Art Museums
Hammer Museum
Empowering Art Museums Through Fundraising, Executive Search & Strategy
From building sustainable museum fundraising strategies and engaging members and major donors, to launching transformative capital campaigns, conducting executive and senior leadership searches, and expanding access to contemporary and historical art, today’s art museums face both unprecedented opportunity and complexity.
We partner with art museums to strengthen leadership at every level, align development and organizational strategy, and identify the right talent to support campaigns, exhibitions, audience engagement, and long-term institutional impact. Whether you’re planning a major campaign, evolving your membership model, navigating a leadership transition, or growing your team, we bring deep expertise in art museum philanthropy, organizational strategy, and executive search to help you move forward with confidence.
Art Museum Consulting Services:
- BIG Question
- Board Strategy and Development
- Campaign Audits
- Campaign Counsel
- Campaign Implementation & Management
- Campaign Planning & Feasibility Studies
- Curatorial Searches
- Director/President/C-Suite Searches
- Executive Search Services
- Fundraising Program Assessments
- Interim Management Support & Counsel
- Major Gift & Annual Giving Program Design
- Multi-Search Services
- President, Director, Board, Volunteer Coaching & Training
- Prospect Research & Data Analysis
- Recruiting Executive-Level Fundraising Talent
- Strategic Planning
Let’s talk about your priorities and how we can support them.
How can we help you?
Since 1978, Development Guild has partnered with nonprofit organizations nationwide to achieve their most ambitious goals. Whether you need new talent, fundraising or campaign solutions, or strategic counsel, we can help.
Provide us with some context, and we will connect you with the right consultant.
Learn More About Our Work in Art Museums
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Museum of Arts and Design
Interim leadership and fundraising assessment position Museum for growth
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Aiza Keesey
Hammer Museum welcomes new Chief Development Officer
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Sheeka Arbuthnot
Palm Springs Art Museum welcomes new Senior Director of Development
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Erin McGough
Meet Fuller Craft Museum's new Executive Director
Our Art Museum Clients
How can we help you?
Since 1978, Development Guild has partnered with nonprofit organizations nationwide to achieve their most ambitious goals. Whether you need new talent, fundraising or campaign solutions, or strategic counsel, we can help.
Provide us with some context, and we will connect you with the right consultant.
Ask your own
BIG Question
HOW IT WORKS:
1 - We’ll meet with you and plan
how and when to ask your BIG
Question.
2 - We’ll bring your community
together! We start with a live
event.
3 - We’ll review the results with
you and discover key takeaways,
teach you how to analyze, and
how review the results yourself.