I don't know about statistics but at our museum (30k annually visitors/open 7 days a week/6 fulltime employees/4partime) we have a small "gift shop" which consists of one
tall bookshelf and a case. The person who sells admissions handles gift shop items sales. The Director of Education handles the sourcing and purchase of sale items.
Our unwritten "policy" is that we never spend more than we make in the fiscal year, which averages about $1,000 (we see about 30k annually visitors, are open 7 days a week
and have 6 fulltime employees). We also don't price things higher than what is needed to cover our costs of wholesale purchase, shipping and administration. This means we don't usually make a profit but our stock sells because it's more affordable.
Jessica B. Phillips
Fraunces Tavern Museum
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Sent: Friday, April 06, 2018 1:24 PM
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Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Museum Gift SHop Income
Thanks for replying Maren! We are a very small Museum - only 4 full-time staff - and MSA isn't within our budget. Up until now our gift shop has always been run by a volunteer, but it has recently come under my direction. I'm just needing
some basic numbers to justify expenses to our Treasurer!
Liz Taylor
Creative Director
On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 1:06 PM, Anna Bassford-Woods <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I would also like to hear answers on this.
On Fri, Apr 6, 2018, 12:05 PM Liz Taylor <[log in to unmask]> wrote: