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Five Ways Museums Can Plan for Future Growth

By Spacesaver

Museums around the world are entrusted with preserving the past, not just for today’s patrons, but for generations to come. As collections grow through acquisitions, donations, research, and repatriation, many institutions face the same …
Confessions of a Museum Tech Therapist

By Mandy Thompson, CEO Nonprofit Tech Shop

I visited a mid-sized museum in January, and the Membership Manager looked me in the eye, beamed, and told me the best news she’d had all month. “I’ve already saved the museum $4,000 this year,” she said. “That’s …
How One Museum Expanded Its Archives with 4-Post FreeSpan™ Shelving

By Spacesaver

For museums and historical societies, storage is more than simply shelves. The right storage system promotes stewardship by protecting collections today and ensures they remain accessible, adaptable, and usable for future generations. That …
Your Visitors Feel It: The Cost of Disconnected Museum Systems

By Travis Fuller, Founder & CEO, Muse Software

The future of museums will be defined not just by what hangs on the walls, but by how well institutions know and serve the people who walk through their doors. A museum visit should feel seamless. Your ticket lives on your phone and scans …
Designing for a More Welcoming World

By Solid Light

At the heart of every great museum is the promise to protect and share the stories that define us. But for those of us in the field, we know a story only reaches its fullest potential when it is experienced. The physical space between an …
Confessions of a Museum Tech Therapist

By Mandy Thompson, CEO Nonprofit Tech Shop

Last week, I was on a Zoom call with a Development Director who looked ready to scream. We were screensharing…staring at the familiar, gray, windowless interface of a legacy donor database. I spend half my life staring at these screens. …
Curating the Experience: Museum Display Ideas That Captivate and Preserve

By shopPOPdisplays

Every artifact tells a story—but how that story is presented determines whether it whispers or commands attention. In a museum, each display offers a chance to educate, inspire, and connect visitors to history and culture. The right …
Unique Hosting Opportunity: The World’s Most Important Jesus-Era Artifacts

By Golcan

A Story Hidden for Two Millennia A limestone box, unearthed in Jerusalem in the mid-1970s, became world-famous when it was first publicly displayed in 2002, drawing over 120,000 visitors to the Royal Ontario Museum. Inscribed in Aramaic …
How Museums Can Mitigate Damage to Collections

By Spacesaver

This post is an advertorial written by an organization that serves the museum field. The views, opinions, and positions expressed by the authors and those providing comments are theirs alone and do not necessarily reflect the views, …
Making membership easy at the Houston Museum of Natural Science

By Tessitura

This post is an advertorial written by an organization that serves the museum field. The views, opinions, and positions expressed by the authors and those providing comments are theirs alone and do not necessarily reflect the views, …