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Consignment rates for gift shop
Hello. We have a gift shop within our nature center and have some items sold with consignment artists. We are doing some research to see how much other organizations are doing the ratio of the sales split. Currently we are doing about 20% for the nature center and 80% to the artist/vendor but discussed moving it increasing the revenue to 40% to the nature center since we need to augment staff time, gift shop space, and other sale options. What are your consignment percentage rates for gi...
Winny Tan posted a reply on Re: Volunteer Management Software
Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Said: We are using Better Impact at Robinson Nature Center. Multiple staff have different access needs and can be adjusted to be administrator, read only access and/or run reports. Someone else set this up and it's easy to update and add volu...
Kelley Feeman posted a reply on Re: Light and shadow exhibit
Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Said: Hey Shelby! One easy thing we have in our Under The Waves exhibit is this overlapping color shadow wall (shown below)It makes for fun and colorful shadow play without taking much room, but it could be a teaching moment for how color...
Erica Wainwright posted a reply on Re: Acrylic Display Enclosures
Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Said: If small gaps at the corners are acceptable you can use flat sheets of acrylic cut to size and connected using Klem clamps. This is what we did for a large dollhouse rather than the expense of a solid vitrine with a door or trying to li...
Shelby Koninckx posted a new Topic
Monday, Jan 12, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Light and shadow exhibit
I am helping research for our Programs and Exhibits committee to map out a concept for a light and shadow exhibit. We have a long unused wall in a fairly open space that we’re envisioning allowing some kind of “shadow puppet theater,” plus possibly tying in elements about the sun, shadow, shade, UV light and more. Do you have any examples that you’ve utilized or seen? Particularly any that are low-cost and simple?
Shelby Koninckx
Committee member, Wonder Universe (Christ...
Shelby Koninckx
Committee member, Wonder Universe (Christ...
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