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University museums are more visible, more open and more successful than ever before according to Steph Scholten, the new director of Scotland’s oldest public museum, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow.

Our Modern Apprentice, Robyn Evans, writes about her experience on her first ever away day with Museums Galleries Scotland to view the redevelopment work at Paisley Museum.

As part of our wider approach to wellbeing at work, we asked MGS team members Helen and Markus to share their experience participating in Scotland’s Mental Health First Aid two-day training course and becoming workplace Mental Health First Aiders (MHFAs).

Museum Accreditation is a national standard that shows the rest of the UK you have achieved a recognised standard of care and expertise for your museum, collections, visitors and staff. Our Accreditation Team here at MGS have been creating a series of tool-kits to help make planning your returns much smoother.

The Scottish Parliament’s Local Government and Communities Committee is seeking opinions on how to achieve community wellbeing. The MSPs on the Committee are keen to hear more about what people think affects ‘community wellbeing’ so this can guide and inform their future work.

The International museum conference, MuseumNext, returns to Edinburgh this March after nine years. For those who've never attended the conference before we asked Mark McLeod, Project Manager - Dunfermline Digital Tours, at Fife Cultural Trust and a regular MuseumNext attendee to tell us more about his experiences.

In 2019 MGS began a Modern Apprenticeship scheme to offer six young people an opportunity to gain a Diploma in Digital Marketing. Five apprentices are based in host museums across Scotland. The final apprentice is based at MGS. Robyn Evans, Digital Marketing Modern Apprentice at Museums Galleries Scotland, shares her first impressions of joining the museum sector and beginning her vocational qualification.

At a time when political and world events are happening at a breakneck speed the act of collecting the contemporary is especially poignant. This month we ran a workshop with speakers from Glasgow Women’s Library, Museums and Galleries Edinburgh, British Golf Museum, and National Museums Scotland looking at their approach to contemporary, or rapid response, collecting.

Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters officially launched on 13 November at the National Museum of Scotland, at an event attended by representatives from the tourism and cultural sectors, including Cabinet Secretary Fiona Hyslop.

We're making changes to our funding programme to continue to adapt to the changing needs of the museum sector. Read more about the introduction of the Subject Specialist Network Bursary.