The ICY group visiting Glasgow Museums Resource Centre
Glasgow Museums Youth Groups
Calling all young people aged 18-26 in Glasgow!
Glasgow Life Museums is serious about getting young people involved in its museums, programmes and exhibitions. Read below about all our initiatives and follow @young_glasgowmuseums on Instagram for all the latest news.
The Intercultural Youth Group (ICY)
The Intercultural Youth Group is an advisory youth group that provides opportunities to feed into and shape relevant projects across Glasgow’s museums and collections. We are committed to working with young people to make our museums more welcoming and relevant to the communities represented in the group, while enhancing the relevance of museum programmes for 18-26 year old people marginalised along the lines of race, ethnicity, religion or culture.
Members of the group during a session at GoMA
Visit to Dundee Contemporary Arts
Recruitment for ICY is now open!
Apply at this link: Intercultural Youth Group 2026 – Fill in form
Download the role description here:
Intercultural Youth Group Podcast
You can now listen to the first episode of the Intercultural Youth Group Podcast.
In this episode, join members of the group as they explore themes of loneliness, connection and wellbeing in modern life, looking at the role art and museums can play in these experiences.
The GoMA Youth Group (GYG)
The GoMA Youth Group (GYG) is an initiative of young adults aged 16–26, created with the purpose of affecting change in the Gallery of Modern Art by influencing exhibitions and public programmes. Each year a cohort of up to 15 Glasgow-based young people meet weekly at the museum over the course of the year, from around October to July. The group works with the learning and curatorial teams at GoMA to co-create their programme of activities and events, leading up to their own exhibition in the COMMONSpace.
GYG 2025
A workshop led by GYG
GYG 2025
Recruitment happens every year in September
Applications will always be added to this web page, announced on GoMA's Facebook and Instagram channels @glasgowgoma, and on @young_glasgowmuseums on Instagram.
The People’s Palace Youth Panel
The People’s Palace Youth Panel is a group of young people aged 18-26 based in Glasgow, working alongside Glasgow Life Museums staff to ensure the voices of young people are represented in the redevelopment of the People’s Palace, Glasgow’s social history museum. The young people are getting involved in different activities as the project progresses, such as advising staff on how the People’s Palace can be more inclusive for young people, and working with curators to help create exhibition story displays.
The People's Palace
Young people at work on a consultation project
Young people visiting GMRC
Interested in joining the group?
Future opportunities to get involved will be shared on this webpage and @young_glasgowmuseums on Instagram.
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