Perhaps you should check out Past Perfect.  It can manage mailing lists
and track memberships and other contacts for a very reasonable price,
and it comes with a collections database as well.  For a smaller museum,
it can do most of what you need for both collections management and
memberships (not as comprehensive as Raiser's Edge, but lots cheaper and
very easy to use).  They are at http://www.museumsoftware.com (a demo
version is available).

> Andover Historical Society wrote:
>
> Has anyone used the fundraising software "Raisers Edge"?  We are a
> small history museum (with a $150,000 operating budget) that needs to
> improve in this area.  I would appreciate any comments on fundraising
> software programs that would be good for us or even if they are
> appropriate given our size.
> Tom Edmonds, Andover Historical Society

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James H Tichgelaar
Registrar, Arkansas State University Museum
http://museum.astate.edu

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