Museum shop
A museum shop or museum store is a
picture postcards, books related to the museum's collections, and various kinds of souvenirs. Art museums often include clothing and decorative objects inspired by or copying artwork.[1] Museum shops are often placed near the entrance or the exit.[2] Temporary special exhibitions often have their own gift shops. Museum shops are often important sources of revenue for museums as public funding diminishes,[3] and museum professionals often consider them as important elements of visitor education.[2][4]
The New York
Second World War.[6] At first, they were often small and not professionally managed.[2] They became important revenue generators in the 1980s.[6]
Museum shops have become an important element of visitors' perceptions of museums.[7] Indeed, some studies show that visitors spend more time at the shop, the café, and so on, than with the exhibits.[3]
Some writers on museums take an anti-commercialization position and criticize shops as undermining the cultural value of the museum.[2]
References
- ISBN 1550225839, p. 201
- ^ a b c d Tanja Komarac, Durdana Ozretic-Dosen, Vatroslav Skare, "The Role of the Museum Shop: Eliciting the Opinions of Museum Professionals", International Journal of Arts Management 21:3:28–41 (Spring 2019), pp. 30–31
- ^ , p. 4
- ISBN 0929590074, chapter 6
- ISBN 978-0-08-046475-6.
- ^
- , p. 486
Bibliography
- Theobald, Mary Miley (2000). Museum Store Management. ISBN 074250431X.
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