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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: 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? 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,...
Museum Store Sunday 2021 Recap By Museum Store Sunday Co-Chairs Susan Tudor (Director of Retail Operations for the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens) and Tia Bianchini (Merchandise Manager for the Barnes Foundation) On November 28, 2021 we celebrated the fifth annual...
Museum Store Sunday in The Big Easy By Michelle Gaynor, Head of Retail Operations, The Shop at The Historic New Orleans Collection New Orleans is a city that fosters collaboration and seldom needs a reason to host and celebrate an event. The 5th Anniversary of Museum...
2020 New Year’s Resolutions As the holidays race by in a rush of business and time with friends and family, it is also the time of year when people are looking at resolutions to improve their lives. Many will sign up for the gym, quit smoking, promise to eat better...
