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SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Maximize your participation in MSA FORWARD in BALTIMORE by becoming a SPONSOR!
 

  • Non-Exhibiting Vendors: Click on "Buy Now" and you will be given the option to bypass booth selection in the exhibitor registration area
  • For existing exhibitors, click "Sponsorship Sales Form" or continue below to select your sponsorship level.
MSA FORWARD 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities
*Sponsorships include the following:

Company profile listing in the conference and expo app

Recognition in the on-site conference guide (deadline April 1st)

• Logo presence on a dedicated web page acknowledging sponsors

• Pre-event and post-event attendee lists

• Sponsor ribbons for your staff


*tote bag inserts, product gallery display, email marketing, and drink tickets are excluded.

Plus, each sponsorship includes additional benefits - read the details listed in each selection.
Click on the sponsorship opportunity titles for more information and additional benefits.
Questions or Custom Sponsorships: Contact us at events@museumstoreassociation.org

 
MSA FORWARD TItle Sponsor
Price:   $7,500
Exclusive     Sold Out

Partner with MSA and the MSA FORWARD Title sponsor. We will include your company branding/logo on our online registration pages, the backdrop wall at our registration desk and all large MSA branded/signage at the event.

Sponsorship also includes:

  • Ability to be the first to welcome attendees at the opening session
  • Full Registration to MSA FORWARD for 2 company representatives
  • 1 large window cling including your logo overlooking the MSA Registration area

MSA FORWARD TItle Sponsor Sold

  • eco-kids
Event Sponsor
Price:   $4,000
Exclusive     Sold Out

The MSA Awards Luncheon will be located onsite at the Baltimore Convention Center in a large meeting room reserved especially for this event.

  • Opportunity to present opening remarks at the luncheon giving your brand the spotlight for up to five minutes
  • Your Company logo on large screens during meal.
  • Opportunity to distribute promotional materials or table tents
  • Two (2) company representative registrations

Event Sponsor Sold

  • ANDMORE

This sponsorship provides your company with the opportunity to boost your exposure and affiliate your brand with MSA membership. This breakfast is the perfect chance to network with attendees.

  • Opportunity to present opening remarks at the breakfast giving your brand the spotlight for up to five minutes.
  • Opportunity to distribute promotional materials on tables
  • Two (2) company representative registrations
Price:   $3,000
Exclusive

This sponsorship provides your company with the opportunity to boost your exposure and affiliate your brand with MSA’s largest educational session. This is the perfect chance to network with attendees.

  • Opportunity to present opening remarks at the session giving your brand the spotlight for up to five minutes.
  • Opportunity to distribute promotional materials on tables
  • Opportunity to introduce the Keynote speaker
  • Company logo scrolling on large screens as attendees enter space.
  • Two (2) company representative registrations
Price:   $2,500
Available:  3     Sold:  0

One of MSA FORWARD’s main attractions, this event brings together all attendees, buyers, and vendors in one place to recognize the hard work and excellence of the industry. 

  • Introduction at Event
  • Opportunity to distribute promotional materials on tables
  • Opportunity to welcome guests/Microphone time
  • Opportunity to give away door prizes at event
  • One (1) company representative registration*
Price:   $1,200
Available:  4     Sold:  1

Get the attention of the MSA NEXT crowd at this hip offsite event for young professionals and those new to the industry. The 2024 NEXT Party will take place at Historic Ships in the Baltimore Inner Harbor aboard the USS Constellation, the last sail-only warship designed and built in 1854 by the United States Navy. She is now preserved as a museum ship in Baltimore, Maryland, and is a National Historic Landmark. The Party will include access to the museum, museum store and all various levels of the ship. Of course, food and beverages will be provided. Take a tour of the ship HERE.

  • Introduction at the event
  • Signage at event with Sponsor logo
  • Company can place promotional materials around event venue
  • One (1) company representative registration to party

Event Sponsor Sold

  • The Product of Design
Branding & Visibility Sponsorships

By sponsoring the conference badge holder, you will be ensuring that every attendee is wearing your branding throughout the entirety of MSA FORWARD! From the moment they check-in at registration, the attendees will be fully aware of what your company brings to the table. The sponsor will be responsible for supplying the conference badge holder which must include the lanyard and any shipping charges to Denver related to this sponsorship. (Sponsor must supply 700 holders and lanyards that must be approved by MSA and include MSA FORWARD 2024 branding in addition to the sponsors branding.)

