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By listening to the voices of young people National Museums Scotland recognised the need to recruit a national youth engagement team, engage with local youth groups, and provide traineeship opportunities to develop a relevant programme of work and test a range of different engagement methods.
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This project explored how we might create and offer dedicated visitor experiences for Inspiration Seekers.*
*Young people, 16–25 years old, who are not currently motivated to visit museums/heritage sites now or in the future.
This group focussed on how we might promote the museum to Inspiration Seekers* so that they see National Museums Scotland as a place for them?
*Young people, 16–25 years old, who are not currently motivated to visit museums/heritage sites now or in the future.
This group focussed on how we might encourage young people to engage with us on a more regular basis and explore and prototype new ways to inspire repeat engagement with National Museums Scotland for Culture seekers*
*Young people, 16-25 years old, who identified as being highly motivated to visit museums and engage with heritage learning.
The NMOF project explored how might we design and potentially pilot an event/experience at the National Museum of Flight that encourages Connection Seekers* to engage with the museums and heritage.
*Young people, 16-25 years old, interested in heritage but been put off museum spaces by negative past experiences
This group took on the significant question of how we might empower young people in influencing/shaping policy and create opportunities for youth voice to be embedded in organisational culture?
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This photography project was an opportunity to test how we might engage with young people who are local to the National Museums Collection Centre.
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We worked in partnership with Volunteering Matters (formally known as Project Scotland) to welcome two paid trainees who learned valuable skills and gained insight into how museums operate behind the scenes.
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As part of Scotland 365, National Museums Scotland ran two summer residencies and delivered a programme of workshops across different Local Authorities in partnership with Impact Arts from 2018 - 2020.
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