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Arts & Culture · Yesterday · 33 min

US Museums

US politics is never far from the headlines, and with the cultural sector facing its own challenges around funding and financial sustainability, we thought it would be a good time to hear directly from our American colleagues. How do museums in the US fund themselves? How do they generate commercial income? And how similar, or different, is their approach to the UK cultural sector. Joining us on our expert panel are... - James Haddan, Senior Director of Development & External Communications, Museum of Us - Chacho Herman, Director of Earned Income, San Diego Museum of Fine Arts - Julie Steiner, Senior Director of Admissions & Retail Operations, Barnes Foundation and Calder Gardens The podcast for the Cultural Sector. The Arts & Culture podcast delivers best-in-class thought leadership, with industry heavy hitters and crucial sector-defining topics, going behind the scenes at the UK's museums, galleries and heritage sites. Host Tom Dawson is COO for the Association for Cultural Enterprises. https://culturalenterprises.org.uk/

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US politics is never far from the headlines, and with the cultural sector facing its own challenges around funding and financial sustainability, we thought it would be a good time to hear directly from our American colleagues.

How do museums in the US fund themselves? How do they generate commercial income? And how similar, or different, is their approach to the UK cultural sector.

Joining us on our expert panel are...

- James Haddan, Senior Director of Development & External Communications, Museum of Us

- Chacho Herman, Director of Earned Income, San Diego Museum of Fine Arts

- Julie Steiner, Senior Director of Admissions & Retail Operations, Barnes Foundation and Calder Gardens

 

The podcast for the Cultural Sector.

The Arts & Culture podcast delivers best-in-class thought leadership, with industry heavy hitters and crucial sector-defining topics, going behind the scenes at the UK's museums, galleries and heritage sites.

Host Tom Dawson is COO for the Association for Cultural Enterprises.

https://culturalenterprises.org.uk/

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