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ACM Groupsite is the Association of Children's Museums' central hub online. It's a space where children's museum staff, stakeholders, and partners can view upcoming events from ACM, network with other children's museum professionals, and ask for advice, share ideas, and access resources on our discussion boards.
The ACM Member Resource Community and Hand to Hand Community are benefits for ACM members. If you are interested in joining ACM, contact Membership@ChildrensMuseums.org.
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Megan Johnsen posted a reply on Re: Consignment rates for gift shop
Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Said: As a part-time artist, I would not put my products in a shop that takes 40%. I am already making less than ten dollars an hour on my pieces, so to have the shop take that much money, I would have to hike my prices, leading to fewer sale...
Jamie McDowell posted a reply on Re: Gift Shop Best Sellers
Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Said: We have a decent-sized store and cover many price points. Our best sellers are $5-7 items, often from Toy Network or Schylling. While successful as a revenue stream for our Museum, the items definitely aren't all mission-ali...
Jessica Weikert posted a reply on Re: Direct Service Delivery Discounts
Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Said: We're looking into offering something similar to this as well, so I'd love to hear and implementation styles as to how you're operating this. We're considering adapting our existing membership model for the service providers that their ...
Hannah Lally posted a reply on Re: Memberships for Therapists (speech, occupat...
Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Said: We offer what we call "Social Service Memberships". This is most often used by Early Intervention organizations who frequently meet with their clients at the museum. The benefit of this system is that once the whole organization registe...
Christina Melton posted a reply on Re: Light and shadow exhibit
Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Said: The Fleet Science center in San Diego has some interesting offerings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdl2wlkLjng
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