of peers, and be inspired to focus on what matters most — your audiences.
- Price: £275 - £740
- Organiser: Arts Marketing Association
- Venues: Brighton, Online
Money Talks: Income Generation for Museums
This one-day event from the MA focuses on practical, creative and achievable ways that your museum can generate sustainable income – through ticketing, events and commercial ventures – while staying true to your core mission.
- Price: £35 - £65
- Organiser: Museums Association
- Venue: Online
Introduction to dress and textile collections
In this training, National Museums Scotland curators and conservators will introduce you to best practice methods for how to handle, pack, store and care for dress and textile collections.
- Price: Free
- Organiser: National Museums Scotland
- Venues: Edinburgh, National Museums Collection Centre