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Christina Melton posted a reply on Re: Educational/ Exhibit Master Plans: Looking ...
Tuesday, Dec 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Said: Hi Rhiannon, Can you please share the Interactivity presentation you mentioned?
Melanie Cady posted a new Topic
Tuesday, Dec 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Wholesale Book Vendors
Hi everyone!
I’m looking for suggestions for new wholesale book vendors for our museum store, both general recommendations and any that are especially good for the Southwest region. Our longtime local vendor, Treasure Chest, just announced that they’re shutting down, which has left us scrambling a bit since we relied on them for most of our titles.
If you have vendors you love or presses you’ve had good luck with, I’d really appreciate any leads. Thank...
Jennifer Kowal posted a reply on Re: Museum Class Pop-ups
Tuesday, Dec 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Said: I agree with Madeline. Since we’re a small team (3 full-time and 7 part-time staff), we try to run as many activities in-house as we can to help manage our budget. The programs that work best are the ones our staff have personally plann...
Brittin Romero posted a reply on Re: Museum Class Pop-ups
Tuesday, Dec 9, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Said: Have you considered/is it possible to have your staff build buy-in by helping develop the pop-ups themselves? Our children's museum also moved to regular pop-ups and storytime (as well as music time) to keep staff and audiences engaged....
Meegan Sims posted a reply on Re: Museum Class Pop-ups
Tuesday, Dec 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Said: Thank you so much, Madeline! We've done a similar approach in the past although it wasn't as in-depth as your process. I'm willing to try it, though!
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