Paisley Museum

Paisley Museum A radical new cultural destination. Reopening in late 2026.

Paisley Museum’s Visitor Operations Supervisor role is now live!As one of Scotland’s most ambitious cultural regeneratio...
29/05/2026

Paisley Museum’s Visitor Operations Supervisor role is now live!

As one of Scotland’s most ambitious cultural regeneration projects, we’re looking for individuals who share our desire to shoot for the moon.

If you’re known for maintaining exceptional standards across operations, service, and venue presentation and you have a commitment to curating memorable visitor experiences, you might just be the candidate we’re looking for.

The basics:
🪙£30,212.58 -£31,813.89 p.a. FTE (£15.66-£16.49 per hour)
🕖Full time & part time hours available
📅Permanent
📍On site, Paisley

Find out more and apply here 👉 https://bit.ly/4uOhIsv

(1 – 30 June) is an annual challenge for everyone to connect with nature.From birdwatching in your garden, talking a w...
29/05/2026

(1 – 30 June) is an annual challenge for everyone to connect with nature.

From birdwatching in your garden, talking a walk in your local park or planting wildflowers for bees, there’s lots you can do to connect with wildlife, boost your health and well-being and make a positive impact on nature.
For more information and ideas of what to do, wildlife guides and fun resources visit https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/30dayswild �

�Image description: Bank vole - a small mouse-sized mammal with chestnut-brown fur, a blunt nose, small ears and black eyes. Photographed in a woodland next to a fallen, rotten log covered with bright green mosses. Image courtesy of John Pressly

Are you a seasoned retail professional ready to take an exciting new step in your career?Paisley Museum is looking for a...
27/05/2026

Are you a seasoned retail professional ready to take an exciting new step in your career?

Paisley Museum is looking for a Retail Manager, with the confidence, calm, and creative flair to deliver a five-star retail experience.

If you get a buzz driving sales growth, building exceptional teams, and bringing ambitious retail strategies to life, we’d love to hear from you.

The basics:

🪙£35,383.06 - £37,331.64 p.a (£18.34 - £19.34 per hour)
🕖37 hours p/week
📅Permanent
📍On site, Paisley

Find out more and apply here 👉 https://bit.ly/PM-Live-Roles

(25 – 31 May).This is an opportunity to celebrate gardens not just as spaces for our own enjoyment but also as places ...
25/05/2026

(25 – 31 May).
This is an opportunity to celebrate gardens not just as spaces for our own enjoyment but also as places to connect with nature.
Gardens are crucial refuges for wildlife. Acting as mini ‘nature reserves’ in urban areas they can provide essential resources – food, shelter and water – for species like hedgehogs, birds and insects to thrive.
No space is too small and there are many things you can do to help wildlife in your garden from providing a water source, planting nectar-rich flowers, keeping a ‘wild’ corner and eliminating pesticides. ��

Image description: ��Red admiral butterfly - a striking insect with velvety black wings marked by bold red-orange bands and white spots on the tips of its forewings, feeding on the purple flower head of a common knapweed plant. Image courtesy of John Pressly

Today is the International Day for Biological Diversity, this year’s theme is “Acting locally for global impact.”Biodive...
22/05/2026

Today is the International Day for Biological Diversity, this year’s theme is “Acting locally for global impact.”
Biodiversity is the foundation of a resilient planet. By protecting nature, we secure a better future for all. Every little helps, and collectively if we all do a little it will add up to a lot.
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Image description: �Cuckooflower, also known as Lady’s-smock. A delicate pale pink/lilac wildflower with four petals arranged in loose clusters on slender, upright stems. Typically found in damp areas flowering between April and June. It’s the food plant for the caterpillars of the orange tip butterfly. Image courtesy of Nicola Macintyre.

Today is World Bee Day, a day to celebrate these tiny but mighty insects.Vital to life on Earth, bees are indispensable ...
20/05/2026

Today is World Bee Day, a day to celebrate these tiny but mighty insects.
Vital to life on Earth, bees are indispensable pollinators. They are essential to the survival of wild plants that support so many other insects, birds and mammals, and underpin global agriculture by pollinating over a third of the world’s food crops.
Yet worldwide bees are under siege by the combined pressures of habitat loss, climate change-induced weather extremes, pesticide exposure and pests such as the varroa mite.
Visit the Bumblebee Conservation Trust at https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/bee-the-change/ to find out some ways you can help these unsung heroes.

