Scottish Museums Federation
@scottishmuseums.bsky.social
Representing members of Scotland's cultural sector since the 1930s.
🏺 Museums
🎨 Galleries
📜 Archives
🏛️ Heritage sites
https://www.scottishmuseumsfederation.org.uk/
🏺 Museums
🎨 Galleries
📜 Archives
🏛️ Heritage sites
https://www.scottishmuseumsfederation.org.uk/
Lunchtime talks with SMF! A series of bite-sized online events open to everyone:
📅 26 Nov - Ivory in Museums w/ Caitlin Jamison
📅 3 Dec - Phenomenal Bodies w/ Dr Hanson & Dr Rough
📅 10 Dec - Edinburgh 900 Project w/ Dr Maclennan & John Lawson
🔗 Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/lunchtime...
📅 26 Nov - Ivory in Museums w/ Caitlin Jamison
📅 3 Dec - Phenomenal Bodies w/ Dr Hanson & Dr Rough
📅 10 Dec - Edinburgh 900 Project w/ Dr Maclennan & John Lawson
🔗 Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/lunchtime...
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Lunchtime talks with SMF! A series of bite-sized online events open to everyone:
📅 26 Nov - Ivory in Museums w/ Caitlin Jamison
📅 3 Dec - Phenomenal Bodies w/ Dr Hanson & Dr Rough
📅 10 Dec - Edinburgh 900 Project w/ Dr Maclennan & John Lawson
🔗 Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/lunchtime...
📅 26 Nov - Ivory in Museums w/ Caitlin Jamison
📅 3 Dec - Phenomenal Bodies w/ Dr Hanson & Dr Rough
📅 10 Dec - Edinburgh 900 Project w/ Dr Maclennan & John Lawson
🔗 Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/lunchtime...
That’s a wrap on #ScottishMuseumsDay 2025! 🎉
Huge thanks to everyone who shared their #MightyObjects – from bloomers & knickers to ships, salmon, dinosaur fossils, & jute machines. A mighty reminder of how diverse & fascinating Scotland’s collections are and why we need to keep supporting them. 🏛️✨
Huge thanks to everyone who shared their #MightyObjects – from bloomers & knickers to ships, salmon, dinosaur fossils, & jute machines. A mighty reminder of how diverse & fascinating Scotland’s collections are and why we need to keep supporting them. 🏛️✨
October 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
That’s a wrap on #ScottishMuseumsDay 2025! 🎉
Huge thanks to everyone who shared their #MightyObjects – from bloomers & knickers to ships, salmon, dinosaur fossils, & jute machines. A mighty reminder of how diverse & fascinating Scotland’s collections are and why we need to keep supporting them. 🏛️✨
Huge thanks to everyone who shared their #MightyObjects – from bloomers & knickers to ships, salmon, dinosaur fossils, & jute machines. A mighty reminder of how diverse & fascinating Scotland’s collections are and why we need to keep supporting them. 🏛️✨
It’s #ScottishMuseumsDay! 🎉
This year’s theme is #MightyObjects – the biggest, tallest, heaviest & most surprising treasures in Scotland’s collections.
Head out, explore museums near & far, and share your monumental finds today! 🏛️✨
This year’s theme is #MightyObjects – the biggest, tallest, heaviest & most surprising treasures in Scotland’s collections.
Head out, explore museums near & far, and share your monumental finds today! 🏛️✨
October 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
It’s #ScottishMuseumsDay! 🎉
This year’s theme is #MightyObjects – the biggest, tallest, heaviest & most surprising treasures in Scotland’s collections.
Head out, explore museums near & far, and share your monumental finds today! 🏛️✨
This year’s theme is #MightyObjects – the biggest, tallest, heaviest & most surprising treasures in Scotland’s collections.
Head out, explore museums near & far, and share your monumental finds today! 🏛️✨
Scottish Museums Day is tomorrow and we're going BIG! 💥
From giant fossils to towering sculptures and shipyard legends. Visit a museum, find some #MightyObjects, and share them with us by using #ScottishMuseumsDay!
From giant fossils to towering sculptures and shipyard legends. Visit a museum, find some #MightyObjects, and share them with us by using #ScottishMuseumsDay!
