Museum Practice

MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION

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Raising income (Museum Practice, 2006)
Museum Practice looks at how museums can raise income through cafes and venue hire

Appointing the right caterer (Museum Practice seminars 2011)
Powerpoint presentation from Brooklands Museum originally presented as part of the Museum Practice seminar programme at the Museums Association’s Conference & Exhibition in Brighton on the 3-4 October 2011

The insider (Museums Journal, April 2009)
Museum cafes: the last place where you would want to have your cake or eat it

Talkback (Museums Journal, June 2007)
Should museums with family audiences ban fast food?

Cafe Society (Museums Journal, January 2006)
Can museum cafes become the democratic debating chambers of the 21st century? By Dea Birkett

USEFUL WEBSITES AND RESOURCES

The Association for Cultural Enterprises (ACE)
ACE promotes commercial best practice in the cultural, heritage and visitor attraction sector

Successful museum cafes (pdf)
Free focus paper from the Association of Independent Museums

Great Cafes blog
A photographic blog written by catering consultant Chris Brown, director of Turpin Smale Foodservice Consultancy, on great cafes across the country

Your Museum Cafe
Kids in Museums has worked with families, museums and galleries to produce guidelines for family friendly museum cafés that meet everyone’s needs

CATERING CONSULTANTS FROM THIS ISSUE

Ackery Consultants

Kendrick Hobbs Catering Consultants

Montfort Consultants

Boyd-Thorpe Associates

Turpin Smale

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