Instrumental Museum and Galley policy in Scotland

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Instrumental Museum and Galley policy in Scotland

• Devolution - All Change?

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• Roots of instrumental museum and gallery policy
  in Scotland
• Local delivery infrastructure over 340 museums
  from Wick to Kelso, 162 independent trusts.
• People are passionate about their heritage often
  becoming an expression of local and community
  identity.
• Museums are as prolific in rural as they are in
  urban contexts. Contributing to a national
  identity based on citizenship rather than
  ethnicity.

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• The founding of a museum often involves the
  fervour of the collector and the enabling factor
  of the instrumental outcomes that have been
  associated with museums.
• Museums have traditionally been perceived to be
  somehow good for you. They are trusted brand
  often associated with educational value, and
  custodians of knowledge.

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• They have been established with instrumental
  reasons for example the Victorian legacy of civic
  pride such as Kelvingrove in Glasgow and MacManus
  in Dundee.
• More recently the industrial museums associated
  with regeneration in declining areas for example
  the Scottish Mining Museum.
• An integrated approach through cultural planning
  where cultural development is in a key position
  to impact in many ways Shetland

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• Instrumental policy in the political and
  intellectual landscape
• Pre devolution as would be expected Scottish
  cultural policy was aligned with the rest of the
  UK. Factors influencing museum provision were
  centred around the registration scheme.
• Arguably one event did raise the political
  profile of museums and that was their pivotal
  role in Glasgow's year as capital of culture.

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• Post devolution culture has had a high profile on
  the political landscape, and this has translated
  in to some gradual and incremental changes of
  perception not all of it focused on instrumental
  value.
• In policy terms the launch of the Recognition
  scheme, which acknowledges the concept of a
  distributed national collection not owned by the
  national institutions but which can be funded
  from central government, is a fundamental policy
  shift. It brings all museums into the scope of
  government policy.

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• Devolution policy timeline 1999- 2007
• A National Cultural Strategy 2000
• National Audit 2002
• Action framework 2003
• Strategic Change Fund and RDCF 2002 2008
• St Andrews Day Speech 2003
• Cultural Commission 2004-2005
• Scotlands Culture 2006
• Culture Bill Consultation 2006-2007
• Election of SNP 2007

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• Culture as a universal right the practicalities
  of entitlement.
• Community planning and cultural planning- the
  role of Local Authorities
• Quality Assurance Frameworks and access to
  services
• Evidence based policy making, if you collect it
  does it influence policy implementation?

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• Impact of instrumental policy upon the management
  of museums and galleries.
• Growing awareness of need to demonstrate
  instrumental outcomes to secure public funding.
• Developing the skills and capacity to collect the
  evidence base
• Self awareness of the impact of museums on
  individuals and communities.

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