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Curating Discomfort at the Hunterian Museum

October 2020

MGS caught up with Zandra Yeaman ahead of the Knowledge Exchange event ‘Representing the Underrepresented’ to learn more about the ‘Curating Discomfort’ project:...

How MGS is speaking up for civic museums

September 2020

Since the beginning of lockdown in March, Museums Galleries Scotland has been actively engaging with our museum and galleries friends and colleagues throughout Scotland and beyond. We have mobilised to...

Creating a family friendly environment on reopening

August 2020

As museums gradually re-open their venues safely and reconnect with audiences we continue our support for museums and galleries learning provision. MGS aims to support museum learning practitioners and enable...