Supporting Scotland's Museums and Galleries

Discover the wide range of opportunities and support available to the sector to help deliver the strategy for Scotland’s museums and galleries.

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An adult with light skin and brown hair tied into a bun views a portrait by Maud Sulter, a Scottish artist of Ghanaian heritage, at Edinburgh’s City Art Centre. The portrait depicts an adult with medium-dark skin wearing a white wig and formal dress in the style of 18th century Western fashion.

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Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) is the national development body for Scotland’s museum sector. We support 450 museums and galleries through strategic investment, advice, workforce development, and advocacy.

Museum Futures

Museum Futures is a pioneering programme of funding and support which seeks to accelerate collaboration and innovation and embed organisational sustainability across the museum sector.

This programme, which is backed by £4 million of Scottish Government funding, was developed in partnership with the Scottish Government, Museums Galleries Scotland, and The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

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450

Museums and Galleries

supported by us in Scotland

252

Accredited Museums

across Scotland meet the UK Museum Accreditation Standard

£1.7 million

In MGS Grants Funding

awarded to museums and galleries in 2024/25

72

MGS Learning Opportunities

provided to the sector in 2024/25

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Looking back, moving forward: the first year of Museum Futures

In this blog, Markus Offer, Senior Capacity Programme Manager, shares his reflections on the first year of the Museum Futures programme as we look forward to year two.

Managing Stress in the Workplace

Through the Museum Futures Programme, MGS are delighted to invite SAMH to lead a webinar on Managing Stress in the workplace. This session will explore the definition of stress and related triggers. It includes stress management tips and tools for the workplace.

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5 Scottish museum collections awarded National Significance status

On International Museum Day Scotland’s rich heritage is being celebrated as five diverse museum collections are recognised as nationally significant. This announcement brings the total number of Recognised Collections of national significance in Scotland to 56.