Museums Galleries Scotland news

The new Jim Clark Motorsport Museum has opened in Duns, in the Scottish Borders, following the completion of a £1.6m (US$2m, €1.78m) partnership project to ... More

Museums Galleries Scotland has launched an initiative looking to address the lack of accessible entry routes into museum jobs for non-university graduates. The scheme will ... More

Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS), the national development body for Scottish museums, will fund the creation of new exhibition space and the protection of valuable collections. ... More

Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) has been awarded a grant of £100,000 (US$129,000, €114,000) to establish a new Vocational Skills Fund dedicated to diversifying Scotland’s museum ... More

The Association of Independent Museums (AIM) wants to help diversify visitors to UK museums, with the organisation introducing a new project looking at socio-economic and ... More

The Museums Association (MA) is bringing back its Transformers programme – a scheme designed to help people in the sector change the way they work ... More

In the wake of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (EU), the Museums Association (MA) is to launch a taskforce to investigate challenges and ... More

The Museums Association (MA) is accepting final submissions for its Transformers programme, a scheme designed to help people in the sector change the way they ... More

Nine heritage and arts projects have received a total of £300,000 worth of grants from Museums Galleries Scotland's new Strategic Investment Fund. The individual grants ... More

Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) has launched a new National Development Body, with the aim of supporting more museums and galleries in Scotland. MGS - a ... More

Twenty successful museum applicants have been announced for Museums Galleries Scotland's Intern Programme for 2013/14. The programme is aimed at graduates from a range of ... More

Twenty-four successful applicants have been announced by Museums Galleries Scotland to receive a share of its £500,000 Capital Fund programme. The government-funded grants of up ... More

The Scottish Government will provide £80,000 to establish a Skills Development Fund, which has been developed by Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS). Applications of up to ... More

Image: MGS will become the Scottish sector's NDB Museums Galleries Scotland's (MGS) transition to a National Development Body (NDB) has moved closer after constitutional and ... More

Scottish culture secretary Fiona Hyslop has today unveiled a new strategy which aims to connect the entire Scottish network of museums and galleries in a ... More

A revised Accreditation scheme for museums and galleries across the UK has been launched in a bid to focus on issues currently affecting attractions, such ... More