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Our mission: To preserve, interpret and make accessible for all, the past and present of Scotland, other nations and cultures, and the natural world.
Our vision: Inspiring people: addressing the challenges of our age.
Our Strategic Plan 2022-27 sets out what we will do to achieve our mission and vision. It outlines our aims and priorities for this period, and includes details of the resources required to achieve them.
You can access the strategic plan in three ways:
Explore the strategic plan.
Who We Are (p3)
Our Values: Creative (p4)
Our Values: Inclusive (p4)
Our Values: Collaborative (p4)
Our Values: Forward thinking (p4)
Our Strategic Aims: Aim 1 (p7)
Our Strategic Aims: Aim 2 (p8)
Our Strategic Aims: Aim 3 (p9)
Our Strategic Aims: Aim 4 (p10)
Our Strategic Aims: Aim 5 (p11)
Our KPIs 2022-2027 (p12)
Supporting Scottish Government Objectives: Reducing inequalities (p13)
Supporting Scottish Government: Fair work (p13)
Our Strategic Risks: Covid-19 (p14)
Our Strategic Risks: Real terms decrease in Grant-In-Aid (p14)
Our Strategic Risks: Buildings not fit for purpose (p14)
Our Strategic Risks: Recruitment/retention into business-critical posts (p14)
Failure of plant, equipment and systems impacting on health and safety, care of collections and security (p14)