January 8, 2018 Name: Kelly Jones Job Title: Owner / Designer / Maker Business Name: Wraptillion Location: near Seattle, Washington Interviewed by: Blue Anderson of the Columbia River Maritime Museum Where did you grow up? I grew up north of San Francisco, in the small town of Fairfax (which got its first traffic light after […]
December 18, 2017 By Joanne Whitworth Here at the Association for Cultural Enterprises (ACE), we were delighted to work with the MSA and Museum Shops Association of Australia & New Zealand (MSAANZ) to help make the very first Museum Store Sunday (or Museum Shop Sunday as it’s known to us Brits!) a truly global event. […]
December 11, 2017 By Ione Saroyan and the 2017-18 MSA Board of Directors Museum Store Sunday. It is a reality. We did it – we all did it. I’m just going to put that right there and invite you all to bask in it for a moment. We announced it in late April at the […]
December 4, 2017 By Erin Brown The inaugural year of Museum Store Sunday was a huge success on the digital side thanks to the communal efforts of participating institutions, their marketing departments and our vendor partners. By utilizing the directives we provided and by engaging your consumers and artisans locally, the Museum Store Sunday social […]
November 20, 2017 By Raymond McKenzie Interviewing for a new position can bring anxiety and dread. Far too often the fear of change keeps us from finding a new job that is more rewarding or even advancing inside your institution. Interviewing doesn’t have to be so dreadful with a little preparation, practice, and boldness. […]
November 13, 2017 By Chacho Herman The Director sat across his desk from me. I’d just become the new Store Manager and was feeling pretty good about the job I had been doing. He looked at me and said bluntly, “You’re too passive. You need to be more assertive. Stop being so weak. You need […]
November 6, 2017 Name: Colleen Higginbotham Job Title: Director of Visitor Services Institution: Chrysler Museum Location: Norfolk, VA Interviewed by: David Duddy, DDO, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA Questions: What does your position encompass at your institution? What is your favorite part of the job? I oversee the Visitor Experience – which covers […]
October 30, 2017 By Andrew Uchin Which books are the right ones for my store and speak to my institution’s audience and mission. How do I develop a unique retail culture that makes my store different from other local or online booksellers? What are the sales trends at other similar businesses in my region? What […]
October 23, 2017 Name: Donald Burns Job Title: Director of Sales, Discoveries and Museum Reproductions Business Name: Discoveries Egyptian Imports and Museum Reproductions Location: Longmont, Colorado Where did you grow up? I grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and moved to San Diego, California about 12 years ago. I now reside in Napa. What does your […]
October 16, 2017 By Paul Stewart-Stand Born out of a three month process, our Museum Store Sunday (MSS) call to action is: Be A Patron. The brand identity introduced on September 26 is the visual expression of the Advocacy Committee’s work over the past months. Five committees of volunteers, tasked with different facets of MSS, […]
