Museum Store Sunday 2024

On Sunday, December 1st, 2024, the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Discovery Center Gift Shop is thrilled to participate in Museum Store Sunday, an annual holiday shopping day supporting cultural institutions and their stores.

By Wren Evans

ALBANY - This year, more than 2,100 museum stores representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia, 25 countries, and five continents will celebrate Museum Store Sunday and offer unique gifts for the holiday season—with all purchases supporting its parent institution and the artisans and craftspeople who create many of the gifts found in museum stores.

The Discovery Center Gift Shop has a big day planned with sales, giveaways, fun activities for kids, and delicious treats. All purchases in the gift shop help to support the management and programs offered at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve.

Back by popular demand, shoppers can spin the Museum Store Sunday Prize Wheel again this year. All purchases over $50 win a spin of the prize wheel, reoccurring with each $50 of items purchased. Additionally, every $25 worth of items purchased will gift patrons with one raffle ticket for a chance to win a grand prize bundle! Some items in our store will feature exclusive deals to win another spin or raffle tickets.

Prizes this year are an assortment of Albany Pine Bush Preserve (APBP) gear, including bandanas, gift bags, keychains, and Pine Bush Perspectives Photo Exhibit magnets or postcards.

The number of participating cultural institutions has tripled since the Museum Store Association launched Museum Store Sunday in 2017. The global advocacy campaign’s new slogan, “Shop with Purpose,” reflects the association’s mission to promote economic sustainability and cultural engagement for museums and the communities they support.

Kate Schureman, board president of the Museum Store Association and chief operating officer and vice president of administration of the Peoria Riverfront Museum in Peoria, Illinois, explains how shopping at cultural institutions during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend strengthens communities and their financial well-being.

“Purchasing locally made gifts at museum stores circulates money within shoppers’ communities,” Schureman said. “In turn, artists, businesses and museums in their neighborhoods have more funds to reinvest into their communities and foster local economic growth.”

While there is only one Museum Store Sunday every year, consumers are encouraged to shop at and support museum stores all year long. Approximately 91% of shoppers said they would return the following year to shop during Museum Store Sunday and 89% of shoppers said Museum Store Sunday encourages them to shop at museum stores throughout the year [Source: Museum Store Sunday 2023 Shoppers Survey].

The event will be held rain or shine at the Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center at 195 New Karner Road, Albany. Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. For more details visit www.AlbanyPineBush.org/events or call 518-456-0655.

About the Museum Store Association

The Museum Store Association is a 501(c)3 organization with the mission of advancing the nonprofit retail industry, its stores and the success of professionals engaged in it. For more information, visit www.museumstoreassociation.org.

For up-to-date information on Museum Store Sunday, including a list of global museum store participants and online museum stores, visit www.museumstoresunday.org and:

  • Follow Museum Store Sunday on Instagram at @museumstoresunday
  • Like Museum Store Sunday on Facebook at facebook.com/museumstoresunday

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