🌱 The Stirling Smith created ‘Ailie’s Garden’, a thriving biodiverse space showcasing native Scottish habitats and supporting local wildlife. Since adding an eco-friendly events cabin in 2021, the museum has hosted everything from school sessions to music festivals. Find out more: buff.ly/oHQZTSf

🗞Explore our latest updates in our September newsletter. Highlights this month include: 👋 An introduction to our Museum Futures delivery team 📸 Bursaries of up to £1,000 for marketing photography 💬 Access to free HR support as part of the Museum Futures programme 🔗: mailchi.mp/3ff9bcc37831...

🎉 We're pleased to announce that £67,810 has been awarded to 4 museum organisations through the latest round of the Creative Minds Fund, thanks to support from the Baring Foundation. Find out more: buff.ly/7EvcaIh

St Andrews Heritage Museum is reopening today after a major redevelopment. Congrats to the museum team for all their work; the results are fantastic! 🎉 We're pleased to have supported the redevelopment by providing funding towards staff costs, object conservation and the refurbishment of their roof.

🦅 The Falconer Museum in #Forres is welcoming visitors today for the first time since 2019! This Doors Open Day event takes place ahead of their official reopening next year under the management of a new independent body. We welcome this milestone and wish the museum team the best of luck!

For our Museum Futures programme, we've partnered with SCVO to offer 20 funded spaces on a 12-month HR Support Programme designed for museums and galleries in Scotland without a dedicated HR rep who want expert guidance to strengthen their HR practices. Find out more and apply here: buff.ly/H9tr6B7

📢 Museums in Scotland can apply for up to £60,000 through our Museum Development Fund. Applications are currently open for round 2 of the fund which supports museums to undertake strategic, sustainable development projects. Applications close 1st October: buff.ly/qyADibY

✔️ Would you like to find out more about the Accreditation scheme? Join members of our Accreditation team on 11 Sept for an informal discussion about the requirements and process of becoming an Accredited museum. Register here: www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/event/introd...

📣 Join us and SCVO on Wednesday 4th September, 12–1 pm to find out more about SCVO's new HR support service. The service is being delivered as part of our Museum Futures programme and will be available for 20 museums and galleries across Scotland. 🔗 Find out more: buff.ly/xHypnpE

📢 We're recruiting! We're currently looking for a People and Learning Manager to join our Resources team. - Permanent contract - 28 hours per week - Starting salary £38,876 (pro rata £31,100) - Applications close on 10th September at 9 am Find out more and apply on our website: buff.ly/WMMpBws

📨Our August newsletter has gone out to mailing list subscribers! Find the latest sector news, funding opportunities, and events in this month's Connect: mailchi.mp/e34992451dc8...

⚽ MGS staff members Markus and Abbie visited @scotfootballmuseum.bsky.social last week to discuss our Museum Futures programme and Organisational Health Checker. Thanks for welcoming us to your fantastic site! Find out more about Museum Futures at www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/museum-futur...

🎉We’re pleased to announce that £157k has been awarded to 15 organisations across Scotland through the Small Grants Fund. Thanks to increased investment this year from The Scottish Government, the fund was also open to Non-Accredited museums for the first time. Full story: buff.ly/vryfFb5

🌈 NEWS | We welcome the news that @vadundee.bsky.social has achieved LGBT Youth Scotland’s Silver Charter accreditation. This status signals the organisation’s commitment to creating an LGBTQ+ inclusive environment for its workforce and audiences. Read the full story here:

⚽ In our latest case study, Curator Richard McBrearty shares how the Scottish Football Museum scaled up their 'Football Memories' reminiscence project by building powerful partnerships and connecting with experts: www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/case-study/f...

🎉We're delighted to announce that £125,000 has been awarded to 5 community groups as part of the Delivering Change: Community Catalysts programme. Each community group has received £25k to partner with a museum to deliver projects that highlight underrepresented voices. Read more: buff.ly/zfWxHjE

🌍 Last week we travelled to Montrose Museum for the opening of ‘Perspectives: Collecting the World’! This MGS-funded exhibition explores the legacies of empire and colonialism in the ANGUSalive collections. Well done to the museum team for creating such a compelling exhibition!

