The Museum Group (TMG) has dissolved after 28 years serving the museum field.
Many members continue to maintain thriving independent consultancies.
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Scansion
www.scansion.com
415.505.6229Services
Audience Research and Strategy
Strategic Planning,
Program Evaluation -
Principal
PrincipalAnne Bergeron & Co. Consulting
Catalysts for Cultural Enterprise
75 Blackstone Boulevard, Suite 2B
Providence, RI 02906
917.446.7765
info@bergeronconsult.com
bergeronconsult.comServices
Strategic planning
Organizational development
Fundraising and campaign counsel
Marketing and communications -
Anne Butterfield Company
Anne@AnneButterfieldCompany.com
978.456.3933Services
Planning
Fund development -
Daniel Danzig & Associates
Pasadena, CA
admin@dcdanzig.com
626.628.6704Services
Strategic Planning
Operational planning
Capital campaign counsel and feasibility studies
Exhibition planning and development
Traveling exhibits
Project management
Collections policies and planning -
RiverWoods Durham, Unit 340
14 Stone Quarry Drive
Durham, NH 03824
617.429.9383
dellis@mos.org -
darcie fohrmann museum exhibitions
408.832.4217
www.darciefohrman.comServices:
Interpretive Planning and Design
Facilitating Collaborative Teams
Coaching -
dfrankel2747@gmail.com
415-990-5703Services
Strategic planning
Search for Executive Directors; curators. -
Principal
Barbara Henry & Associates
1632 McGee Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94703
510/418-2024
bhenry@transformingmuseums.com
Services
Dynamic community engagement
Advisory groups and strategic programming
Transformative collaborations: internal and external -
Kélan Resources
integrating the arts, history, cultural competency & diversity into public programs, services & organizational leadership & operations
2003 S. Victoria Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90016
323.708.6177
Kelan10@att.netServices
Strategic planning
Governance
Organizational development and assessments
Program, exhibition & project development, production & management -
Washington, DC
www.museumcommons.com -
ObjectIDEA
9 Naples Road
Salem, MA 01970
617.233.8702
mkirchman@objectidea.com
www.objectidea.comMuseum Planning, Interpretive Master Planning, Exhibition Planning and Design Consulting
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Principal
BMC Consulting, LLC
(480) 980-1133
Barbara@barbarameyerson.comServices
Interim management
Programming for children and families -
Services
Mission-focused, programming vision, strategy, and implementation
Community-centered strategy and implementation -
Chief Instigator
POW! (Paul Orselli Workshop, Inc.)
516.238.2797
paul@orselli.net
www.orselli.net -
Education Consultant
+1 408.334.0421
www.yellowcow.net
amparo@yellowcow.netServices
Inclusive learning experiences
Building cultural capacity in teams. -
Rand & Associates LLC
Seattle, WA 98119
206.979.7514
judy.rand@mac.comServices
Interpretive Planning for Gardens, Museums, and Nature Centers
Interpretive Label Writing and Editing
Label-Writing Workshops
Coaching
Interpretive Master Planning -
Roberts Consulting
Cambridge, MA
617.640.0015
laura@lauraroberts.com
www.lauraroberts.comServices
Strategic planning
Governance
Organizational assessments -
3111 14th Street South
Arlington, VA 22204
703.527.2687 office
571.205.3920 mobile
marsha.semmel@gmail.com -
Managing Director
METStrategies, LLC
www.metstrategies.com
btuttle@metstrategies.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-tuttle-978a4b5/Services
Leadership development and executive coaching
Strategic visioning and planning
Board development and retreats -
501.259.8922
jvolkert@sbcglobal.netServices
Exhibition and facility planning.
Original Senior Advisors
Tom Leavitt *
Joel Bloom *
George Tressel *
Michael Spock *
+ Founding member * Deceased.
Sadly, we have lost touch with many former members, who we realize may also no longer be with us. We apologize to any former members we have missed in this list and welcome additions.
Our consortium of independent professionals who work with museums and other nonprofit organizations was founded in 1996. TMG provided a network and home for former senior museum employees who were used to having a work community of friends and colleagues.
From the start, TMG wanted not only to work with museums but also to contribute to the field. We hosted Conversations large and small at AAM meetings, brought two dozen museum professionals together for the first Museums & Race discussion, successfully lobbied for changes to AAM’s policies on who can propose and present sessions at the Annual Meeting; membership categories and voting rights; and service on its governing board, committees, and peer review panels.
Members have completed thousands of projects for clients around the world, published books and articles in professional journals, convened colleagues to address critical challenges, spoken at dozens of professional conferences, taught countless graduate students, and served on the boards of individual museums and professional associations.
In the last 28 years, museums have changed dramatically. The issues TMG’s members have collectively cared about will never be resolved, but they are front and center in professional dialogues. Independent professionals are seen as essential to the success of museums and their missions. Today, the museum field has a multitude of outlets for identifying the consultants it needs. With that in mind, the current members of TMG scanned the field and the extent to which consultants are now considered integral to museum work and decided the time has come to cease operations.
This YouTube conversation reveals early challenges for independents—and the political strategy that gave TMG a presence and voice within the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). Elaine Heumann Gurian, Maureen Robinson, Mary Ellen Munley, Daryl Fischer, and Laura Roberts share stories with Paul Orselli about the group’s collaborative, generous spirit; trends in museums and society that contributed to TMG’s success; the reputation TMG earned over the years; and the factors that led to its graceful disbanding in 2024.
Members 1996 – 2024