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Stephanie Smith-Gragg posted a reply on Re: Consignment rates for gift shop
Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Said: In the past I have done a 60/40 (60% of the artist) split and a 50/50 split in several museums and museum types. If you offer discounts on your consignment items 20% might be a difficult margin to turn in a positive direction.
Stephanie Smith-Gragg posted a reply on Re: Gift Shop Best Sellers
Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Said: I definitely second the Toy Network and House of Marbles, but I would also try Squire Boone and Channel Craft.
Jennifer Madigan posted a reply on Re: Memberships for Therapists (speech, occupat...
Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Said: I am unable to help with this. As an emerging museum this is something that is on our list and is important to us. I hadn't gotten deep enough into it to think about policies, procedures, disclaimers etc. Thanks for getting the co...
Jamie McDowell posted a reply on Re: Memberships for Therapists (speech, occupat...
Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Said: Hi Christina!We have long-discussed this and actually just revisited it just last week. Our groups tend to be physical therapists, behavioral therapists, sometime court-appointed supervised visits and a few others. The c...
Megan Dietz posted a reply on Re: Gift Shop Best Sellers
Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Said: We have found that items with our museum name and/or logo do not sell well, so we avoid that. We just started carrying a small selection of fidget toys, and those have been popular.
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