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Rachel Dody posted a reply on Re: Negotiating a $1/year City lease
Tuesday, Jun 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Said: We’re in the middle of lease negotiations at present - have proposed $1/year. I’d be happy to have a phone call and share our work with you. Rachel@GrandHavenChildrensMuseum.org
Audrey Mendel posted a new Topic
Tuesday, Jun 23, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Negotiating a $1/year City lease
Hi from MOSAIC Children's Museum in Woodland, CA!
At the ACM conference, I was interested to hear that several children's museums have negotiated $1/year lease agreements with their cities. We're currently exploring options to expand our tiny-but-mighty museum (2,400 sq. ft.), but commercial rents in our area are quite high.
We'd love to learn more about how other museums approached these conversations with their municipalities, what arguments, community impact data, ...
Brian Krosnick posted a reply on Re: Seeking IA '27 Co-Presenters: Curious Inter...
Monday, Jun 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Said: Our museum is not large enough to house traditional traveling exhibits (our "flex space" is about 600 square feet, and houses semi-permanent 3-5 year installations), so we have instead created seasonal "wraps" internally – Superhero Sum...
Tami Syverson posted a new Topic
Monday, Jun 22, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Museum waivers and injuries
Hello from beautiful Eau Claire,Wisconsin!
I'm curious as to your policy regarding injuries. Do you have folks sign a waiver or have anything posted on your website to relieve the museum from legal/financial responsibility should a child injure themself while playing. If you offer summer camp, do you do anything different for your campers than you do for members or folks just coming in for the day? Anything you are will to share would be fantastic! Thank you!
I'm curious as to your policy regarding injuries. Do you have folks sign a waiver or have anything posted on your website to relieve the museum from legal/financial responsibility should a child injure themself while playing. If you offer summer camp, do you do anything different for your campers than you do for members or folks just coming in for the day? Anything you are will to share would be fantastic! Thank you!
Anna Magnusson posted a reply on Re: Birthday Party Packages:
Monday, Jun 22, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Said: Hello!Here is our website that has detailed information, but I've also responded per category to your inquiries. https://earlyworks.com/explore/birthday-parties/...
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