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Jack Graham posted a new Topic
Wednesday, Jun 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Negotiating a Lease with Local Government Support
Hello Children's Museum People,
We are talking to our city officails about subsudizing space or giving us unused spaced to open our locaion in Portland. I know many museums get their space viturally for free from their local government, but would love to point to a definitivie list of museums who receive this type of support. Would anyone be able to share what they know about their museum or others?
Thanks,
Jack Graham
The FLIP Museum
Portland Oregon Area
We are talking to our city officails about subsudizing space or giving us unused spaced to open our locaion in Portland. I know many museums get their space viturally for free from their local government, but would love to point to a definitivie list of museums who receive this type of support. Would anyone be able to share what they know about their museum or others?
Thanks,
Jack Graham
The FLIP Museum
Portland Oregon Area
Peyton Corder posted a new Topic
Wednesday, Jun 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Office Staff Working on the Museum Floor
Hello all!
We are looking at starting a new internal program that would have non-floor staff (administrative/outreach/etc.) work a small, allotted amount of time each month on the Museum floor. We'd love to know what has worked (or not worked) for your organizations. We are very much in the early planning stages of this so any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
- How often does your non-floor staff assist the floor staff?
- Does your organization hav...
We are looking at starting a new internal program that would have non-floor staff (administrative/outreach/etc.) work a small, allotted amount of time each month on the Museum floor. We'd love to know what has worked (or not worked) for your organizations. We are very much in the early planning stages of this so any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
- How often does your non-floor staff assist the floor staff?
- Does your organization hav...
Aya Pickett posted a reply on Re: Community Event Ideas?
Wednesday, Jun 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Said: Oooh these are all great ideas! We ended up going with Futureville (career theme), Desert Discovery Day (Sonoran Desert Theme) and Chalk Block Party. We might even do a Kid Rave! Thanks everyone!
Heidi Marletto posted a reply on Re: Community Event Ideas?
Wednesday, Jun 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Said: We do an event called danger busters. All about kids safety. We brought it fire trucks, police, dump trucks, the local Eletric company. Lots of booths about things like poison control, fire escape plans. ...
Amelia Reising posted a reply on Re: Favorite Dinos for museum play?
Friday, Jun 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Said: New toy dinosaurs can be expensive. I keep finding really nice, lightly-used ones at Goodwill and St. Vinnie's for use in our dinosaur exhibit. Today I found another Schleich T-Rex for under $4. The Shleich tag was still on its leg. The...
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