Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) has announced details of the latest cash awards for Recognised Collections.

Seven Scottish museums, whose collections are deemed to be of national significance, will directly benefit from funding amounting to more than £200,000.

University of Edinburgh has received £21,000 which will allow it to undertake research into its collection of historic musical instruments, while the Royal College of Surgeons has received a grant towards creating an archive capturing details of the lives and experiences of fellows of the college on film for the first time.

Other projects awarded Recognition funding support from Museums Galleries Scotland in this round are:

Aberdeen City Council
Funding to allow Aberdeen City Council to employ two documentation assistants to carry out essential work in cataloguing of the Recognised Collections.

Auchindrain Trust
Funding to allow Auchindrain Trust to further progress the business and organisational development of Auchindrain.

Dumfries & Galloway Council
Funding to allow Dumfries and Galloway Council to undertake a project that will augment the security at a number of their museum sites.

North Lanarkshire Council
The cash will fund a project that will increase public access and enjoyment of the North collection through the provision of new display cases, new methods of interpretation and community engagement projects within Motherwell Heritage Centre.

Scottish Football Association Museum Trust
The funding will enhance interpretation of historically important objects within the collection, and help to improve the wider display of collections from specific eras.

Managed by MGS on behalf of the Scottish government, the Recognition Scheme ensures Scotland's most important collections are identified, cared for, protected and promoted to wider audiences.

Joanne Orr, MGS' chief executive, said: "The 36 Recognised Collections of National Significance are open for people to visit all over Scotland. The stories they tell are so important to the past, present and future of the nation. Money we make available to them ensures they can care for their collections and find new and exciting ways to deliver the visitor experience."