Museums Galleries Scotland

@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk

We're the national development body for Scotland's museum sector, supporting museums and galleries through funding, advocacy, advice, and events. 🏛️

@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk Oct 12, 2026, 11:15 AM

🎨Our Creative Minds Fund has reopened for expressions of interest!

Accredited and non-Accredited museum organisations can apply for up to £40,000 for projects that engage and support people experiencing mental health issues: buff.ly/yYoetRf

A large green cloth with various leaves and trinkets displayed on top of it. The cloth is laid out on a concrete pavement. Text over the image reads: 'MGS funding. Creative Minds Fund opens for expressions of interest'.

text which reads:
'Key information
open to: Accredited and non-Accredited museums in Scotland
max grant: £40k per organisation
expression of interest deadline: 8th Jan 2027
Application deadline:
20th Jan 2027

@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk Oct 12, 2026, 8:55 AM

⛴️ Join Florence, our Marketing Assistant for a visit to Lismore Gaelic Heritage Centre with Lucy, our Climate and Nature Manager! Spoiler alert: this video contains coconut cake, a broch, ferry crossings and a fantastic museum with exciting plans. 🌊🍰

@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk Oct 8, 2026, 6:04 PM

💬 8 museum workers. 4 conversations. One big bowl of questions about their work and the future of museums. Let’s find out what they think!

Made possible by Museum Futures, a programme of funding and support that's building the resilience of Scotland's museum sector: buff.ly/B1nRPJS

@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk Oct 7, 2026, 2:31 PM

🎉We are offering 15 free tickets to the AMA's Digital Marketing Day!

If you work or volunteer in a role that contributes to the marketing of a museum in Scotland, you can apply for a bursary until 19th October at 10am.

Find out more: bit.ly/4hxLjSS

Two young adults inside a large room with marble floors. The person on the left has brown skin, straight black hair above the shoulders and is wearing a burgundy scarf. They are standing and looking at their phone, probably taking a photo. The other person has long red hair, pale skin and a green jumper. They are sitting on a bench with an open notebook on their lap. In white letters over the image, "MGS Bursaries" and "15 free online tickets available to the AMA's Digital Marketing Day".

@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk Oct 7, 2026, 7:45 AM

🌈 Our work to become an LGBTQ+ inclusive organisation has been recognised with a Silver Charter Award from LGBT Youth Scotland! This award reflects our commitment to ensuring that LGBTQ+ staff, stakeholders, and community partners feel supported and included.

🔗 Find out more at: buff.ly/fjxCVhx

A group of adults holding LGBT+ Pride Progress flags.

@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk Oct 6, 2026, 3:53 PM

📸 Photo credit: Ryan McGoverne

@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk Oct 6, 2026, 3:53 PM

We would also be very interested to know what topics would be useful to you and your colleagues, you can share ideas with us by emailing our team on: [email protected].

@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk Oct 6, 2026, 3:52 PM

If you would like to be involved and can suggest an idea for a session, please submit a proposal by Monday 26th of October.

Find out more on our website: bit.ly/4APGuMf

@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk Oct 6, 2026, 3:52 PM

Help us shape the next Strategy Symposium for Scotland’s museums and galleries! We welcome proposals and ideas from the sector to help us create a relevant, diverse and interesting programme for the day.

Young adult with light brown skin and glasses, black and copper hair and a black turtleneck top speaking with a small microphone. In white letters over the lower part of the image ‘Call for proposals’ and ‘Contribute to Scotland’s Museums and Galleries Strategy Symposium 2027’.

@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk Oct 6, 2026, 7:30 AM

✨We recently revamped our Introduction to collections care Advice Guide

🔗You can find the guide here: buff.ly/UuQqllJ

Two adults with light skin and dark clothing stand at a blue trolley situated in a narrow hallway next to a long row of shelving units. One of the adults holds a brown ceramic object in their hands. There is a purple banner with white text near the top which reads 'Advice Guide Highlight', and a white banner with purple text at the bottom which reads 'Introduction to collections care'.

A purple background with a white rectangle near the top, containing the words 'Did you know?'. There is white text below, which reads 'Collections care and conservation aren't the same thing. Collections care is the museum-wide strategy for housekeeping, monitoring, documentation, and handling. Conservation is the specialist work undertaken on objects to repair or stabilise them.'

@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk Sep 30, 2026, 11:31 PM

🏺 Join us on October 22nd for an introduction to Scotland’s Treasure Trove and updated Code of Practice. This event will be relevant to museum workers and volunteers who respond to public enquiries, support find reporting, or apply for Treasure Trove cases.

