Small Museum Advantage is an ongoing professional development series created specifically for the realities of small museums. Each volume explores one challenge facing museum professionals (from accessibility and volunteer management to leadership, collections, and organizational resilience) and follows that topic from identifying the problem to developing practical, real-world solutions.
Rather than offering a single presentation, each volume builds on the last through five connected learning experiences, allowing participants to engage in the format that works best for them or follow the complete series.
Every Small Museum Advantage volume includes:
🎙️ Podcast – Side A: The Challenge
A short, story-driven episode that explores a common issue facing small museums, asking the difficult questions and examining why the problem exists.
📰 LinkedIn Newsletter
A deeper dive into the topic with research, examples, practical ideas, and resources that museum professionals can immediately apply. Also a complimentary downloadable toolkit.
🎙️ Podcast – Side B: The Change
The companion episode that shares practical strategies, real-world examples, and creative solutions developed by museums working with limited time, staff, and budgets.
💬 Small Museum Advantage Roundtable
A live, topic-specific discussion where museum professionals collaborate, exchange experiences, ask questions, and workshop ideas together in a small-group setting.
🎓 Practical Webinar
A hands-on training session that expands on the topic with actionable tools, demonstrations, and techniques participants can implement in their own museums.
Whether you prefer listening during your commute, reading at your own pace, collaborating with colleagues, or participating in interactive training, Small Museum Advantage provides multiple ways to learn, connect, and build practical skills.
From Challenges to Change, one topic at a time.
Volume 1: Accessibility
🎙️ The ADA Compliant Problem, Episode 1 – Side A (6/30/2026)
📰 “If I Can’t Find Your Accessibility Information, I’m Not Coming” & Toolkit (7/7/2026)
🎙️ A True Invitation, Episode 1 – Side B (7/14/2026)
💬 Small Museum Advantage Roundtable (7/21/2026)
🎓 Transparency is Accessibility: For Museum Websites – Webinar (8/8/2026)
Volume 2: Volunteerism
🎙️ TBA, Episode 2 – Side A (7/28/2026)
📰 The Volunteer Problem Isn’t What You Think It Is & Toolkit (8/4/2026)
🎙️ TBA, Episode 2 – Side B (8/11/2026)
💬 Small Museum Advantage Roundtable (8/18/2026)
🎓 Changing Volunteer Expectations – Webinar (8/29/2026)
Volume 3: Leadership
🎙️ TBA, Episode 3 – Side A (8/25/30/2026)
📰 We Are Rebels With A Cause & Toolkit (9/1/2026)
🎙️ TBA, Episode 3 – Side B (9/8/2026)
💬 Small Museum Advantage Roundtable (9/15/2026)
🎓 Rebel Strategies for Small Museums – Webinar (9/26/2026)
Volume 4: Management
🎙️ TBA, Episode 4 – Side A (9/29/2026)
📰 Solo, Not Superhuman & Toolkit (10/6/2026)
🎙️ TBA, Episode 4 – Side B (10/13/2026)
💬 Small Museum Advantage Roundtable (10/20/2026)
🎓 It’s Just Me: Emergency Management – Webinar (10/31/2026)
Volume 5: Exhibition
🎙️ TBA, Episode 5 – Side A (10/27/2026)
📰 Embracing Imperfect Solutions & Toolkit (11/3/2026)
🎙️ TBA, Episode 5 – Side B (11/10/2026)
💬 Small Museum Advantage Roundtable (11/17/2026)
🎓 Hardware Store to Exhibit Floor – Webinar (12/5/2026)
Volume 6: Moral
🎙️ TBA, Episode 6 – Side A (11/24/2026)
📰 Your Museum Isn’t Broken & Toolkit (12/1/2026)
🎙️ TBA, Episode 6 – Side B (12/8/2026)
💬 Small Museum Wins: Share Your Success – Free Webinar (12/15/2026)
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