Your Museum Fundraisers Should Be Donor-Led. Here’s Why.
We sat down with Jonathan Hicken of the MAH to learn the secret ingredient to their ultra-successful fundraising events. Keep reading to find out more!
read nowEver wonder about dinosaur romance? Or who the baddest b*tch in history was? Or the origin of black cat folk lore? Museum Hack knows what's up, and we share it here with reverant irreverance. Plus š„ tips like how to have a successful museum date and frameworks to tell stories like our renegade guides.
We sat down with Jonathan Hicken of the MAH to learn the secret ingredient to their ultra-successful fundraising events. Keep reading to find out more!
read nowInstagram is the perfect platform for museums to connect with their audiences: past, present, and future. If you’re not on Instagram yet, why?
read nowIf you’re into historically accurate medieval BDSM, we’ve got bad news for you.
read nowWe believe that theĀ Metropolitan Museum of Art is the BEST museum in the entire world. And definitely the very best in NYC. But how many museums are there in the city? NY.com saysĀ there are 83 museums in total among the 5 boroughs. 100 museums in New York City, according toĀ this website. 32 museums in Manhattan, […]
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read nowIn 2019, it’s time to make team morale a priority! We look at three ways to boost your team’s happiness in 2019.
read nowThis year — because we think museums are absolutely f***ing awesome — we created this list to encourage you to include a trip to the museum in your holiday plans.
read nowFor all of you in the DC area looking to fill up this last week with as many holiday activities and as much cheer as you possibly can this list is for you!
read nowChristmas in New York City is legen (wait for it) DARY! LEGENDARY! With countless holiday activities to choose from, weāve created a short list of the best of the best (in our humble opinion).
read nowLooking for some awesome holiday activities to get you into the spirit of the season in Boston? Good news! You’re in the right place!
read nowCheck out our favorite museum holiday events and exhibits coming up in 2018 at museums and institutions all around the world.
read nowLooking for great places to eat near the Museum of Fine Arts Boston? This list has you covered with options from coffee to fine dining.
read nowHungry near the High Museum? Take a look at some of our favorite options of where to eat near the High Museum.
read nowArguably America’s most beloved tale of humans eating each other.
read nowIn the summer of 1212 CE, 20,000 kids had the shittiest summer vacation in human history.
read nowA New England ghost story from the wrong side of the tracks.
read nowHungry after your museum tour? Here are our suggestions for where to eat near the National Portrait Gallery.
read nowOccultist, blaspheming wizardry is in the eye of the beholder.
read nowWhat do you do when you’re king of China? Build a lake of wine and a forest of meat.
read nowWe worked with the Historic Charleston Foundation to create an audio tour for the city. Here’s how it went.
read nowSometimes if you want to meet someone, you gotta get sent to a wartime labor camp.
read nowYou know what they say about the Neapolitan syphilitic zombie outbreak of 1495: if you remember it, you weren’t there.
read nowIn 1784, the Dutch and the Holy Roman Empire clashed over control of the Scheldt River. There were many survivors.
read nowIn 1910, Henry H. Goddard coined the term “moron” because he needed a word for my ancestors. Ouch, buddy.
read nowReady to feel old? At 19, Gavrilo Princip had already assassinated an archduke and kicked off World War I.
read nowSometimes the best ancient epic poems raise more questions than answers.
read nowThree popes: that’s the dream, right? Well, they tried it in 1409. Turns out that’s too many popes.
read nowWashington Crossing the Delaware is an incredibly famous painting. It’s also incredibly wrong.
read nowThe most interesting man in the world isn’t the Dos Equis dude. It’s a badass adventurer named Carl Akeley.
read nowIn the 860s, the viking chieftain Hastein pulled the ultimate tourist move: he sacked the wrong Mediterranean city.
read nowMost Americans know three things about John Hancock: he was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence, he signed his name really big on said declaration, and his signature is now so famous that we call signatures āJohn Hancocksā in American English. Itās three more things than Iām famous for, but I canāt help […]
read nowHumans started digging up dinosaur bones on purpose in 1822; 150 years later, we asked “where are the little one?” What was the hold up?
read nowWhen we talk about the Founding Fathers, we often think about them as individuals. But without them working together as a team, the American Revolution would never have succeeded.
read nowThe real hackstory of Hercules isn’t quite so family-friendly.
read nowHow a beef between King Harold of England and William the Bastard changed the English language forever (and gave us the word “beef”).
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