  • One (1) company representative registration

Branding & Visibility Sponsorships Sold

  • Sea Lily

By sponsoring the conference tote bag, you will be ensuring that every attendee has your logo on their arm as they are perusing the show floor. This sponsorship is a great opportunity for bag suppliers to show off their products and branding abilities. (375 Tote Bags must be supplied by the sponsor and approved by MSA and will include MSA FORWARD 2024 branding in addition to the sponsors branding.) The sponsor will be responsible for supplying the tote bag and shipping charges related to shipping direct to Baltimore.


Branding & Visibility Sponsorships Sold

  • Narrative Material

Supply your official branded water bottle with your logo to be distributed at the registration desk. Build up goodwill with all of the MSA FORWARD attendees by keeping them hydrated as they walk around the show floor. The bottle may be customized and can include MSA branding or MSA FORWARD branding if sponsor desires. Sponsor will be responsible for supplying 375 water bottles and any shipping charges to Baltimore related to this sponsorship.


Branding & Visibility Sponsorships Sold

  • Deneen Pottery

Imprint your logo onto pens used distributed to each attendee at MSA FORWARD. The attendees will be reminded of your branding every time they use these pens, even after the conference has ended. The sponsor will be responsible for providing 375 pens and shipping charges to Baltimore related to the sponsorship.


Branding & Visibility Sponsorships Sold

  • OOLY

Similar to the conference pens, conference notepads are distributed to all attendees at MSA FORWARD registration. Imprinting your branding on the conference notepad will ensure attendees are reminded of your company long after the conference. The sponsor will be responsible for providing 375 notepads and shipping charges related to the sponsorship.

Note pads must be approved by MSA and include MSA branding.

Become the exclusive MSA FORWARD conference pin sponsor to help attendees remember their experience in Denver and add to their MSA FORWARD collection. Each attendee will receive the MSA pin at registration with their materials. Sponsors will be required to provide 400 pins, and pins must be pre-approved by MSA. Sponsor will be responsible for shipping charges to Denver related to the sponsorship.


Branding & Visibility Sponsorships Sold

  • Popcorn Custom Products
Price:   $ 500
Available:  13     Sold:  2

(Course session titles will be listed as available, or contact MSA Events for more information)

Sponsor a breakout session where you can greet attendees as they enter the space, can provide a handout/giveaway to each attendee, and give a brief company introduction (2 minutes max) before you introduce the speaker of the session. Your company will also be designated as the session sponsor on all marketing materials that include the session.

 


Branding & Visibility Sponsorships Sold

  • 1000Museums Powered by Art Authority
  • Puzzles of Color
Attendee Experience

Gain valuable exposure as the exclusive sponsor of the MSA FORWARD app. The event app is downloaded by the attendee and used to find the agenda, session and speaker descriptions, and all other basic info about the conference!

Sponsorship includes:

  • Custom Splash page with your company logo & clickable banner ad on main page 
  • One (1) company representative registration
Price:   $1,000
Exclusive

Wi-Fi is a critical must have at any event and is guaranteed to be used by attendees. Place your logo on the splash page, the first thing that users will see when they connect to the network.

Signage with your logo will be placed across the show directing attendees to log in.

  • Your logo on the splash screen
  • Wi-Fi signage to include the sponsor logo
Price:   $ 250
Available:  4     Sold:  2

Be the highlight of the afternoon by sponsoring the afternoon refreshment break between sessions.

Sponsorship Includes:

  • Sign with sponsors name at your sponsored break station
  • Ability to display promotional item and/or giveaway items at the break station

Attendee Experience Sold

  • Breeke Inc
  • Diamond Tech
Price:   $ 200
Available:  5     Sold:  1
6 Available, 3 Each Day

Refresh attendees with water in the education session rooms. This opportunity includes a sponsor sign at water jugs in the session rooms. The sponsor can also provide cups with the sponsor logo.

Sponsorship Includes:

  • Sign with sponsors name at your sponsored water station
  • Ability to display promotional items at the water station

 

 

 

 

 


Attendee Experience Sold

  • Retail Control Systems

Ten drinks available for use at the Friday Night Party. 
MSA sells these to you at our cost in order to help you “break the ice” with buyers.


