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An opportunity for professionals with budget challenges to attend MSA FORWARD

RECOGNITION AWARDS

A full list of institution recipients by year for the MSA Recognition Awards

MSA NEXT

Emerging industry professionals

BUYER'S CHOICE AWARDS

Recognizing MSA FORWARD vendors

JOB SOURCE

Your one-stop career resource center to find and prepare for your next opportunity

Sponsorships & Advertising

Where MSA vendors can find opportunities to be recognized by MSA buyers

education

Educational Recordings

Searchable downloads of all educational
sessions for members and non-members

publications

Providing ideas and methods to help store operators and employees

msa forward

Past conferences with links to session recordings, awards, exhibitors, and more. 

resource library

Curated content library for our members

Upcoming Live Webinars

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MSA Blog

Articles written by subject matter experts to inform and educate

Knowledge standards

The foundation of nonprofit retail

Events

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

The schedule of webinars and events with descriptions and links to registration pages

msa forward conference

Where to find information about MSA FORWARD Conference and Expo

market Events

MSA events at wholesale gift markets

museum store Sunday EVENT

Annual Museum Store Advocacy Day

Are You Ready — for BOOT CAMP?

Are You Ready — for BOOT CAMP?

Are You Ready -- for BOOT CAMP? This week's blog post is by Cathy Nagle-Ervin, Retail Consultant at RetailTrainingTools.com, who is leading the popular Nonprofit Retail Boot Camp at MSA FORWARD 2022 this year. Be sure to purchase your ticket for this workshop before...

Are You Ready — for BOOT CAMP?

Welcome to MSA FORWARD Boston!

Welcome to MSA FORWARD Boston! By MSA Conference Committee Co-Chairs Blue Anderson (Director of Visitor Services for the Columbia River Maritime Museum) and Geoffrey Carroll (President of Original Source) You may have heard there is something different happening at...

Preparing for MSA FORWARD

Preparing for MSA FORWARD

Preparing for MSA FORWARD: The Research Is In on the Museum Retail Experience Museum stores play a critical role in engaging members and visitors to museums. Analysts and museum industry leaders Colleen Dilenschneider and Scott Corwon of IMPACTS Experience will...

Supply Chain Challenges — Here to Stay?

Supply Chain Challenges — Here to Stay?

Supply Chain Challenges -- Here to Stay? By Laura Murphy, Director of Retail Sales, The Preservation Society of Newport County in Newport, RI The year 2021 offered us interesting and different challenges. First it was Covid -- which resulted in a reduction of staff,...