‘National Museum of You’ was a research and public engagement project conducted between November 2021 and May 2022 as part of the Scotland 365 project. The project was commissioned by National Museums Scotland (NMS) to help NMS transform the way they engage young people with their museums and collections.

Led by Peter McCaughey, the arts organisation WAVEparticle invited pupils aged 10-18 and their teachers to tell us what they think school visits to museums should be like for young people. The project sought to understand and explore what school pupils and their teachers find enjoyable about museums and what they think should be changed or improved with respect to school visits.

The project was delivered using a methodology composed of secondary research, site visits, interviews, workshops, creative approaches and a national survey.

Project outputs included a final project report detailing findings and recommendations for the NMS youth engagement strategy and action plan, and a creative toolkit designed for teachers to support future school visits and pupil engagement with NMS’ museums.

This is a final report on the work undertaken for the Schools Consultancy as part of the Scotland 365 project, that shares findings and makes recommendations for the NMS youth engagement strategy and action plan.