Attendee Experience Sold

  • MODGY
  • Pomegranate Moon
  • The Unemployed Philosophers Guild
  • $150 (10 drinks) to share with attendees, available for use all afternoon Saturday, during Happy Hour and the Silent Auction
BARS WILL OPEN SATURDAY AT NOON AND REMAIN OPEN THROUGHOUT SHOW.

Attendee Experience Sold

  • Pomegranate Moon
Email Marketing
Price:   $ 300
Available:  1     Sold:  3
Promote your brand and your booth number on our email offering. You can focus your advertising by adding your logo and booth number on a banner ad to MSA FORWARD marketing emails and place your brand directly into attendees’ inboxes. MSA FORWARD will be promoted at least twice per month for 6 weeks.

Email Marketing Sold

  • GOEX Apparel
  • Impact Photographics
  • Puzzles of Color
Price:   $ 250
Available:  1     Sold:  2

Sponsorship: $250 each (3 available)

Each day at MSA FORWARD we send an email to attendees with the full schedule of activities. With an average open rate of 72%, this is a great opportunity for your brand visibility using a clickable banner ad at conference!


Email Marketing Sold

  • Matr Boomie
  • The Unemployed Philosophers Guild
Tote Bag Inserts
Price:   $ 250
    Sold Out

Each attendee receives a tote bag when they pick up their show badge and other materials. This opportunity allows you to make sure that they take home something from your company. (Sponsor will be responsible for providing, printing, and shipping 375 inserts to Baltimore.  Items must be small or flat and weigh less than 8 ounces)

Please note this opportunity is only available to companies who are exhibitors at MSA Forward. 


Tote Bag Inserts Sold

  • Amy Kahn Russell
  • Bevin Bells
  • Blank Tag Co.
  • Cats Meow Village
  • Channel Craft
  • Chavah's Garden: Beautiful Usefulness
  • Cretacolor
  • Dandarah
  • Diamond Tech
  • Flipboku
  • Fox & Chave/The Hub Marketing Services LTD
  • Gitzell FairTrade
  • GOEX Apparel
  • Ichcha
  • LOQI LLC
  • MODGY
  • Morris Magnets
  • Museum Store Products Inc.
  • Of Unusual Kind
  • Pete's Papercrafts
  • Popcorn Custom Products
  • Serious Lip Balm
  • ShoreBags
  • Silver Garden Designs
  • Travel Stamps
  • Upbounders by Little Likes Kids
  • Wild Cloud
  • WorldFinds
Product Display
Price:   $ 275
    Sold Out

Give MSA FORWARD attendees the opportunity to see your products highlighted. Stand out from the crowd by placing items in our display in the Hub area for the duration of the conference. The slots will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Items are to be placed on display by sponsor and removed directly after the closing expo happy hour.

Items must take a footprint no larger than 12 x 12 inches - height restriction of 18 inches.

 


Product Display Sold

  • ABW Designs LLC
  • Cats Meow Village
  • Channel Craft
  • Close 2 UR Heart
  • Color Love
  • Dandarah
  • Golden Island International, Inc.
  • JOE COOL (UK) LTD
  • Kinzoku Custom
  • Marmals
  • Martha Duran Design
  • minimum A & N Tsoukala PC
  • Monarque by Fig Design Group
  • Morris Magnets
  • Odyssey Toys
  • Of Unusual Kind
  • one kind art
  • OOLY
  • Pomegranate Moon
  • RainCaper
  • Simple and Sylvan
  • SOKO
  • Strawberry Hill Grand Delights LLC
  • The Product of Design
  • Travel Stamps
  • TWW Wholesale
  • Upbounders by Little Likes Kids
  • Wild Cloud
  • WorldFinds
HUB Sign Sponsor
Price:   $ 200
Available:  14     Sold:  1

Get your brand right in front of your customers while they are taking a break, sipping their coffee, or checking their messages in the MSA "place to be" - the HUB.

  • Your logo and booth number will be displayed on a sign placed on one of the high-top tables throughout the Hub area of the Expo Hall.
  • Opportunity to place promotional materials at table.

HUB Sign Sponsor Sold

  • The Product of Design