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Marie Miller posted a reply on Re: Temporary Water Exhibit
Friday, Nov 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Said: Culture Nut is very cool! Also thinking of doing a temporary/pop-up water exhibit.
Jennifer Madigan posted a reply on Re: Can You Share Your Lease Details?
Friday, Nov 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Said: I am no help, as I am also negotiating a lease. The $1/year term seems to be fairly standard for city owned spaces. I am trying to learn things about properties that are not city owned. Good luck to you!
Rachel Dody posted a new Topic
Friday, Nov 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Can You Share Your Lease Details?
If you lease your museum space, would you be willing to share your rent amount and key terms - how utilities and maintenance are handled?
We’re in lease negotiations with our city to rent a large portion of a city-owned building.
We’ve proposed a nominal lease rate of $1/year, but the city is asking for more. While we’ve provided several precedents supporting a $1/year lease, we’d like to understand what other organizations are paying and how their leases are structured so ...
We’re in lease negotiations with our city to rent a large portion of a city-owned building.
We’ve proposed a nominal lease rate of $1/year, but the city is asking for more. While we’ve provided several precedents supporting a $1/year lease, we’d like to understand what other organizations are paying and how their leases are structured so ...
Rebecca Obrock posted a reply on Re: Alternatives to Altru
Thursday, Nov 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Said: We currently use Altru and I don’t love it, so I would also love to hear what alternatives museums are using!
Annastasia Bosley posted a reply on Re: Alternatives to Altru
Thursday, Nov 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Said: We used Altru by Blackbaud from 2011 to 2024, we recently switched to a platform called Bloomerang. We REALLY struggled with Altru, they didn't have great support and their learning modules were outdated, we felt there was a hu...
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