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Why do we keep working in museums?

Museum 2.0

TL;DR A lot of really shitty people hate museums and hate that museums would even attempt social justice therefore museums are okay, maybe. It is well documented that most jobs in museums pay poorly. Gainful, full time museum employment is also notoriously difficult and competitive.

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3 Things Arts and Cultural Organizations Can Do to Make Visitors Feel More Comfortable When They Reopen

Connection Cafe

Colleen surfaces several insights that are out of the control of arts organizations , such as the availability of a COVID-19 vaccine and the government lifting travel, movement and access restrictions. . Zoos, aquariums, museums and gardens can look at their online ticket sales process.

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Can Google Ad Grants Help Your Nonprofit Find New Supporters for Free?

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To sum up, if you are a 501c3 and not a government entity, hospital/medical group, or school/university/academic institution, you’re eligible to get in. People seeking fun or enriching experiences (like being docent at a museum or helping the homeless). People who want valuable experience for their career / resume.

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Game Friday: Tagging For Fun

Museum 2.0

Are you having fun yet? For example, I identify myself as Nina Simon, the government identifies me by my social security number, some guy on the street identifies me as a woman with curly hair… all of these are valid descriptors or tags for me, and the aggregation of these tags provides a fuller picture of who I am to the outside world.

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For example, if you join a modern art museum, there is a good chance you won’t have to pay admission to other modern art museums. Does anyone carve, knit, sew or create t-shirts… or fun food? You can even have fun engaging your supporters and board members when coming up with these designs. Design them free on Canva.

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Game Friday: Open Worlds, Open Museums

Museum 2.0

Wandering around, exploring, collecting experiences… sounds like a museum visit to me! I read the (long) article fascinated, wondering if such a resource might exist for museum exhibitions, charting the top 10 exhibitions that use play, or storytelling, or any other core museum design tenet. There are surprises in store.

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Networked Nonprofit Update: November

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But even more fun was this video interview with the good folks at the Gifts In Kind International who I ran into in the lobby and they pulled out their copy of the book and shared a few thoughts about they’re applying the ideas. Stay tuned for a video interview I did with him while in Vegas. Independent Sector in Atlanta.

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