Hi Cassie,

I think the Collections on the Move Blog of the Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology just does it wonderfully right: 
http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/blog/collections-on-the-move
(although they seem to be swampt since March).

I remember a project some years ago that had a slightly different setup 
but the same problem: to stay in contact with visitors throughout 
closing time. They talked a local optician into letting them have two of 
his showcases in the local pedestrian zone / main shopping street. There 
they installed two objects from their collection every month with a 
short text. Maybe you can find similar opportunities on campus and in town?

Oh, yeah, and here is how to say you are back in 2015 - with style ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6W2ZMpsxhg

Best wishes
Angela


Angela Kipp
Collection Manager
TECHNOSEUM, Mannheim, Germany
www.technoseum.de

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Am 18.04.2013 19:07, schrieb Cassie Nespor:
> I run a small medical history museum at a state university. Aside from 
> 2 colleagues in the University Archive, I am the only employee. We 
> usually get about 1,000 visitors per year, mostly school and 
> university groups.
> In about a month, the museum (exhibits and collection storage) will be 
> packed up and put in storage while a new space for the museum is 
> renovated on campus. I expect that the new museum will open sometime 
> in the Fall of 2015- almost 3 years from now.
> I am concerned that our current visitors will forget about the museum 
> in that time period and I'll have to grow our visitor base from 
> scratch once we open again. I plan to create several small display 
> areas in our new building this Fall and also offer a suitcase tour for 
> groups.
> I have a website, blog, and YouTube channel that get a lot of traffic. 
> I plan to keep those going as well.
> Are there any recommendations or suggestions about other things I 
> could do to keep the museum in the public's mind when I don't have any 
> exhibits available?
> Thanks,
>  Cassie Nespor
>
> Curator
> Rose Melnick Medical Museum
> and University Archives
> Youngstown State University
> Youngstown, OH 44555
>
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