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Join MSA and AmericasMart for The Museum Collective

July 10-14, 2019, at The Atlanta International Gift and Home Furnishings Market

Save the Date! Museum Store Sunday – December 1, 2019

Visit the Museum Store Sunday website for details as they become available.

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MSA’s New Strategic Plan: A Focused Set of Goals for 2016-2019
As a follow up to our management announcement, the Board of Directors is very pleased to launch MSA’s 2016-2019 Strategic Plan — a focused set of goals surrounding Young Professionals, Education, Advocacy, and Conference/Expo, that were developed to revitalize and refocus the Museum Store Association

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Recognizing Excellence at MSA FORWARD

April 15, 2019/0 Comments/in All /by Patrick Goar

April 15, 2019 By MSA Staff From March 28 to April 1, over 600 MSA members — museum store professionals and vendors alike — had the opportunity to come together to learn, buy, sell, network and explore at MSA FORWARD 2019: Create, Innovate, Educate!, the 64th annual Retail Conference & Expo, in San Diego, California. Thanks […]

Neighborhood Watch in San Diego

March 18, 2019/0 Comments/in All /by Patrick Goar

March 18, 2019 By Chacho Herman With MSA FORWARD being in San Diego this year, MSA gave me the unenviable task of doing a write-up about the wonders and delights of the city (thanks, David Duddy). I say unenviable because there is so much! Starting south in Tijuana (Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT), Tacos El Franc and […]

Sparking Joy: Product Development in the Age of Decluttering

March 5, 2019/0 Comments/in All /by Patrick Goar

March 5, 2019 By Julie Steiner The world is awash in the trend of downsizing, decluttering and deaccessioning. Marie Kondo’s bestselling books and hit Netflix series are bringing renewed focus to minimalism, organization and eliminating anything from your home that isn’t immediately useful or that doesn’t create a frisson of joy in your life. News reports […]

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