Museum stores add dimension to bottom lines
Crystal Bridges gift shop took in $1.82 million in ’12
Posted: February 24, 2013 at 2:50 a.m.
Mary Douthit, retail operations manager, organizes a display on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, inside the museum store at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville.
Running a for-profit gift shop in a nonprofit museum, though seemingly contradictory, produces revenue that goes hand in hand with the operation of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, said Mary Douthit, retail manager.
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