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The cafe as a visitor experience

Paul Smith of Montfort Catering highlights some innovative approaches to refreshing your catering offer. “Less and less people are going out just for a drink and there are…

Transform your visitor experience with Bloomberg Connects

The leading edge (and free) museum app For more than two decades, Bloomberg Philanthropies has been helping museums build digital tools to share their collections and exhibitions â…

Promoting localism

Colin Mulberg highlights how to make the most of connections to your local area to help tackle many of the issues facing museums. Museum and heritage venues face numerous ch…

Top tips to increase revenue for your museum

AIM Associate Suppliers Vennersys are experts when it comes to integrated ticketing and point-of-sale solutions for your heritage venue. Their top tips on increasing revenue will also help reduce q…

Unlocking the power of conversion rate tracking

Associate Supplier Convious explains the benefits of tracking conversion rates and consumer behaviour. In today’s digital age, success heavi…

Fantastic for Families Awards 2023 are now open!

Family Arts Campaign’s annual awards are now open for applications. The Fantastic for Families Awards celebrate the wealth of outstanding creative provision for families of all ages across the UK…

Discover the UK’s best museums to visit with kids this summer

AIM members are amongst the 15 museums in the running to be named the UK’s Best Family Friendly Museum. Kids in Museums has revealed the shortlist of its Family Friendly M…

The Ambience Playbook – new free resource now available

Your shop is your event space – an activation of your brand experience. Stephen Spencer + Associates are an experiential retail consultancy who work with small independent museums with great …

Can real-time pricing help counter the cost of living crisis?

Associate Supplier Convious explains how real-time pricing can help museums remain competitive and provide visitors with an accessible world-class cultural experience in these challenging t…

Be part of Silver Sunday 2023

Silver Sunday is a day dedicated to older people. Fun and free activities are held across the UK where older people can make new friends, visit new places, try new activities and connect with other…

Pleasure, Connection, Purpose: How museums can leverage emotions to build greater public support

A new report shares novel research on how museums can leverage the power of emotions to build greater public support.  The report, funded by AIM and Art Fund and a…

Setting up an Escape Room

AIM spoke to Ameeta Lodhia, Business Development Manager, Museum of the Order of St John to uncover how the team set up an Escape Room, opening up new markets in their Clerkenwell neighbour…

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