To find out more, visit: buff.ly/7HgIZsd

A pair of hands wearing purple nitrile gloves holds an ornately decorated metal cross. A metal cord is tangled around the centre of the cross. Overlaying the image is text reading: "Knowledge Exchange: Understanding Treasure Trove".

@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk Sep 30, 2026, 12:00 PM

Following the hottest summer on record for parts of the UK, it’s clear that extreme heat is going to be a growing issue for museumsacross the country. That’s why we have developed a new Advice Guide focused on preparing your museum for extreme heat events. See the guide here: buff.ly/nqLjiX8

@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk Sep 30, 2026, 7:53 AM

👏We celebrate the work of Commun Eachdrais Lios Mor researching the direct ties between local people, colonial Malawi, and Rev. Chilembwe’s uprising in 1915. We are pleased to see examples of how this recommendation is being actioned seriously and realistically by smaller museums in rural areas.

Yellow graphic showing part of a world map in dark blue, seas in yellow. A red chain crosses the map, starting in Scotland. In the top left corner, part of a red boat. In the bottom left corner, red sugarcanes. Written towards the bottom right of the graphic ‘Museums should commit to research, interpret and share histories of Scotland’s ties to empire, colonialism, and historic slavery.’

Beige background, with a photo of two buildings side by side at the bottom. In bold, dark blue letters: ‘Comann Eachdraidh Lios Mòr (Lismore Gaelic Heritage Centre)’, smaller ‘Volunteers at Lismore Gaelic Heritage Centre have researched and interpreted the island’s direct ties to empire and colonialism in Malawi in the context of Rev. John Chilembwe’s War. This work is part of their temporary exhibition ‘Lismore at War’.’ In red capitals ‘ESSM Recommendations in Action: Sector Spotlight’.

@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk Sep 28, 2026, 1:04 PM

🪴Today marks the start of #ScotClimateWeek!

2025-26 has been a busy year for climate work at MGS. Growing The Scottish Museums Climate Network, providing carbon literacy training to museums across the country + funding climate action projects.

🔗Find out more in our Climate Report: buff.ly/fFloyKx

@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk Sep 28, 2026, 7:45 AM

🏛️ Tomorrow our CEO Lucy Casot will be making the case for museums to the Scottish Parliament's culture committee: she'll be calling for increased, multi-year investment to ensure Scotland's museums remain open, resilient, and responsive.

Text reading: "Scotland’s museums are essential civic infrastructure.
They deliver on: Education, Wellbeing, Tourism, Community, Local economies.
We know this. And we’re making sure that MSPs know this, too. "

@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk Sep 25, 2026, 9:05 AM

🏛️ Museums are succeeding. But success should not be mistaken for security.

17% of organisations responding to our sector survey told us that a museum they care for could close within 12 months.

🔗 Our case for action is covered in today’s Herald:
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2658020...

A newspaper clipping from The Herald which reads 'one in six museums and galleries under threat of closure'

@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk Sep 22, 2026, 6:39 PM

🌳 Members of our team visited the incredible Scottish Crannog Centre last week to celebrate their Oakbank Collection, which was recently recognised as a Nationally Significant Collection. At the event, our Museum Development Manager Jacob gave a talk about the development of the Recognition scheme.

An adult with a red waterproof and grey hair in a ponytail walks along a wooden causeway over a loch. At the end of the causeway is a roundhouse with a thatched roof.

@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk Sep 4, 2026, 11:34 AM

Our team is here to offer advice and support to museums and galleries across Scotland. Discussing redevelopment and expansion plans, delivering our Climate & Nature planning course and checking in on current challenges are all parts what we do as a national development body.

@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk Sep 4, 2026, 11:32 AM

We love being out and about visiting Scotland’s museums and galleries! Our Climate & Nature Manager, Lucy, visited three museums in Lorn earlier this week. Many thanks to Lismore Gaelic Heritage Centre, Dunollie Museum, Castle and Grounds and Oban War & Peace Museum for their warm welcome!

@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk Aug 20, 2026, 8:23 AM

🛠️Our repair and adaptation fund is open for applications!
Accredited museums can apply for up to £100k to make urgent repairs or changes to their building.

Recent awardees include Scottish Fisheries Museum (pictured) who received £91k to replace the roof of their oldest building.

🔗 bit.ly/3UIGBbL

A birds eye view of a grey tiled roof under construction. There is a person in a hi-vis jacket fitting tiles to the roof.

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