Shawne Sheldon

Retail Manager Shawne SheldonWashington Park ZooMichigan City, Indiana Q: What's the most unusual question a customer has ever asked? We are not strangers to unusual questions. One that comes to mind is if we could... more »

Laura Firestone

Manager/Buyer Laura FirestoneAkron Art MuseumAkron, Ohio Q: What is your retail background?  I’ve been the Shop Manager/Buyer at the Akron Art Museum Shop since 2007. Q: What was the draw of working in a museum... more »

Industry Profile: Best of…

What is the best retail advice you've ever received or could offer? Sallie Stutz, Brooklyn Museum in New York City Look to develop beneficial partnerships in every way. For example, working with the American Fine... more »

From the Ground Up

As one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States, San Antonio needed a bigger and better children's museum to keep up with its burgeoning population. Enter the DoSeum, a two-story, state-of-the-art center geared toward... more »

Manager’s Corner: Justina Doyle, International Museum of Surgical Science

Justina Doyle is the backbone of a museum store all about backbones, not to mention every other kind of bone, organ, muscle, tendon and artery. Doyle is the Manager of Education and Events at the... more »