MGS Grants Awarded
During 2022-23 we have awarded further Covid recovery funding from the Scottish Government and we are running our regular Small Grant and Museum Development Fund programmes. We have also distributed a second round of the Community Stories funding supporting museums and other cultural organisations to engage with Scotland’s Year of Stories, details of those awards are available on the Community Stories Fund page.
Funding Awards
Museum Development Fund
Through two rounds (June and October) 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 |
| The Tall Ship Glenlee Trust | £35,800.00 |
| South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture Ltd. | £36,755.00 |
| Glasgow Life, Glasgow Museums | £60,000.00 |
| Glencoe Folk Museum | £45,840.00 |
| Scottish Football Association Museum Trust | £50,058.00 |
Museums Recovery Fund
The Scottish Government allocated £3 million of revenue funding to support Scotland’s independent museums at risk from ongoing financial challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.
| Organisation | Award |
| Alford and Donside Heritage Association | £4,146 |
| Applecross Historical Society | £12,500 |
| Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Trust | £31,555 |
| Arisaig Community Trust | £4,000 |
| Art in Healthcare | £30,372 |
| Braemar Royal Highland Charity | £20,000 |
| Clan Macpherson Museum Trust | £9,690 |
| Dalkeith History Society | £3,700 |
| David Livingstone Trust | £140,500 |
| Dundee Heritage Trust (Dundee Industrial Heritage Trust) | £260,124 |
| Dundee Museum of Transport | £36,527 |
| Eastriggs and Gretna Heritage | £70,150 |
| Edinburgh Printmakers | £18,000 |
| Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust | £15,000 |
| Finlaggan Trust | £5,766 |
| Gairloch and District Heritage Company Ltd | £22,300 |
| Glenesk Museum Trust | £55,000 |
| Govan Heritage Trust SCIO | £28,976 |
| Govan Workspace | £25,056 |
| Grampian Transport Museum Trust | £95,435 |
| Helmsdale Heritage Society | £26,375 |
| Innerpeffray Mortification | £10,740 |
| Islay Museum Trust | £8,280 |
| Kilmartin Museum Company Ltd. | £96,611 |
| MacDougall of Dunollie Preservation Trust | £24,387 |
| Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust | £22,500 |
| Moray Society | £3,800 |
| Museum of Scottish Lighthouses | £97,631 |
| National Mining Museum Scotland | £100,000 |
| Ness Historical Society - Comunn Eachdraidh Nis | £38,769 |
| Newton Stewart Museum Trust | £11,000 |
| North Uist Historical Society - Comann Eachdraidh Uibhist a Tuath | £10,440 |
| Orkney Natural History Society Museum | £54,720 |
| Paxton Trust | £150,000 |
| Penicuik Community Development Trust | £9,600 |
| Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust | £48,438 |
| Pier Arts Centre Trust | £96,000 |
| Robert Burns Ellisland Trust | £17,687 |
| Scottish Fisheries Museum Trust | £112,000 |
| Scottish Maritime Museum Trust | £56,134 |
| Scottish Railway Preservation Society | £18,280 |
| Skye & Kyle Rail Development Company Ltd | £9,000 |
| Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum Trust | £90,000 |
| Strathnaver Museum Trust | £21,576 |
| The Abbotsford Trust | £175,830 |
| The Highlanders' Museum (Queen's Own Highlanders Collection) | £57,760 |
| The Living Memory Association | £17,850 |
| The Scottish Crannog Centre | £49,398 |
| The Tall Ship Glenlee Trust | £90,000 |
| The Whithorn Trust | £27,012 |
| Thirlestane Castle Trust | £35,000 |
| Unicorn Preservation Society | £81,500 |
| Wanlockhead Museum Trust | £44,400 |
| West Highland Museum Trust | £22,500 |
Previous Funding Streams
Recovery and Resilience Fund 2020/21
Support for Making an Application
Please contact our Grants Team prior to beginning work on an application at grants@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk