MuseumTastic

For the past three years, MuseumTastic has supported museums and nonprofits nationwide with small project support. I started MuseumTastic based on my own experiences as a museum pro. Sometimes I just needed a boost to a project, a quick copywriter, or a fresh set of eyes. It was impossible to find someone who just wanted 5-10 hour jobs at an affordable rate.

From disaster plans to Google Analytics to collections support, I had many wonderful opportunities to engage with colleagues and friends on amazing projects. I’m so appreciative of the clients who took advantage of my services. You allowed me to stay connected to museums, history, and the many things I loved while working in a corporate marketing role.

I also want to thank my MuseumTastic partners – Sarah Garriepy, Alyssa Conary, David Moffat, Jen Ratliff, and Cameron Bishop. Each of you provided amazing support and expertise to MuseumTastic’s projects and I’m so grateful that we were able to work together.

MuseumTastic’s last day of providing services will be on October 31, 2024.

In the coming weeks I will be transitioning to a new role as the Director of Marketing for the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism. In the past three years, with my corporate job at Copyright ClearanceCenter, I have been able to develop my marketing skills and am so excited to have found a role that combines so many things that I love – marketing, project management, website redesign, branding, storytelling, history, museums, recreation, skiing, fairs, and cider donuts. There is a very dynamic team leading the charge at MOTT and I’m just happy to be a part of it! I’ll also be playing a role in the MA250 initiative and cannot wait to connect with my museum and history colleagues.

I’m always here if my museum friends need to run some crazy ideas by me or to vent about museum and nonprofit life. Feel free to contact me at [email protected].

Again, my thanks to all of you for following MuseumTastic and supporting my small business in numerous ways over the last three years.

Outside of folks who work in tourism, our guess is that museum pros are next in line for the 'busman's holiday' phenomena. Do you check exhibit mounts? Look at word count on labels? Test out the kids' tour? Observe interpretive practices? Scope out the museum shop or cafe operations?

Read a little more in our lighthearted blog and let us know if you are guilty as well: https://loom.ly/r-NtMb4

With hurricanes on our mind, we really loved this recent episode 99%. It takes you through the history of these often catastropic storms in the Atlantic, the economics of the storms, and the modern technology that helps with planning, preparation, and response.

Listen now: https://loom.ly/FsOfA4s

Category 6 - 99% Invisible On the campus of Florida International University, in Miami, there’s a place ominously named “The Extreme Events Institute.” They map the risk of storm surge for the whole Caribbean, and study how the public perceives the threats from natural disasters. They’re also home to the International...