Edu-tainment Through Merchandising!

Educational programming and special events enhance the visitor's immersion into the traditions and cultures on view in the museum or historic site. "Edu-tainment" makes learning fun! Shopping makes us happy!

Visitors see, hear, feel, understand, and experience history "through the eyes of Marines" in the National Museum of the Marine Corps.

For Jubileum2000, local craftsmen constructed a retail shop in a former two car garage on the grounds of the Benedictine "home house" at the top of the Aventine Hill.

Following my designs to showcase the product mix from Benedictine abbeys around the world, the shop's gleaming woodwork, glass cases and brass details combine with hidden storage to maximize efficiency and security.

Customized, multi-lingual packaging and story cards

Direct mail flyer for "Make A Joyful Noise" CD set

CD project traces the history of chant through three millennia

News-related products custom-designed for launch of the Newseum

$5mm worth of Lone Sailor statuettes sold in 5 years; retail sales doubled every 6 months

Newseum's international "news" wall: inspiration for products

Multi-pricepoint product line extensions sold worldwide

Cuppa Joe- mugs made using sand from Iwo Jima and water from the Seven Seas

The Chief statue was conceived, produced, and sold through direct mail, earning $.5mm in 9 months

Customized philatelic products on any subject

Cherry Blossom Festival booth design and participation

Worcester (MA) Art Museum custom product development for retail and wholesale; store re-design

Retail management, merchandising, product design for Fabrications, The Open Door, Design Finds, A+ and other Boston retailers

Product design & development, manufacturing supervision, importing and marketing apparel and accessories made in Bali for American wholesale markets

Merchandising concepts and retail shop design for the State Historical Museum, Moscow, USSR (Russia)

First in USA with unique lacquer items from Vietnam

Product development from the USMC Art Collection

Commission sculpture for military museums

Design, Production Management, Drop-Ship Programs for USMC museums

Research historical collections for program and product ideas

Relocated museum shop and catalog fulfillment center outside the gate of a military base after museum is closed

Royalty-generating items developed from collections sold in mfgr's product line

Special events concept and management for new museum launch, gallery & exhibit openings

Product line extensions for increased revenue from best-selling items