OMo Business Model

Openmuseum.org is a not-for-profit collaborative venture between Zirgoflex, a Vermont L3C designated low-profit social technology corporation, and Heritance, a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to fostering open museum practices. Zirgoflex owns the software and makes it available to Heritance. Heritance provides the Open Museum service, training and technical support.

Participating museums own their exhibits (the individual parts and the ensemble) and must comply with copyright attributions for every photo they post.

No. Zirgoflex and Heritance are committed to creating a global museum that is free for all visitors and museums.

There is no charge to curate an online exhibit. We are committed to keeping Open Museum free to everyone, but are definitely happy to accept donations large or small.

During the start-up phase, Open Museum has been funded primarily by the founders of Zirgoflex. Heritance, through the generous gifts of donors and foundations, pays the server operating costs and supports the outreach and training programs. Going forward, our goal is to support Open through foundation grants, corporate sponsorships, and consulting fees for exceptional customization. If you would like to help support Open Museum, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Heritance

No.

Yes, Open Museum is a non-commercial exhibit space for all, including for-profit individuals and organizations. Exhibits may link to for-profit sites, but as with any museum exhibit, an Open Museum exhibit must serve an educational, artistic or cultural purpose. Open Museum does not accept exhibits that exist solely for the promotion of a product, service or organization, even one with cultural aims. The Open Museum administration reserves the right to remove exhibits that fail to meet our requirements for non-commercial.