MGS Grants Awarded
During 2021-22 our grants have been supporting development and helping museums to deal with the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. We are also running special funds to support museums and other cultural organisations to engage with COP 26 and Scotland’s Year of Stories.
Funding Awards
#COP26Conversations Fund
We delivered this fund in partnership with Historic Environment Scotland and the Scottish Libraries Information Council. Awards were made in September to support museums, libraries and historic environment organisations to deliver climate focused, public engagement activity in the run up to COP26.
| Organisation | Award |
| Almond Valley Heritage Trust | £1,000 |
| City of Edinburgh Council | £800 |
| Culture Perth and Kinross | £950 |
| Cupar Heritage | £250 |
| David Livingstone Trust | £350 |
| Glasgow Women's Library | £200 |
| Glenfinnan Station Museum Trust | £1,000 |
| Hold Your Breathe | £765 |
| Inverclyde Council | £860 |
| Inverness City Heritage Trust | £1,000 |
| Moray Council | £890 |
| Museums and Heritage Highland | £794 |
| Ness Historical Society - Comunn Eachdraidh Nis | £625 |
| North Lanarkshire Council | £941 |
| Renfrewshire Leisure Ltd. | £1,000 |
| Scottish Fisheries Museum Trust | £375 |
| Shetland Islands Council | £1,000 |
| South Ayrshire Council | £675 |
| St Andrews Preservation Trust | £924 |
| Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum Trust | £980 |
| The Cockburn Association (Edinburgh Civic Trust) | £914 |
| The Whithorn Trust | £1,000 |
| Wanlockhead Museum Trust | £1,000 |
| Western Isles Council - Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | £1,000 |
Climate Beacons Ideas Fund
We invited a number of museums that had prepared activity as part of bids to become Climate Beacons for COP26 to submit applications for support for unfunded public engagement activity. Awards were offered in September.
| Organisation | Award |
| City of Edinburgh Council | £5,000 |
| David Livingstone Trust | £4,650 |
| East Ayrshire Leisure | £4,500 |
| National Galleries of Scotland | £4,295 |
| National Museums Scotland | £3,600 |
| Orkney Natural History Society Museum | £5,000 |
| Scottish Maritime Museum Trust | £4,372 |
| The Scottish Crannog Centre | £5,000 |
Museum Development Fund
Through two rounds (June and November) we are making grants to Accredited Museums undertaking strategic projects that will help them to becoming more resilient organisations in line with the aims of the National Strategy. Visit the Museum Development Fund page for details about future rounds.
| Organisation | Award |
| Culture Perth and Kinross | £50,000 |
| East Ayrshire Leisure | £47,000 |
| Linlithgow Heritage Trust | £34,000 |
| Paxton Trust | £60,000 |
| Pier Arts Centre Trust | £60,000 |
| Renfrewshire Leisure Ltd. | £60,000 |
| Strathnaver Museum Trust | £50,000 |
| University of Glasgow | £59,998 |
| University of St Andrews | £45,173 |
| University of Stirling | £19,984 |
| Wanlockhead Museum Trust | £52,058 |
Small Grants Fund
This fund, new in 2021, supports museums to get back on track after a difficult year. Round 2 was opened up to non-accredited museums as well as Accredited museums. Visit the Small Grants Fund page for details about future rounds.
| Organisation | Award |
| Aberdeen City Council | £3,325 |
| Dundee Museum of Transport | £13,231 |
| Falkirk Community Trust | £8,658 |
| High Life Highland | £12,040 |
| Nairn Museum Trust | £14,860 |
| Scottish Maritime Museum Trust | £12,715 |
| Scottish Railway Preservation Society | £5,025 |
| Shetland Amenity Trust | £7,350 |
| The Highlanders' Museum (Queen's Own Highlanders Collection) | £5,850 |
| Wanlockhead Museum Trust | £15,000 |
Summer Programme Museums Fund
The Scottish Government made support available to museums across Scotland to contribute to the national summer of play 2021 by providing opportunities for all children and young people to participate in activities and experiences this summer.
| Organisation | Award |
| Almond Valley Heritage Trust | £28,880 |
| Clan Donald Lands Trust | £8,650 |
| Clyde Maritime Trust | £11,648 |
| Culture and Leisure NL Ltd | £17,857 |
| David Livingstone Trust | £25,000 |
| Design Dundee Limited | £12,423 |
| Dundee Heritage Trust | £13,800 |
| East Dunbartonshire Leisure & Culture Trust | £49,980 |
| Falkirk Community Trust | £14,634 |
| Fife Cultural Trust | £13,558 |
| Glasgow Life, Glasgow Museums | £8,741 |
| Grampian Transport Museum Trust | £7,500 |
| Grantown Museum and Heritage Trust | £8,118 |
| High Life Highland | £27,157 |
| Mount Stuart Trust | £5,000 |
| National Galleries of Scotland | £36,414 |
| National Mining Museum Scotland | £6,077 |
| National Museums Scotland | £30,750 |
| National Trust for Scotland | £4,752 |
| New Lanark Trust | £2,560 |
| Paxton Trust | £11,593 |
| Pier Arts Centre Trust | £17,516 |
| Scottish Maritime Museum Trust | £11,425 |
| South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture Ltd. | £13,926 |
| Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum Trust | £9,491 |
| The Living Memory Association | £5,382 |
| The Whithorn Trust | £5,968 |
| Western Isles Council - Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | £8,307 |
Support for Making an Application
Please contact our Grants Team prior to beginning work on an application at grants@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk