Small Museum Professionals

Small Museum Professionals

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This groups is designed for small museum professionals interested in networking. A small museum typically has an annual budget of less than $250,000, operates with a small... more »
This groups is designed for small museum professionals interested in networking. A small museum typically has an annual budget of less than $250,000, operates with a small staff with multiple responsibilities, and employs volunteers to perform key staff functions. « less

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Hilde D.

Hilde

Do you work with volunteers and/or with seasonal workers?

Hello all,
I would like to know whether you work with volunteers or not? And if so, how?
Second question: do you work with seasonal ...

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Oralee O. 1 day ago • Edit • Kevin is correct in stating that in order to fulfill certain duties others fall by the way side and its usually the administrative jobs. I am ... »
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Anna B. Kevin K. Oralee O.
Carl-Erik Kortleven H.

Carl-Erik Kortleven

Bugs in fur

I need to find a freezer to put all furs of our small Inuit Museum. There has been found carpet bettles or carpet beetle (Attagenus ...

posted 4 days ago

AE P. 3 days ago • Edit • Depending on the number of objects, and size thereof, a lab freezer may not be worth the cost. If you have access to a grocery story with a frozen ... »
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AE P.
Stephen S.

Stephen

Collections Management Software

Hi all,
I am interested in finding collections management software for a brand new archival collection that should be catalogued and ...

posted 2 months ago

Dwaine M. 4 days ago • Edit • I'm starting to play around with Collective Access, the system itself is pretty intuitive, though importing data from legacy database systems ... »
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Anthony H. Dwaine M.
Venessa L.

Venessa

Help with Humidifiers

Hello everyone I work in a small museum and we do not have much of a budget. I have been put in charge of purchasing a stand alone ...

posted 1 month ago

Guy H. 8 days ago • Edit • Vanessa-- Are you looking for a humidifier, as in your original post, or a dehumidifier, as in most of the replies? If you need more humidity, ... »
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Venessa L. Rowan C. Guy H.
M. Susan B.

M. Susan

Summer classes for Small Museum Pro! June 4 - July 27. : Caring for Museum Collections, M. Susan Barger, PhD Crafting Effective...

For details see www.smallmuseumpro.org

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Francis Y.

Francis

New episode of Fish Tank Kings features the Tennessee Aquarium this Saturday @10pm on Nat Geo Wild!

Francis travels to the Tennessee aquarium to help redesign an octopus tank that was leeching BPA.

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Jenny H.

Jenny

This article deals with some of biggest frustrations with board member and tells you how to deal with each one of them. It also includes a great list of board expectations that you can use to make sure members stay both...

posted 2 months ago

Michael A. P. 1 month ago • Edit • Thank you for the article. Tension and differences between board members and staff are, unfortunately, inevitable. Through my experiences, ... »
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Anne A. Judith T. Michael A. P.
Yanis T.

Yanis

Does Art has to sustain sustainability?

Art is in essence closely linked to the notion of sustainable development. At the same time, vehicle for knowledge, inspiration, ...

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Does Art has to sustain sustainability? Art is in essence closely linked to the notion of sustainable development. At the same time, vehicle for knowledge, inspiration, creativity, communication, social cohesion, well being,...

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Mariam S. 1 month ago • Edit • Y think so too, Yanis. Art is really closely linked to the notion of sustainable development, but all creative man needs firstly love, emotion ... »
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Mariam S.
Jennifer C.

Jennifer

Seeking Code of Ethics/Conflict of Interest policies from collection-specific museums

Would anyone be willing to share a sample of their code of ethics/conflict of interest policies with us? We do have one but it does not ...

posted 1 month ago

Bronwen S. 1 month ago • Edit • Jennifer, I can send you ours, we collect horse drawn carriages, and our policy includes board and staff not competing. »
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Michelle S. Bronwen S.
Chris B.

Chris

I have an "Animal Super Heroes" traveling exhibit that needs a new home. Is there a "craigslist" for museum professionals to post exhibits…

posted 1 month ago

Deborah C. 1 month ago • Edit • Hi Chris! My primary resource when I am looking at new exhibits to rent is the ILE Traveling Exhibit Database. They have an extensive ... »
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Chris B. Rebecca K. Deborah C.
Shahbaz H.

Shahbaz

You can sell if you have been seen!!

A business well started should be well marketed too. Only a well marketed business can bring in the expected returns. If you’re an ...

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Eleonora C.

Eleonora

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