Industry Partner Directory

Welcome to MAAM's Industry Partner Showcase! Companies and firms listed here supported the 2022 MAAM Annual Meeting. Browse through the listings to see if their services might be a good fit for you or your museum!
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Contact: Aria Camaione-Lind
Home Rochester NY 14920 Work Phone: 585-461-0752 Work Phone: 585-319-6007 Website: Website Website: Project List Website: Apple Podcast–Amplify Good Website: Spotify– Amplify Good Website: Sticher–Amplify Good Website: Amazon Music–Amplify Good Website: Subscribe on an Android phone:

Biographical Info

Aria Strategies provides mission-driven solutions for nonprofits. We help organizations build capacity through six areas of practice: board development and governance, community engagement, fundraising and development, governmental compliance, organizational development, and systems design and sustainability. Our primary purpose is to amplify unheard voices. We support your organization to live its mission!

Amplify Good Podcast: Amplify Good is a podcast that explores the good things people are doing to improve our communities. Listen in as we talk to super cool people from all walks of life to learn how they do good each day, how they affect change and stand up for what’s right. We explore how they fold their values into their work and create goodness outside of work hours, and how they balance the urgency of good work against being present for their own lives. Join Aria Camaione-Lind and her team each month as they talk with the people doing good in their communities!

Amplify Good Blog: Our blog is a way to connect with our current and prospective clients, as well as not-for-profit professionals in general. This space gives us the means to connect with our wider community, engage in conversation, spotlight some of our stellar clients, pass along knowledge we’ve picked up along the way and let you know a little bit more about us. We also feature blog “takeovers” from BIPOC guest writers who participate in Freedom and Liberation work. https://ariastrategiesllc.com/amplify-good

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Contact: Beth Van Why
Work 1500 Walnut Street Suite 1910 Philadelphia PA 19102 Home Phone: (215) 772-1400

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Becker & Frondorf provides two professional consulting services: Owner’s Representation and Independent Cost Estimating. We specialize in Museum Project Management, understanding visitor experience, the complexities of exhibit design and fabrication, and the intricacies of installing priceless artifacts.

Categories: Facilities/Operations, Planning
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Work 169 Hudson Street New York NY 10013 Work Phone: (212) 431-0897 Website: https://www.collectorsystems.com/index.htm Website: https://www.collectorsystems.com/museum.html

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Stay efficient and organized with a powerful cloud-based collection management software (CMS). Use Collector Systems to access, manage, and track all your museum tasks and events in an intuitive and flexible program. CS offers powerful tools for searching, reporting, and scheduling the activities to your day-to-day workflow. Manage your conservation work, condition reporting, exhibitions, loans, entry and exit, and location tracking. With an ever-growing feature set, our iOS and Android apps let the user view and edit information anytime and anywhere. The release of an all-new WordPress theme and plugin lets our users easily publish their collections, opening them up for the world to discover.
Categories: Collections Management Software
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Contact: Carol Duke
Work 701 8th Street NW Suite 700 Washington DC 20001 Work Phone: (202) 407-8788 Website: Website

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From new ideas in planning, operations, and design to infrastructure upgrades, DLR Group is improving the visitor experience for generations of museum goers.

Categories: Architecture, Fabrication, Facilities/Operations
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Contact: Olivia Demarinis
Home 500 Totton Pond Rd Waltham MA 02451 Home Phone: (920) 421-1662 Website: Home Page

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Evolv Technology is the leader in weapons detection security screening. Its mission is to enable better security for venues and create a safer world to live, work, learn, and play. It has screened more than 350 million people, and its technology combines advanced sensors with artificial intelligence to detect threats 10x faster than traditional metal detectors.

Categories: Facilities/Operations
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Work 4506 Hollins Ferry Road Baltimore MD 21227 Home Phone: 800-553-3405 Website: Water Mist and Hybrid Water Mist Fire Suppression Systems Website: How we serve Museums and Cultural Facilities

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Fireline is an expert in fire alarm and suppression for museums and cultural facilities. We offer solutions intended to minimize impact to facilities and artifacts in the event of fire. Many of America’s most treasured cultural facilities trust Fireline for fire detection and suppression.

Museums and cultural facilities provide unique fire protection challenges. Many of these facilities were constructed during the 18th and 19th centuries and they are especially vulnerable to fire. Facilities constructed during the 18th and 19th centuries, they are especially vulnerable to fire. Because they are historically significant, fire is a constant concern. Maintaining authentic period architecture while installing modern fire protection features is a major challenge. Fire protection systems in historical facilities must be as unobtrusive as possible. Simply put, sprinkler heads and smoke detectors must not detract from the original architecture and design while at the same time quickly detecting and suppressing a fire.

Fireline has worked with many notable historical facilities to upgrade their fire protection systems. We have installed water mist fire suppression systems interfaced with fire alarm and VESDA (Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus) early warning smoke detection. Water mist suppression systems use 70%-90% less water than traditional sprinkler systems and are more effective extinguishing fires. Using significantly less water protects the facility and artifacts from damage or destruction not caused by fire.

VESDA systems provide smoke detection far more quickly than standard spot smoke detection and the detection ports are extremely difficult to see from ground level. This enables curators to maintain authentic period architecture while allowing cutting edge technology to detect smoke almost before it can be seen.

Fireline Corporation is the leader in fire protection for museums and cultural facilities.

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Work 494 8th Avenue 11th Floor New York NY 10001 Work Phone: (301) 467-1154 Website: Projects

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With a focus on both physical and digital spaces, we integrate experience design and media with the physical environment to produce immersive storytelling experiences that engage, entertain and create measurable impact. We provide informed strategic services with a touch of disruptive creative execution. Our work delivers a harmony between technology, narrative, and physical design. We are the multidisciplinary firm equipped to bring your project from idea to reality.

Categories: Design, Graphic Design, Planning
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Contact: Kathy Hughes
Work 211 W Chestnut St West Chester PA 19380 Work Phone: (610) 430-0305 Website: Homepage

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Our work is based on a strong commitment to collaboration and successful outcomes with uncompromised creativity.

Any good communications design firm will deliver creative solutions.
That’s not enough…

Gecko Group believes in the power of a good conversation. We start the dialog by asking questions of our clients. Then, of course, we listen. Not just to the words they say. We want to be sure we hear where they’re coming from. What are the real issues hidden just below the surface? What are the intangibles unspoken, but inferred? These are the insights that help us help our clients communicate clearly and in the right voice. Yes, we’re designers, but we’re communicators first. We should talk.

Categories: Graphic Design
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Contact: Lindsey Smith
Work Cherry Hill NJ 08003 Work Phone: (630) 220-0730 Website: http://www.hangerbee.com Website: Hangerbee at Gaylord Archival

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Hangerbee produces museum-quality padded clothing hangers and preservation supplies that are sought by museums, textile conservators, and boutiques around the world. Our products have been recommended by Vogue.com and are available at Gaylord Archival and overseas at Museumstjenesten. We’ve been making clothing preservation easy since 2014. Learn more at Hangerbee.com.

 

Categories: Facilities/Operations
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Work 1232 Chancellor St Philadelphia PA 19107 Work 414 Fayetteville St Raleigh NC 27601 Work Phone: 215-958-0400 Work Phone: 919-335-4601 (NC Office) Website: Home Page Website: View our Cultural & Museums Services and Clients

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We are in the business of transformation. Together with our clients and partners, we envision spaces where people are freed to work more productively, make discoveries, and live healthier and more joyful lives.

We love what we do. And we work not just for the love of architecture and design, but to satisfy our calling to improve the quality of life in our communities, both today and in the sustainable future. Our process is collaborative by design.

We value and develop long-term partnerships with clients across a broad range of industries and institutions. By leveraging the design intelligence of the group, and making connections across industries and disciplines, we see farther than any of us could alone. That’s how innovation happens.

We have a culture that values responsiveness, hard work, creative problem solving and design excellence, and a respect for the environment we inhabit. We are able and responsible designers and partners, creating environments that we need and use, supporting the life of our community.

