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Show Me the Money

Small, medium, or large institutions—one issue unites museums and cultural institutions of all sizes: where do you get support or funding for your special projects, conservation, preservation, interpretive planning, and collection maintenance
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Using QR Codes to improve your collections access and boost virtual interactivity

While QR codes (also known as Quick Response codes) have been around since 1994, it took nearly 26 years to reach the mass adoption of them across industries that began when the
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Harvesting the Cloud for a 21st Century Museum

Cloud-based technology solutions designed specifically for museums and collecting institutions are now widely available. Many companies have developed a variety of options designed to facilitate patrons’ and community members’ digital access to
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Understanding Museum Collections Management Acronyms: DAM, MAM, CMS

Organizing, managing, and cataloging collections is among a museum’s central—and often most challenging—missions. Ideally, a museum collections management system is user-friendly and perfectly suited to the tasks a museum wishes it to
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Three Pandemic Lessons In Archive Digitization To Continue

Over the last several years, every industry has innovated to remain solvent and relevant. Most workplaces that moved from brick-and-mortar offices into virtual spaces and venues found ways to engage with visitors
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What To Look For In A Museum Consulting Firm

Museums and arts institutions are often challenged to secure the resources necessary to pursue new initiatives. Despite being anchor institutions and employers in many of their communities, museums have experienced both long-term
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Can Your Museum Take Its Collections Digital?

As a museum director or curator, you know the value of your collections, in terms of both historical significance and emotional impact on your visitors. Digitizing your existing collections can make them
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How one museum got over 45,000 items out of storage, published to the web, and discoverable

Did you know that on average, over 95% of most museums’ collections are not on public display at any given time? With so many historic and important objects in storage held in
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Lean In and Let Go: Creative Team Building in Small Museums

By Dr. Stephanie Fuglaar Statz, Senior Historian My first day as director of a very small museum in a rural town was unlike any first day I had ever had. There was
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