💼 Meet Abbie, our new Business Admin Modern Apprentice! As part of #NoWrongPath, we're celebrating the many routes to success. Take a glimpse into her day as she builds new skills, grows in confidence and shows that there’s no single way to reach your goals—just your way.

Yesterday First Minister John Swinney delivered a speech on culture which recognised that museums play an important role in enriching the lives of Scotland’s people. He also expressed his support for our Museum Futures programme. To find out more about the programme, visit: buff.ly/3lf1rbi

⛵ BLOG | For our latest Strategy blog post, we invited three museum workers to share how they’ve used collections, partnerships, and events to improve the health and wellbeing of their audiences: buff.ly/9PutEUs

📢 Join us on the 6th August to find out more about our new project, Protection Through Connection: Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in Scotland. The project will fund 5 projects that raise the profile of Scotland’s living traditions. 🔗Sign up here: buff.ly/EA2Uagb

⭐ This South Asian Heritage Month, we're highlighting ‘South Asian Stories’, a project by National Museums Scotland. The project explored identity, heritage, and representation, and shows how museums can become more inclusive by amplifying diverse voices. 🔗 Find out more: buff.ly/pZ82gnQ

🛣️ Markus, our Senior Programme Manager, visited @thescottishcrannog.bsky.social and Black Watch Museum last week to discuss the funding and support available in our new Museum Futures programme! Find out more about Museum Futures by attending our online info session on July 31st: buff.ly/hsmTvV8

📝We recently responded to EHRC Code of Practice consultation to provide feedback on the updated guidance for services, public functions, & associations. We emphasised our commitment to inclusion & raised our concerns about the practical implementation of the guidance. 🔗Read more: buff.ly/eR4u2Pv

🎉 We're delighted to announce that four museums have received over £225k through our Museum Development Fund, thanks to support from The Scottish Government. 🔗 Find out more about the awarded projects: buff.ly/lZySElp

🗣️ Check out our jobs and opportunities page to find #FairWork approved roles in the Scottish heritage sector. Live roles include: 💼 Biodiversity Ambassadors Traineeship at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 💼 Learning and Community Engagement Assistant at Fife Cultural Trust (OnFife) 🔗 lnkd.in/e-TRfYtJ

🎉 We’re very pleased that Auchindrain — the historic township, open air museum, and holder of one of Scotland's 51 Recognised Collections of National Significance — is re-opening today after a period of closure. We wish everyone at Auchindrain the best of luck, and hope they have a fantastic day!

🤝 Our new project, Protection Through Connection: Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in Scotland, aims to raise the profile of Scotland’s living traditions by building stronger relationships between cultural and heritage organisations and communities that maintain ICH. 🔗 buff.ly/CJnI25T

☀️Our July newsletter has just gone out to subscribers! This month you can find out about our new Intangible Cultural Heritage project, updated guidance for Museum Accreditation Mentors, new funding opportunities, and more. 🔗View the full newsletter: mailchi.mp/48a12e801d57...

🤝 ADVICE GUIDE | Build a more inclusive museum sector with our Diversifying the Workforce resource hub. It offers practical tools, strategies for inclusive recruitment, anti-racist practice, training, and creating equitable opportunities for underrepresented groups. 🔗 Find out more: buff.ly/9NwgtR8

📢 Submit your views on culture spending ahead of the 2026-27 budget Scottish Parliament’s Culture Committee has opened its pre-budget scrutiny process, looking at the culture spending ahead of the 2026-27 budget. Submit your response and help to ensure our priorities are heard: buff.ly/ZcT8AZ0

🌱 Towards a Thriving Sector is a fantastic new fund from Social Enterprise Academy Scotland which offers heritage organisations £1,000 to develop collaborative projects. Find out more and apply on their website: buff.ly/6e9qAXB

📣 We’re inviting museums and galleries across Scotland to complete our new Organisational Health Checker — a practical self-assessment tool to help you better understand how your organisation is doing and plan for the future. 🔗 Follow the link to start your assessment: buff.ly/IDh8T8r

🤝 Accreditation Mentors offer essential support to museums as they work towards Accredited status. To make sure that Mentors and museums get the most out of this partnership, we've updated our Mentoring guidance: buff.ly/YOkmQfZ

💼 Our jobs & opportunities page promotes #FairWork approved roles in the Scottish heritage sector. Find out more about the opportunities that are currently available on our website: buff.ly/89WUZXe

💡 Find out more about our new Museum Futures programme by attending one of our online info sessions. We’ll deliver a presentation on the programme, highlight what we aim to achieve, and answer your questions. 1️⃣ Session 1 - 16th July: buff.ly/DbogHBP 2️⃣ Session 2 - 31st July: buff.ly/um2GIH3

First Minister John Swinney visited the Museum of Childhood today to launch Museum Futures, a £4 million programme which seeks to accelerate collaboration, innovation, and sustainability across the museum sector. Read the full news story: www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/news/museum-...

💡 NEWS | Today we’re launching Museum Futures, a pioneering programme of funding and support which aims to embed sustainability in museum organisations and accelerate collaboration and innovation across the sector. To find out more, visit: buff.ly/LSrpMut

🌱 Join Lucy Neville, our Manager for Climate and Nature and guest speakers from Glencoe Folk Museum, Glasgow Women’s Library, and Historic Environment Scotland for a practical Knowledge Exchange on climate-conscious planning. 🔗 Sign-up: buff.ly/vcYjGED

⚓ Step aboard the RRS Discovery with Jason Rose, our Advocacy and Public Affairs Manager. Jason, recently joined Michael Marra MSP for a behind-the-scenes look at how one of Scotland’s most iconic ships is being preserved for future generations. #Scottishmuseum #HeritageConservation

🌈 This Pride Month, explore a resource where Sacha Coward explores the stereotypical portrayals of LGBTQ+ stories and how museums can embrace inclusive, thoughtful, and family-friendly ways of representing LGBTQ+ lives. Find out more: buff.ly/QHLusGa

🌻Our June edition of Connect has just gone out to mailing list subscribers! This month's top stories include: - New Chair of the Recognition Committee appointed - Glasgow Women's Library becomes Scotland's first Library of Sanctuary - LGBTQ+ inclusion in museums View the newsletter: buff.ly/TDOvFwh

📢NEWS | We're delighted to announce the appointment of Chanté St Clair Inglis as the new Chair of the Recognition Committee. Chanté will play a pivotal role in enhancing the visibility, sustainability, & collective impact of Scotland’s nationally significant collections. Read more: buff.ly/ItUfyHG

🏳️‍🌈 As part of Pride Month, we're highlighting a case study from the McManus Dundee. Curator Carly Cooper discusses the purchase and display of Ellie Diamond’s ‘Denise the Menace’ outfit —originally showcased on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Season 2. Explore the full article: buff.ly/XRORaxw

📢Applications are open for the Creative Minds Fund. Accredited & non-Accredited museums in Scotland can apply for grants of up to £25,000 to develop programming that includes and benefits people experiencing mental health issues. Applications close 9th July 2025. 🔗Find out more: buff.ly/WSNqtI6

📆Join members of our grants team on 18 June from 2-3pm to find out about our new Repair and Adaptation Fund. This is a free webinar for Accredited museums in Scotland who are thinking about applying: buff.ly/UEIxkzL

MA and @museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk joint response to the Scottish Government’s climate change duties – draft statutory guidance for public bodies: consultation 📝 The consultation sought views on the guidance for public bodies to support them in putting their climate duties into practice.

📰 Our May newsletter has just been sent out to mailing list subscribers! Find all the latest museum sector news as well as training sessions, events, and funding opportunities: buff.ly/Qq9E2k6 📸: Waterline Heritage Centre. Credit: Angus Mackay

🎟️ Should museums and galleries charge for entry – and if so, how much? Read our in-depth interview on pricing strategies with Ashleigh Pink, Commercial Director at Dundee Heritage Trust, to find out about the planning and priorities that informed their approach: buff.ly/JJYXKKU

Our Senior Advocacy and Public Affairs Manager Jason assesses how museums and galleries are perceived by politicians, and explains the benefits of keeping them engaged. 🔗 Find out more: buff.ly/pl9hoGo