Creating Bonds: Successful Marketing in Museums

£25.95

International marketing professionals working in and with museums share their latest insights and experiences of attracting and involving a wide range of constituencies in this stimulating book. Whether you’re working with a world-class museum brand, or just beginning to think through what marketing means to your organisation, you’ll be stimulated, excited and enthused by the imaginative, original – and very often inexpensive – ideas packed into this book.


This series of practical, insightful essays covers the following key issues:
  • Establishing, developing and managing the museum’s brand
  • Case studies of successful marketing initiatives large and small
  • How best to communicate with specific market sectors
  • The role of Human Resources in brand development
  • Establishing a new attraction in a crowded market
  • Marketing in a brand-hostile environment
  • Analysing your audiences
Contributors include:
  • Bruno Bahunek, Museum of Contemporary Art | Zagreb
  • Danielle Chidlow, National Gallery | London
  • Rachel Collins, Wellcome Collection | London
  • Alex Gates, North Berrien Historical Museum | Michigan
  • Kate Knowles, Dulwich Picture Gallery | London
  • Gina Koutsika, Tate | London
  • Adam Lumb, University of Sheffield
  • Bonnie Briggs, B.OnBrand | Kentucky
  • Amy Nelson, University of Kentucky Art Museum
  • Margot Wallace, Columbia College Chicago
  • Sian Walters, National Museum Wales | Cardiff
  • Jennifer Wong, Science Museum Dana Centre | London
Contents include:
  • The Role of HR in Creating a Successful Brand
  • The Rebirth of a Small Museum
  • Developing an Art Museum Brand Strategy
  • Branding in a Brand-Hostile Environment
  • Managing the National Gallery Brand
  • Courting Generation Next
  • Audience-Centred Services
  • Developing Dialogue
  • Marketing a Small, Underfunded Gallery
  • Ethnographic Research: A Fresh Eye on Marketing
  • Defining a New Venue in a Crowded Market
  • Branding and Organisational Behaviour
Publication details
Title: Creating Bonds: Successful Marketing in Museums
ISBN: 978-0-9561943-2-9
Binding: Paperback
Published by: MuseumsEtc
Pages: 228
Price: £25.95

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