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Funders and donors are the lifeblood of most museums. But what if we looked at donations and funding as a two-way relationship rather than a...
“Exit through the gift shop” is a phrase that needs to be re-evaluated. Museum gift shops can and should be more than just racks of...
With so many museums operating with reduced visitor numbers in 2020 and 2021, generating income in new ways has never been more important. Of course,...
A vast number of museums are using image licensing to generate additional income, and as MuseumNext reported earlier in 2021, many museums have reconsidered their...
As the man who oversees all earned revenue functions at the Barnes Foundation, Will Cary is perhaps better placed than most to speak on the...
What do you do when learners are suddenly locked in their homes and unable to get to the art history courses, creative skills workshops, design...
The great museum pivot has been a hot topic in recent months. As institutions around the globe have fought to react to lockdowns, closures and...
Creative and commercial have gone hand in hand for many years from Yves-Saint-Laurent and his homage to artist Mondrian or Andy Warhol and his penchant...
Last week we shared some of the great digital content that museums are producing to keep them connected to their audiences during the COVID-19 crisis....
One of London’s most prestigious art galleries has courted controversy in the art world following its decision to advertise a job on its website that...
In Bremen, the Weserburg Museum of Modern Art, which was founded in 1991, decided to take a new approach to the way it would charge...
Employees at the Science Museum in London and other sites across the rest of the UK took part in a 24-hour strike in August in...
What’s the UK’s most popular visitor attraction? Many visitors believe it must be Buckingham Palace, or the Tower of London. If not one of these,...
These are testing times for capital ‘C’ Culture. As we move towards a more connected, more inclusive society, our cultural institutions are subject to increasing...
The Louvre has commissioned the top perfumers in France to create scents inspired by some of the most famous artworks in their collection. The eight...
There was a time when museum fundraising was as simple as asking your visitors to contribute to your fundraising efforts with the spare cash in...
Silvia Filippini Fantoni from Indianapolis Museum of Art spoke at MuseumNext Dublin in April 2016 about the challenges of introducing a museum admission charges at...
Deborah Cullinan, CEO, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts YBCA is a pioneering institution that is transforming the role cultural centers can play as citizen...
In 2016 the Science Museum London crowdfunded £51,000 to recreate Eric, the UK’s first robot. How can a museum use Kickstarter to fund the things...
How can museums make money? Jim Broughton from the Natural History Museum London talks about how his museum has identified new areas for expanding their revenue-generating...
Laura Crossley spoke at MuseumNext Indianapolis about embedding community engagement work with non-traditional groups in their core practice even in leaner financial times. Laura: Hello, thank you so...
In his own words, Steve Bridger helps some of the UK’s biggest charities to unlearn stuff and trust more of their own people to build...
Rich Mintz is the Vice-President of Strategy at Blue State Digital, an innovative American company focusing on online fundraising, advocacy, social networking, and constituency development...
