’22 In Review – What a Year It’s Been for our Museum Store Community! It’s hard to believe that 2022 is almost at a close. While some are happy to move on into a new year, I feel a sense of amazement at what we accomplished in what can only be called...
Using Your Expertise to Impact the Visitor Experience By Colleen Higginbotham, Deputy Director for Visitor Experience at the Chrysler Museum of Art The visitor experience is an often-overlooked aspect of museum operations. It’s a part of daily focus for most MSA...
PRO-file: Howard Schwartz Name: Howard Schwartz Job Title: Co-Owner Business Name: Whitney Howard Designs Location: Calabasas, CA Where did you grow up? I grew up in Northern California – but I went to school in NY at the University of Syracuse. I started out in the...
Making a Commitment Toward Sustainable Retailing in the Museum Shop By Victor Oliveira, Director of Merchandising, Peabody Essex Museum This post first appeared on Connected, the blog for the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass. A thought-provoking comment was made in...
Shining Together Across Five Continents “A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.” This Mahatma Gandhi quote reminds me how Museum Store Sunday started — a small group of MSA volunteers...
Museum Store Sunday … Is It on Your Radar? Museum Store Sunday, MSA’s global one-day initiative, will be celebrated on Dec. 1, 2019. Cap off your Thanksgiving weekend with this shopping event highlighting your store’s unique, curated merchandise and representing the...