MuseumShop.com Goes Global; Nine International Museums Partner With World's Largest E-tailer of Museum and Cultural Gifts.Museum Writers ARLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2000 MuseumShop.com, the largest online source for museum and cultural products from the world's most celebrated museums, today announced it has partnered with nine international museums, increasing its museum partner base by 30% and expanding its imminent global network. The new museums include the Louvre Louvre (l  `vrə), foremost French museum of art, located in Paris. The building was a royal fortress and palace built by Philip II in the late 12th cent. , the Musee d'Orsay, the Chateau de Versailles, the Cluny Museum Cluny Museum, 14th- and 15th-century Gothic and Renaissance structure in Paris, built by Pierre de Chaslus, abbot of Cluny, and rebuilt by Jacques d'Ambroise. The site is that of the ancient Roman baths of Emperor Julian. of the Middle Ages, The British Museum British Museum, the national repository in London for treasures in science and art. Located in the Bloomsbury section of the city, it has departments of antiquities, prints and drawings, coins and medals, and ethnography. and the Israel Museum The Israel Museum (Hebrew: מוזיאון ישראל, Muzayon Yisrael) was founded in 1965 as Israel's national museum. , Jerusalem. Three more international museums will go live on the site by the end of April 2000 and MuseumShop.com will continue to partner with global museums in the coming months. MuseumShop.com features a selection of products from each museum's gift shop, making their international products available to U.S. customers for the first time at domestic shipping rates. All purchases made on MuseumShop.com help support the programs and exhibitions of each museum partner. MuseumShop.com will also propagate U.S. consumer awareness for its newest museum partners as the Web site actively promotes products and museums through multi-channel marketing and advertising initiatives. "It has always been a goal for MuseumShop.com to expand globally by partnering with the world's most famous museums," said MuseumShop.com President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Rebecca Reynolds Moore. "We are proud to represent the products of the Louvre in Paris and other world renowned museums on MuseumShop.com." "We believe a partnership with MuseumShop.com compliments our own internet objectives and allows us to reach the estimated 43 million Internet users in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ," said Anne Debonneuil from the Reunion des Musees Nationaux, that handles merchandising for the Louvre and other museums in France. "MuseumShop.com will allow us to offer the excellent customer service and quick turn-around time demanded by Internet shoppers around the world." MuseumShop.com has established partnerships and affiliations with more than 40 museums worldwide and showcases more than 3,500 products ranging from home decor to fine prints for easy, one-stop shopping online. MuseumShop.com has also pioneered the development of "exhibition spotlights" in conjunction with its partner, Antenna Audio Antenna Audio is a company that produces audio tours and multimedia interpretation for many museums, art galleries and other clients around the world. The company has offices in London, San Francisco, Paris, Rome, Berlin, New York, Amsterdam, Bangkok and elsewhere. , of actual museum exhibitions that allow visitors to experience the sights and sounds of exhibitions from the comfort of their own homes. About MuseumShop.com MuseumShop.com offers culturally curious shoppers the largest selection of museum-related products online while supporting the exhibits and programs of participating museums. Founded in 1997 by Rebecca Reynolds Moore, MuseumShop.com was named "Best of the Web" for perfect gift sites in the Spring 2000 issue of Forbes magazine. The online museum shop has forged partnerships and affiliations with more than 40 museums worldwide, including The Louvre in Paris and the Whitney Museum of American Art Whitney Museum of American Art, in New York City, founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. It was an outgrowth of the Whitney Studio (1914–18), the Whitney Studio Club (1918–28), and the Whitney Studio Galleries (1928–30). in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and features over 3,500 products from sculpture and prints to home decor and jewelry. MuseumShop.com is based in historic Arlington, Massachusetts, U.S.A. |
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