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International Museum Day 2020: Tips To Engage Supporters

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Monday, May 18th is International Museum Day , the mission of which is to raise awareness of the fact that, “museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples.”. 2019 saw more than 55,000 museums across 150 countries participate.

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How the Currier Museum of Art Prepared for Its Reopening

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After our complete closure on March 16, 2020 due to COVID-19 , our museum staff was busier than ever preparing to navigate these uncharted times. Download the free eBook from Blackbaud and Cuseum: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving & Thriving As A Cultural Organization. Co-Author: Carey Calhoon.

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The Art of Relevance is Now Available For Free on the Web (and Here's Why)

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You can still buy The Art of Relevance as a paperback, ebook, or audiobook--but you can also read any chapter, any time, online. Take five minutes and learn how the Science Museum in London created better experiences for deaf visitors. The chapters are short stories, and most can stand alone.

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The Participatory Museum Process Part 4: Adventures in Self-Publishing

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This is the final segment in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This posts explains why and how I self-published The Participatory Museum. COST: Museum books tend to be expensive - because they are printed in small runs, the price for a 400-page paperback can be as high as $40. Why Self-Publish?

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Book Announcement: The Participatory Museum is now available!

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As many of you know, I've been working for the past year+ on a book about visitor participation in museums, libraries, science centers, and art galleries. The Participatory Museum is a practical guide to visitor participation. The Participatory Museum is an attempt at providing such a resource. Want to buy a book ?

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Are You Passionate about Technology and Social Good? Benetech Needs You!

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Our Bookshare service is the world’s largest online library of accessible ebooks for people with disabilities, serving over 350,000 users in 60 countries.

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4 Clever Ways to Recruit and Retain More Members at Arts & Cultural Organizations

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When I went to the Museum of Modern Art in New York with my mom to see it, we saw two lines: one for the general public with an estimated wait time of more than three hours, and one for members with an estimated wait time of about 20 minutes. Free eBook: Guiding Donors to the Next Level of Support .

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