Image description : Common carder bee - a fluffy gingery-brown bumblebee with darker bands on its abdomen making it look like it has black and ginger stripes. Photographed drinking nectar from a pale pink flower. Image courtesy of John Pressly

In May 1812 Paisley born Alexander Wilson, known as the ‘Father of American Ornithology’ embarked on a birding trip to C...
18/05/2026

In May 1812 Paisley born Alexander Wilson, known as the ‘Father of American Ornithology’ embarked on a birding trip to Cape May, New Jersey with his friend George Ord.
There Ord discovered a bird that was new to both of them. Wilson described and painted the bird, naming it the Cape May warbler in volume 6 of his book American Ornithology.
It’s fitting then that of the three UK records to date for this North American bird, the first was of a male recorded in Gleniffer Braes Country Park near Paisley in June 1977.��

Image description: �Drawing of a male Cape May warbler by Alexander Wilson (1766 – 1813) – small bird with olive-green back and wings with a white wing-bar, brilliant yellow underparts with dense black streaks, distinct chestnut-brown cheek patch and dark crown.
Image copyright of OneRen, the trading name of Renfrewshire Leisure Limited

Today is ( ) and to celebrate were highlighting the sunshine recorder. This instrument was located on the Coats Observ...
16/05/2026

Today is ( ) and to celebrate were highlighting the sunshine recorder.
This instrument was located on the Coats Observatory balcony and formed part of the observatory’s weather station, measuring the hours of sunshine.
The ball magnified the Sun’s rays which burned a hole in sensitive paper. As the Sun moved across the sky it scorched a line recording the hours of sunshine.

Image description
Sunshine recorder – a glass ball which acts as a lens to focus the sun’s rays into a concentrated beam mounted on a metal frame that holds a specially designed curved, recording card. As the sun moves across the sky, the glass sphere focuses its rays onto the card, when the sun is bright it scorches a charred line which measures the total hours of sunshine.
Image copyright of OneRen, the trading name of Renfrewshire Leisure Limited

Today is Endangered Species Day, a day to raise awareness of threatened and endangered species world-wide. John James ...
15/05/2026

Today is Endangered Species Day, a day to raise awareness of threatened and endangered species world-wide.
John James Audubon’s magnificent book The Birds of America (1827 – 1838), illustrates a number of species that have since suffered dramatic population declines. Some are sadly now extinct.
The population of the Whooping Crane, illustrated in this drawing, plummeted to around 20 individuals in the 1940s largely due to unregulated hunting, habitat destruction and feather collection for the hat trade.
Today numbers have increased to around 600 individuals due to dedicated conservation efforts. Despite this they remain an endangered species requiring ongoing protection.

Image description
Whooping Crane from J.J. Audubon’s The Birds of America.
Tall bird with snowy-white plumage, black-tipped wings and a red patch of bare skin on its head, covering the crown, the front of the eyes and extending down the side of its throat. Pictured on a bank beside water with lush green trees in the background with its head down about to strike a small lizard, a second small lizard is lying belly up as if already dead.
Image copyright of OneRen, the trading name of Renfrewshire Leisure Limited

National Hedgerow Week (4 - 10 May)Coordinated by The Tree Council aims to celebrate hedgerows and raise awareness of ...
04/05/2026

National Hedgerow Week (4 - 10 May)
Coordinated by The Tree Council aims to celebrate hedgerows and raise awareness of these often-overlooked heroes of the British countryside. Part of our cultural heritage these green corridors are vital lifelines enhancing biodiversity, providing homes and food for wildlife and helping us tackle climate change.
Visit the Tree Council at https://treecouncil.org.uk/seasonal-campaigns/national-hedgerow-week/ to find our more from online talks, children’s activity sheets, podcasts and more. ��

Image description: Image shows a dense hedgerow with numerous flowering plants and ferns in the foreground and green fields in the background divided by hedges. On the top right there is the National Hedgerow Week logo and in the centre of the photo it says ‘Let them flourish’ and at the bottom it says ‘Its National Hedgerow Week’.

Tomorrow is International Dawn Chorus Day a celebration of when birdsong is at its brightest and best.Waking up early to...
02/05/2026

Tomorrow is International Dawn Chorus Day a celebration of when birdsong is at its brightest and best.
Waking up early to catch the dawn chorus is a great way to start the day. Whether you go for a walk, experience the sounds of bird song from your back garden or just through open windows, connecting with nature can help boost mental health and wellbeing. ��

Image description: Robin, a small, plump bird famous for its bright orange-red breast and face, brown back, and white belly, known for its melodic and complex song. Image courtesy of John Pressly

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