Tate and MoMA in e-business tie-in
Howard Lake | 17 April 2000 | News
In October 1999 UK Fundraising featured a comparison between the New York Museum of Modern Art’s e-commerce activities and those of the UK’s Tate Gallery in London. The Tate was not doing as well as MoMA.
In October 1999 UK Fundraising featured a comparison between the New York Museum of Modern Art’s e-commerce activities and those of the UK’s Tate Gallery in London. The Tate was not doing as well as MoMA.
Today the two museums have joined in an e-business venture which has been described as the “first commercial venture of its kind.” Investment in the venture is reported to be in the region of several million pounds.
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The new company, which could even be floated, will be named within the next few weeks. It will offer and sell design and educational products, including posters, furniture and household goods, but will not sell original works of art. The site is due to go live in December 200, and is likely to include content and other services from arts-related organisations .
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.