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If You Build It: Fundraising success will come to small museums that implement a set of best practices.

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If I had a dollar for every time a well-intentioned board member, volunteer, or staff member suggested one of the above fundraising tips, my organization would have a Harvard-like endowment …

Exploring the Explosion of Museum AI

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By Elizabeth Merritt

How AI Is Changing Sales

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FASB’s Proposed Changes to the Design of Nonprofit Financial Statements and What it May Mean to Your Museum

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Your Museum Needs Money—Now What?

By Charlotte A. Montgomery

Alt Funding

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By Elizabeth Merritt

Museums: A Snapshot

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By Elizabeth Merritt

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How Can Museums Empower Communities? TACA Perforum

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By Elizabeth Merritt
Category: Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
Last month I had the honor of speaking on a panel organized by The Arts Community Alliance (TACA) in Dallas, hosted by the Nasher Sculpture Center. Every year TACA brings together speakers …

Rethinking the modern house museum

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Category: Financial Sustainability
A corkscrewing creation in the Arizona desert, the David and Gladys Wright House boasts an impressive pedigree. Built in 1952, this three-bedroom nautilus of a home, designed by …

A Season of Kindness

By Laura Lott
Category: Influence of Museums
Much like museums, my daughter’s school distributes a quarterly calendar at which I typically glance to note important dates like the ubiquitous school closings, PTA meetings, and volunteer …