Press Release: Support the Harriet Beecher Stowe House and other Tri-State Museums as You Shop Museum Store Sunday December 1st

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 27, 2024
 
CINCINNATI, OH (November 27, 2024) – On Sunday, December 1, 2024, the Harriet Beecher Stowe House invites shoppers to participate in Museum Store Sunday, an annual holiday shopping day supporting cultural institutions and their stores. 
 
Visitors to the newly expanded Harriet Beecher Stowe House museum shop will enjoy browsing books and unique gifts for book lovers of all ages. Some of the shop's featured items include a custom ornament and trinket dish made in Walnut Hills by woman-owned SKT Ceramics, archival quality prints of the Black Art Speaks painting commissioned for the the museum's recent reopening, plus local history and Christmas books by Cincinnati authors.
 
In addition to the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, tristate shoppers can enjoy Museum Store Sunday at the Taft Museum of Art, Glenwood Gardens, the Cincinnati Art Museum, Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting, Cincinnati Nature Center, and the Behringer-Crawford Museum in Covington.
 
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 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 organization’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].
 
Shoppers may find participating museum stores near them at http://www.museumstoresunday.org/find-a-store and those with online stores at http://www.museumstoresunday.org/find-an-online-store.
 
For more information on events and promotions during Museum Store Sunday at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, please visit www.stowehousecincy.org and follow us on social media @stowehousecincy.
 
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 com/museumstoresunday

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About the Harriet Beecher Stowe House
The nonprofit Friends of Harriet Beecher Stowe House manages the Cincinnati home where Harriet Beecher Stowe lived during the formative years that led her to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin. In the 20th century, the house was the Edgemont Inn, a tavern listed in the Green Book. This historic site is part of the Ohio History Connection’s network of more than 50 sites and museums across Ohio. For more information about programs and events, call 513-751-0651 or visit www.stowehousecincy.org.
 
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.