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, letting participants engage in the format that works best for them or follow the full 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 Webinar
A live, topic-specific hands-on training session that expands on the topic with actionable tools, demonstrations, and techniques participants can implement in their own museums. We work together in a virtual setting.
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
📰 “If I Can’t Find Your Accessibility Information, I’m Not Coming”
🎓 Website Transparency Toolkit
🎙️ A True Invitation, Episode 1 – Side B
💬 Transparency is Accessibility: For Museum Websites – Webinar
Volume 2: Volunteerism
🎙️ Where Did All the Volunteers Go? – Episode 2, Side A
📰 The Volunteer Problem May Not Be What You Think It Is
🎓 Volunteer Self-Evaluation Toolkit
🎙️ The New Volunteer Playbook, Episode 2 – Side B
💬 Shifting Volunteer Expectations – Webinar
Volume 3: Leadership
🎙️ The Cost of Playing It – Safe, Episode 3, Side A
📰 Why Museums Need Rebels with a Cause
🎓 Rebel Strategies for Small Museums Toolkit
🎓 Draft Your Resilience Roadmap Toolkit
🎙️ Small Enough to Try – Episode 3, Side B
💬 Building a Culture of Constructive Rebellion – Webinar
Volume 4: Management
🎙️ The Hero Trap – Episode 4, Side A (9/29/2026)
📰 We are Solo, Not Superhuman (10/6/2026)
🎓 Toolkit (10/6/2026)
🎙️ No Cape Required – Episode 4, Side B (10/13/2026)
💬 From Overwhelmed to Organized: Managing More Without Sacrifice – Free Webinar (10/31/2026)
Volume 5: Exhibition
🎙️ The Perfection Myth – Episode 5, Side A (10/27/2026)
📰 Is Waiting for Perfect Holding Your Museum Back (11/3/2026)
🎓 Toolkit (11/3/2026)
🎙️ Museum MacGyver – Episode 5, Side B (11/10/2026)
💬 From the Hardware Store to the Exhibit Floor: Embracing Imperfect Design – Free Webinar (12/5/2026)
Volume 6: Moral
🎙️ My Museum Feels Broken – Episode 6, Side A (11/24/2026)
📰 Your Museum Isn’t Broken (12/1/2026)
🎓 Toolkit (12/1/2026)
🎙️ The Small Museum Advantage – Episode 6, Side B (12/8/2026)
💬 Small Museum Wins: Share Your Success – Free Roundtable (12/15/2026)
