About

overview

Who we are and how we serve our community

committees

The people who make it all happen

board of directors

Meet MSA leadership

contact us

Get in touch with us

staff

Your Museum Store Association contacts

donate

Ways to support our nonprofit organization

membership

Join or renew

How to join MSA or renew Membership

shoptalk

Our  online community platform

membership Directory

Members only access

chapters

Leadership at the local level

MSA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

An opportunity for professionals with budget challenges to attend MSA FORWARD

RECOGNITION AWARDS

The 2023 MSA Recognition Award winners

MSA NEXT

Emerging industry professionals

BUYER'S CHOICE AWARDS

Recognizing creativity and innovation in retail products showcased at MSA FORWARD

JOB SOURCE

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

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

What is ON for live digital events

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

Guidelines

ShopTalk is the general discussion forum for all MSA members to ask questions and interact with each other; it is not a place to advertise or do direct buying and selling of a product or service. Please note that buyers may ask for product suggestions at any time, and that vendor members can reply to these requests if they have a product that fits, however, unsolicited product pitches from vendors are not allowed.

View the Guidelines HERE

The Buyer Vendor Forum (BVF) is meant to facilitate conversations between buyers and vendors and is a great place for vendors to ask each other for advice about business or initiate topics that affect only vendors. A popular weekly event on the BVF is “Product Pitch Friday” where vendors can pitch products according to a weekly theme. Please note that on ShopTalk, unsolicited product pitches from vendors are not allowed.

You must be a member of MSA to access ShopTalk.