Categories: Architecture, Facilities/Operations
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Contact: Olivia L Jacobson-McKelvie
Work 2031 Clipper Park Road Suite 105 Baltimore MD 21211 USA Work Phone: (443) 812-3747 Website: https://mca.design/cultural/

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Marshall Craft Associates, Inc. provides full-service architectural planning, design and facilities management assistance services.

A dynamic architecture firm with a hard-earned reputation for reliably. We provide high-quality, technically advanced, solutions-based design—in all of our areas of expertise. Our teams work with remarkable clients who are leaders in their fields: Cultural + Civic, Historic + Adaptive Reuse, and Private Enterprise, k-12 and Higher Education, Healthcare, Federal Government, Science + Research.

Categories: Architecture
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Work 1684 Victoria St Baldwin NY 11510 Work Phone: (516) 238-2797 Website: Home Page Website: Free Exhibit Resources Website: Blog-ExhibiTricks Website: Museum Exhibit Gallery & Portfolio of Work Website: POW! YouTube (Museum FAQ videos)

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Paul Orselli Workshop (POW!) specializes in museum exhibit design and development. We create experiences that are engaging, educational, and fun! From our headquarters on Long Island, New York we serve our clients throughout the world.

We know how to turn your great ideas into even better exhibits!

Contact us today so we can start working together on your next project!

Categories: Exhibitions, Planning, Strategy
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Purple Cow Career and Talent Development provides career coaching and talent development for clients from a range of fields, including museums, arts and culture, education, non-profit, federal service, and the corporate sector. Coaching clients are mid-career professionals making a career transition or rebounding from a job loss, senior-level colleagues looking to advance to the executive level or manage career transition, or emerging professionals looking to get a start in their careers. For organizations, Purple Cow offers guidance on culture alignment, projects, team dynamics, and strategic initiatives to help your people and your organization shine.

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Business Development Contact: Mark Sargeant
Work 800 S. Fifth Street Louisville KY 40203 Work Phone: (502) 562-0060 Website: Projects

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Our strength is our people.

Solid Light was founded on the premise that people share a passion for great stories. Never willing to settle for ordinary, we reach deep into our imaginations and diverse backgrounds to create compelling destinations that transform understanding and generate lasting impact.

For more than 20 years, our in-house team of design, fabrication, film and digital experts have transformed audiences’ understanding and passion for museums, branded environments, educational institutions, and public spaces by telling those stories in unforgettable, engaging ways.

Categories: Exhibitions, Graphic Design, Planning
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Work PO Box 4 Otsego Cooperstown NY 13326 USA Work Phone: 607-547-2586 Website: http://cgpmuseumstudies.org/

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The Cooperstown Graduate Program is proud to be like no other. We train creative, entrepreneurial museum leaders committed to generating programs and services for the public good. Our students learn by doing tangible, useful work on real-world projects. They dedicate themselves to developing institutions that play a central role in their communities, encouraging broad public audiences to use artifacts and the study of science, art, and history as a catalyst for social change.

Students choose to focus on one of two tracks during their time at CGP: Science Museum Studies and History Museum Studies. Both tracks have a generalist curriculum, so students explore many aspects of museum work.

Our students benefit from small class sizes and a high faculty to student ratio. This allows students to get to know and work closely with professors, who are leaders and innovators in the field. Although CGP itself is a small program, as an academic division of SUNY College at Oneonta students also have access to the resources of a much larger state university.

We love to connect with prospective students, professionals in the field, alumni, or anyone interested in museum studies! Follow us on Twitter and check out our Facebook page.

Categories: Museum Studies Programs
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Cultural, Museums, Zoos, & Aquariums Contact: Julia Joseph
Work 300 East Joppa Road Baltimore MD 21286 Work Phone: (410) 688-9141 Website: Museum Projects and Portfolio

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Whiting-Turner has managed construction in the cultural industry for decades. We have completed projects across the nation for museums, zoos, and aquariums, religious facilities, performing arts, libraries, and community centers. We understand the complexities of working on these sensitive projects and bring the specific expertise to build high-quality, engaging establishments that enhance each guest’s experience.

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PO Box 4 Cooperstown, NY 13326

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