How To Run A Museum (And Teach Others To As Well)
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The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) website has a guide for running museums written by the International Council of Museums (ICOM). The guide, Running A Museum: A Practical Handbook is available in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish as a basic primer for running any type of museum or historical site. It addresses all the basic concerns of museums including acquisition, storage, documentation, restoration, ethical questions, education, visitor management, employee ...
Looking For Some Nonprofit Compensation Resources?
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Figuring out your value as an arts manager is difficult in a field where budgets vary almost as much as the process boards use to determine compensation policies. Fortunately, it doesn’t need to be such a dark and scary place. To that end, here are some resources you can use to help shed some light on this topic. IRS Form 990 For executive level openings, you can gather a considerable amount of information by examining ...
UPDATE: Get Ready for New Wage Rules
In October, 2015, I wrote an ArtsHacker article about new proposed overtime limits and wage rules. In May, 2016, the Department of Labor released the finalized rules which will go into effect on December 1, 2016. Since these new rules have the potential to affect millions of employees, particularly those who work in arts nonprofits, it’s important to take a look at them. As the regulations stand right now, workers must earn $23,660 per year or more ...
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