A diagram of the overall museum planning process from start to finish. The diagram shows the process of starting a museum from the initial concept to museum opening day as a process diagram.
Includes free downloadable PDF.
Museum Community and Institutional Values
In the past, we could estimate costs on a low-cost basis and then build museum business models to have operational costs and unearned income create a museum business plan.
The equations are no longer so simple. As an example, basing costs on non-union labor and minimum wage without benefits could be rejected by communities as not aligning with their personal values.
Starting a Museum and Funding a Museum Resources
About once a week I receive two types of emails; “I am interested in opening a museum” and “Do you have any suggestions for museum funding?”.
Below are the resources that I usually share with the senders of the emails.
Starting a Museum Resources
Free online resources for starting a museum, including information on museum fundraising, museum operations, museum feasibility studies, and museum strategic planning.
Museum Business Planning
Museum Business Planning is the process of setting a museum’s future objectives and strategies for achieving those objectives.
Lean Museum Start-up
An experiment in Lean Museum Start-up, maybe museums can “start up” using the Lean Start-Up methodology.
Starting a Museum
Starting a museum is a lengthy and complex project. As with any complex undertaking, it is best to try to break the overall project into discrete parts. The founding of a museum can be broken into ten steps.
“Start-Up Success Isn’t Enough to Found a Museum”
David Wallis article in the New York Times, “Start-Up Success Isn’t Enough to Found a Museum”, Museum Start-up
Museum Branding in 10 Steps
A list of “how to build a museum brand in 10 steps” or ”Museum Branding in 10 steps” :
Building a Museum Brand
Brand is the glue that holds together a successful museum, it gives visitors a comfort level and engages audience.