> They are closing the museum
> store they have run for
> over 20 years
Some type of museum store or mini-store is a must in
today's fiscal realities, if you need to continue
generating revenue. This is true whether it is
operated by a Friends group or by the museum itself.
If a museum store needs to be scaled-back to meet
current visitor demand, so be it. For decades,
Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium had a small
gift counter, before it was expanded into a
full-fledged gift shop.
Maybe your museum mini-store is only staffed on
weekends, or other times of high demand. This is how
it works with the gift shop of Pittsburgh's Duquesne
Incline.
To continue to meet the missison of your museum, you
will need revenue. A museum gift shop or mini-gift
shop must be one part of that mix in bringing in such
revenue.
gaw
--- "Burns, James (William)" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 16:41:22 -0700
> From: "Burns, James (William)"
> <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] "Friends" Groups Fundraising
> Ideas
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> I work for a relatively small community history
> museum. We have a
> "Friends" group that is going through a major
> transition and is trying
> to redefine itself. They are closing the museum
> store they have run for
> over 20 years and are looking for suggestions for
> potential fundraising
> ideas. Keep in mind this is a group of citizens
> from "founding
> families" of the city - and while they have much
> passion for the
> organization they don't have a lot of means
> themselves. Any ideas you
> may have based on successful activities or events
> your own "Friends"
> groups have done would be much appreciated. You may
> respond off-list to
> the email below.
>
> Many thanks!
>
> James Burns
>
> Curator of History
> Tempe Historical Museum
> 809 E. Southern Ave.
> Tempe, AZ 85282
> [log in to unmask]
> 480.350.5110
> 480.350.5150 fax
gaw
Glenn A. Walsh
Electronic Mail - < [log in to unmask] >
SPACE & SCIENCE NEWS, ASTRONOMICAL CALENDAR:
< http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/#news >
Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
* Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh:
< http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Adler Planetarium, Chicago:
< http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Astronomer, Educator, Optician John A. Brashear:
< http://johnbrashear.tripod.com >
* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries:
< http://andrewcarnegie.tripod.com >
* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh:
< http://incline.pghfree.net >
* Public Transit:
< http://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit >
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