October 2, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Scottish Museums Day is tomorrow and we're going BIG! 💥
From giant fossils to towering sculptures and shipyard legends. Visit a museum, find some #MightyObjects, and share them with us by using #ScottishMuseumsDay!
From giant fossils to towering sculptures and shipyard legends. Visit a museum, find some #MightyObjects, and share them with us by using #ScottishMuseumsDay!
Just 3 days to go!
On 3 October, join us in celebrating #ScottishMuseumsDay by seeking out Scotland’s #MightyObjects - the biggest, tallest, and heaviest treasures in our museums.
Visit, explore, and share your discoveries using the above hashtags!
On 3 October, join us in celebrating #ScottishMuseumsDay by seeking out Scotland’s #MightyObjects - the biggest, tallest, and heaviest treasures in our museums.
Visit, explore, and share your discoveries using the above hashtags!
September 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Just 3 days to go!
On 3 October, join us in celebrating #ScottishMuseumsDay by seeking out Scotland’s #MightyObjects - the biggest, tallest, and heaviest treasures in our museums.
Visit, explore, and share your discoveries using the above hashtags!
On 3 October, join us in celebrating #ScottishMuseumsDay by seeking out Scotland’s #MightyObjects - the biggest, tallest, and heaviest treasures in our museums.
Visit, explore, and share your discoveries using the above hashtags!
One week to go! On 3 October we'll celebrate Scottish Museums Day 2025! 🎉
This year’s theme is #MightyObjects – the largest, tallest, heaviest, & most surprising treasures in Scotland’s collections.
Share your finds & tag us using #MightyObjects + #ScottishMuseumsDay!
This year’s theme is #MightyObjects – the largest, tallest, heaviest, & most surprising treasures in Scotland’s collections.
Share your finds & tag us using #MightyObjects + #ScottishMuseumsDay!
September 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
One week to go! On 3 October we'll celebrate Scottish Museums Day 2025! 🎉
This year’s theme is #MightyObjects – the largest, tallest, heaviest, & most surprising treasures in Scotland’s collections.
Share your finds & tag us using #MightyObjects + #ScottishMuseumsDay!
This year’s theme is #MightyObjects – the largest, tallest, heaviest, & most surprising treasures in Scotland’s collections.
Share your finds & tag us using #MightyObjects + #ScottishMuseumsDay!
We’re going BIG for #ScottishMuseumsDay 2025! 🎉
Following last year’s #TinyTreasures, this year is all about #MightyObjects - the largest, tallest, heaviest, & most surprising items in Scottish collections.
Share your finds with us on 3 October!
Following last year’s #TinyTreasures, this year is all about #MightyObjects - the largest, tallest, heaviest, & most surprising items in Scottish collections.
Share your finds with us on 3 October!
September 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We’re going BIG for #ScottishMuseumsDay 2025! 🎉
Following last year’s #TinyTreasures, this year is all about #MightyObjects - the largest, tallest, heaviest, & most surprising items in Scottish collections.
Share your finds with us on 3 October!
Following last year’s #TinyTreasures, this year is all about #MightyObjects - the largest, tallest, heaviest, & most surprising items in Scottish collections.
Share your finds with us on 3 October!
Save the date! Scottish Museums Day is back on 3 October 2025! 🎉
We’ll be celebrating the incredible collections in Scotland’s museums, galleries, libraries, archives, & heritage sites.
This year’s theme drops soon. Stay tuned! 👀
#ScottishMuseumsDay
We’ll be celebrating the incredible collections in Scotland’s museums, galleries, libraries, archives, & heritage sites.
This year’s theme drops soon. Stay tuned! 👀
#ScottishMuseumsDay
September 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Save the date! Scottish Museums Day is back on 3 October 2025! 🎉
We’ll be celebrating the incredible collections in Scotland’s museums, galleries, libraries, archives, & heritage sites.
This year’s theme drops soon. Stay tuned! 👀
#ScottishMuseumsDay
We’ll be celebrating the incredible collections in Scotland’s museums, galleries, libraries, archives, & heritage sites.
This year’s theme drops soon. Stay tuned! 👀
#ScottishMuseumsDay
🗣 Elections 2025 are open! SMF is seeking new Committee members to help shape the future of Scotland’s museums.
Roles: President, Secretary, & Membership Officer
Deadline: 29 September
Your voice can make a difference!
🗳 👉 www.scottishmuseumsfederation.org.uk/elections
Roles: President, Secretary, & Membership Officer
Deadline: 29 September
Your voice can make a difference!
🗳 👉 www.scottishmuseumsfederation.org.uk/elections
August 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🗣 Elections 2025 are open! SMF is seeking new Committee members to help shape the future of Scotland’s museums.
Roles: President, Secretary, & Membership Officer
Deadline: 29 September
Your voice can make a difference!
🗳 👉 www.scottishmuseumsfederation.org.uk/elections
Roles: President, Secretary, & Membership Officer
Deadline: 29 September
Your voice can make a difference!
🗳 👉 www.scottishmuseumsfederation.org.uk/elections
From Pit to Pitch is now open at National Mining Museum Scotland! ⚒️⚽
Explore how Scotland’s coalfields shaped generations of footballing talent and pride.
🎟 Admission included with your museum ticket
📅 Summer events on now
👉 www.nationalminingmuseum.com
Explore how Scotland’s coalfields shaped generations of footballing talent and pride.
🎟 Admission included with your museum ticket
📅 Summer events on now
👉 www.nationalminingmuseum.com
August 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
From Pit to Pitch is now open at National Mining Museum Scotland! ⚒️⚽
Explore how Scotland’s coalfields shaped generations of footballing talent and pride.
🎟 Admission included with your museum ticket
📅 Summer events on now
👉 www.nationalminingmuseum.com
Explore how Scotland’s coalfields shaped generations of footballing talent and pride.
🎟 Admission included with your museum ticket
📅 Summer events on now
👉 www.nationalminingmuseum.com
NEW BLOG: Scones & Stories 🍰
Curating an exhibition in a busy café? Lynne Clark reveals how tea, scones & chats at Charles Michies Pharmacy sparked hidden histories & community spirit for its 100th anniversary.
👉 Read more: scottishmuseumsfederation.wordpress.com/2025/06/16/s...
Curating an exhibition in a busy café? Lynne Clark reveals how tea, scones & chats at Charles Michies Pharmacy sparked hidden histories & community spirit for its 100th anniversary.
👉 Read more: scottishmuseumsfederation.wordpress.com/2025/06/16/s...
June 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
NEW BLOG: Scones & Stories 🍰
Curating an exhibition in a busy café? Lynne Clark reveals how tea, scones & chats at Charles Michies Pharmacy sparked hidden histories & community spirit for its 100th anniversary.
👉 Read more: scottishmuseumsfederation.wordpress.com/2025/06/16/s...
Curating an exhibition in a busy café? Lynne Clark reveals how tea, scones & chats at Charles Michies Pharmacy sparked hidden histories & community spirit for its 100th anniversary.
👉 Read more: scottishmuseumsfederation.wordpress.com/2025/06/16/s...
Beneath the Waves – now open at the Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine! 🌊
Explore award-winning underwater photography, drawings from a Hope Spot, and rare pottery recovered from a shipwreck near Arran.
www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org/exhibitions/...
📸 Graeme Bruce | Christina Riley | Lawson Wood
Explore award-winning underwater photography, drawings from a Hope Spot, and rare pottery recovered from a shipwreck near Arran.
www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org/exhibitions/...
📸 Graeme Bruce | Christina Riley | Lawson Wood
June 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Beneath the Waves – now open at the Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine! 🌊
Explore award-winning underwater photography, drawings from a Hope Spot, and rare pottery recovered from a shipwreck near Arran.
www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org/exhibitions/...
📸 Graeme Bruce | Christina Riley | Lawson Wood
Explore award-winning underwater photography, drawings from a Hope Spot, and rare pottery recovered from a shipwreck near Arran.
www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org/exhibitions/...
📸 Graeme Bruce | Christina Riley | Lawson Wood
Don't know about you, but we're still buzzing from #SMFConference2025!
A huge thank you to everyone who attended, spoke, supported, or made it happen. We’re a volunteer-run org, so your generosity means the world.
Want to help shape next year’s event? Keep an eye out for our Committee elections!
A huge thank you to everyone who attended, spoke, supported, or made it happen. We’re a volunteer-run org, so your generosity means the world.
Want to help shape next year’s event? Keep an eye out for our Committee elections!
May 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Don't know about you, but we're still buzzing from #SMFConference2025!
A huge thank you to everyone who attended, spoke, supported, or made it happen. We’re a volunteer-run org, so your generosity means the world.
Want to help shape next year’s event? Keep an eye out for our Committee elections!
A huge thank you to everyone who attended, spoke, supported, or made it happen. We’re a volunteer-run org, so your generosity means the world.
Want to help shape next year’s event? Keep an eye out for our Committee elections!
We’re over halfway through #SMFConference2025 and what a day it’s been so far!
Huge thank you to our brilliant speakers - your insights and generosity have been incredible.
Looking forward to an afternoon of workshops, socials, and sector conversation.
Huge thank you to our brilliant speakers - your insights and generosity have been incredible.
Looking forward to an afternoon of workshops, socials, and sector conversation.
May 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We’re over halfway through #SMFConference2025 and what a day it’s been so far!
Huge thank you to our brilliant speakers - your insights and generosity have been incredible.
Looking forward to an afternoon of workshops, socials, and sector conversation.
Huge thank you to our brilliant speakers - your insights and generosity have been incredible.
Looking forward to an afternoon of workshops, socials, and sector conversation.
Session Three: Financial Resilience Panel
+ Rikki Payne, National Lottery Heritage Fund
+ Kate O'Driscoll, Museums Galleries Scotland
+ Shannen Provan-Sloan, The MacDougall of Dunollie Preservation Trust
+ Emma Halford-Forbes, Glencoe Folk Museum
#SMFConference2025
+ Rikki Payne, National Lottery Heritage Fund
+ Kate O'Driscoll, Museums Galleries Scotland
+ Shannen Provan-Sloan, The MacDougall of Dunollie Preservation Trust
+ Emma Halford-Forbes, Glencoe Folk Museum
#SMFConference2025
May 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Session Three: Financial Resilience Panel
+ Rikki Payne, National Lottery Heritage Fund
+ Kate O'Driscoll, Museums Galleries Scotland
+ Shannen Provan-Sloan, The MacDougall of Dunollie Preservation Trust
+ Emma Halford-Forbes, Glencoe Folk Museum
#SMFConference2025
+ Rikki Payne, National Lottery Heritage Fund
+ Kate O'Driscoll, Museums Galleries Scotland
+ Shannen Provan-Sloan, The MacDougall of Dunollie Preservation Trust
+ Emma Halford-Forbes, Glencoe Folk Museum
#SMFConference2025
Session Two: Community Engagement
1. Sophie Hinde & Kim Turford-Mowat, Dundee Heritage Trust
2. Siobhán Beatson, Ullapool Museum
3. Emma Halford-Forbes & Ainize Moschynski, Glencoe Folk Museum
#SMFConference2025
1. Sophie Hinde & Kim Turford-Mowat, Dundee Heritage Trust
2. Siobhán Beatson, Ullapool Museum
3. Emma Halford-Forbes & Ainize Moschynski, Glencoe Folk Museum
#SMFConference2025
May 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Session Two: Community Engagement
1. Sophie Hinde & Kim Turford-Mowat, Dundee Heritage Trust
2. Siobhán Beatson, Ullapool Museum
3. Emma Halford-Forbes & Ainize Moschynski, Glencoe Folk Museum
#SMFConference2025
1. Sophie Hinde & Kim Turford-Mowat, Dundee Heritage Trust
2. Siobhán Beatson, Ullapool Museum
3. Emma Halford-Forbes & Ainize Moschynski, Glencoe Folk Museum
#SMFConference2025
Session One: Audience & Engagement
1. Shannen Provan-Sloan, The MacDougall of Dunollie Preservation Trust
2. Matthew Leeper, Education Evolved Ltd
3. Lauren Henning, Tall Ship Glenlee
#SMFConference2025
1. Shannen Provan-Sloan, The MacDougall of Dunollie Preservation Trust
2. Matthew Leeper, Education Evolved Ltd
3. Lauren Henning, Tall Ship Glenlee
#SMFConference2025
May 12, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Session One: Audience & Engagement
1. Shannen Provan-Sloan, The MacDougall of Dunollie Preservation Trust
2. Matthew Leeper, Education Evolved Ltd
3. Lauren Henning, Tall Ship Glenlee
#SMFConference2025
1. Shannen Provan-Sloan, The MacDougall of Dunollie Preservation Trust
2. Matthew Leeper, Education Evolved Ltd
3. Lauren Henning, Tall Ship Glenlee
#SMFConference2025
May 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Coming to SMF Conference 2025 tomorrow? 🧡
Caird Hall has further accessibility info on their site - including pics of step-free access.
📍Check it out here: www.leisureandculturedundee.com/culture/cair...
See you there!
Caird Hall has further accessibility info on their site - including pics of step-free access.
📍Check it out here: www.leisureandculturedundee.com/culture/cair...
See you there!
May 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Coming to SMF Conference 2025 tomorrow? 🧡
Caird Hall has further accessibility info on their site - including pics of step-free access.
📍Check it out here: www.leisureandculturedundee.com/culture/cair...
See you there!
Caird Hall has further accessibility info on their site - including pics of step-free access.
📍Check it out here: www.leisureandculturedundee.com/culture/cair...
See you there!
SMF Conference 2025 kicks off tomorrow at Caird Hall, Dundee! Here's your final reminder of the programme.
Join us for a packed day of talks, panels, workshops, and networking with museum professionals from Scotland and beyond.
🕘 Registration from 9am
🍻 After-conf social @ Bertie Mooney’s, 5.15pm
Join us for a packed day of talks, panels, workshops, and networking with museum professionals from Scotland and beyond.
🕘 Registration from 9am
🍻 After-conf social @ Bertie Mooney’s, 5.15pm
May 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
SMF Conference 2025 kicks off tomorrow at Caird Hall, Dundee! Here's your final reminder of the programme.
Join us for a packed day of talks, panels, workshops, and networking with museum professionals from Scotland and beyond.
🕘 Registration from 9am
🍻 After-conf social @ Bertie Mooney’s, 5.15pm
Join us for a packed day of talks, panels, workshops, and networking with museum professionals from Scotland and beyond.
🕘 Registration from 9am
🍻 After-conf social @ Bertie Mooney’s, 5.15pm
One week to go! And in-person attendance sales close at midnight tonight!
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smf-confer...
🎟️ Prefer to tune in from afar? Livestream tickets will remain on sale all week.
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smf-confer...
🎟️ Prefer to tune in from afar? Livestream tickets will remain on sale all week.
May 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
One week to go! And in-person attendance sales close at midnight tonight!
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smf-confer...
🎟️ Prefer to tune in from afar? Livestream tickets will remain on sale all week.
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smf-confer...
🎟️ Prefer to tune in from afar? Livestream tickets will remain on sale all week.
Book this weekend before sales end on Monday 5 May!
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smf-confer...
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smf-confer...
May 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Book this weekend before sales end on Monday 5 May!
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smf-confer...
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smf-confer...
Ticket sales close Monday 5 May for the SMF Conference 2025!
🗓️ Monday 12 May, 10am-5pm
📍 Caird Hall, Dundee
🎤 Talks, panels, and workshops on audience engagement, financial resilience, and the future of heritage.
View the full programme ⬇️
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smf-confer...
🗓️ Monday 12 May, 10am-5pm
📍 Caird Hall, Dundee
🎤 Talks, panels, and workshops on audience engagement, financial resilience, and the future of heritage.
View the full programme ⬇️
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smf-confer...
May 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Ticket sales close Monday 5 May for the SMF Conference 2025!
🗓️ Monday 12 May, 10am-5pm
📍 Caird Hall, Dundee
🎤 Talks, panels, and workshops on audience engagement, financial resilience, and the future of heritage.
View the full programme ⬇️
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smf-confer...
🗓️ Monday 12 May, 10am-5pm
📍 Caird Hall, Dundee
🎤 Talks, panels, and workshops on audience engagement, financial resilience, and the future of heritage.
View the full programme ⬇️
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smf-confer...