Museum Of Jurassic Technology

Name

Museum Of Jurassic Technology

Legal name

The Museum Of Jurassic Technology

Website

https://mjt.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural Museum Services

NAICS

Museums (712110), Historical Sites (712120)

akta.pro primary industry

Natural History Museums (THAJADAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Specialty Museums (e.g., Maritime, Aviation, Sports, Music, Film) (THAJADAF)

Keywords

• Educational museum exhibits
• Natural history collections
• Curated cultural institution
• Jurassic period artifacts
• Public museum programming

Headquarters

HQ city

Culver City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Admission Fees: The museum charges admission fees for visitors. Adults $15.00, children aged 13-21 $12.00, students $12.00, seniors 62+ $12.00, unemployed persons $12.00, disabled persons $3.00, active service personnel in uniform $3.00, children 12 and under free.
2. Memberships and Donations: The museum operates a membership program and accepts donations from individuals and foundations. Supported by numerous foundations including Ahmanson Foundation, Annenberg Foundation, Andy Warhol Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, MacArthur Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and many others.
3. Gift Shop Sales: The museum operates an online gift shop selling merchandise commemorating the museum at mjtgiftshop.org.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Museum of Jurassic Technology is a physical educational museum located in Culver City, Los Angeles, California, that presents curated exhibitions on natural history curiosities and artifacts with a focus on the Lower Jurassic period. It operates as an accredited 501(c)(3) non-profit cultural institution and offers visitors a multi-sensory experience through its exhibitions, the Tula Tea Room, the Borzoi Kabinet Theater, and a museum gift shop. The institution also operates a German branch at the Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum in Hagen, Westphalia.

Product overview

The Museum of Jurassic Technology is a physical museum institution in Los Angeles, California dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and public appreciation of the Lower Jurassic. It operates as a single unified institution offering admission tickets to visitors, access to its collections and exhibitions, the Tula Tea Room, the Borzoi Kabinet Theater, a gift shop, and membership programs. The museum also maintains a German branch at the Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum in Hagen, Westphalia. The institution is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tula Tea Room: A tea room serving complimentary Georgian Black Tea and cookies, located on the second floor of the museum.
• Borzoi Kabinet Theater

Products and services

• Museum Admissions and Exhibitions Ticketed public access to the museum's curated exhibitions on natural history curiosities, Lower Jurassic period artifacts, and themed installations, available to general visitors, students, seniors, military, disabled patrons, and children.
• Tula Tea Room An on-site café/tea room service within the museum offering food and beverages to visiting patrons as part of the museum experience.
• Borzoi Kabinet Theater An in-house theater presenting curated programming, screenings, and live events tied to the museum's thematic focus.
• Museum Gift Shop On-site and online retail outlet selling museum-branded merchandise, books, prints, and curated novelty items related to the museum's collections and themes.
• Museum Membership Program A paid annual membership offering members benefits such as free or discounted admission, invitations to members-only events, and other supporter privileges.
• German Branch at Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum Operating branch of the Museum of Jurassic Technology hosted at the Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum in Hagen, Westphalia, extending the museum's exhibitions and programming to a European audience.

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Karl Ernst Osthaus MuseumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman museum partner hosting the MJT German branch (tochter museum) opened September 1994 in Hagen, Westphalia. Inaugural exhibition featured artifacts from MJT's foundation collection.
• The Mutter MuseumminorOthersListed as a 'Sympathetic Institution' - a partner museum in cooperation for cultural exchange.
• Sir John Soane's MuseumminorOthersListed as a 'Sympathetic Institution' - a partner museum in cooperation for cultural exchange.
• Mount Wilson ObservatoryminorOthersListed as a 'Sympathetic Institution' - a cultural partner.
• The Center for Land Use InterpretationminorOthersListed as a 'Sympathetic Institution' - a cultural partner.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Wellcome Collection: London museum and library blending art, science and medical history with eccentric, curiosity-driven exhibits. Operates a similar dual academic/public model focused on unusual or thought-provoking objects.
• Sir John Soane's Museum: London house-museum of the architect Sir John Soane's eclectic collection of antiquities, paintings and curiosities. Listed by MJT as a 'Sympathetic Institution'; shares the dense, cabinet-of-curiosities aesthetic and the educational/public dual mission.
• Mütter Museum: Philadelphia-based museum of medical history and anatomical curiosities. Explicitly listed by MJT as a 'Sympathetic Institution' partner; both operate as curiosity-cabinet-style museums blending scholarly collections with public-facing exhibits of unusual artifacts.
• Pitt Rivers Museum: Oxford museum of ethnography and archaeology famous for its dense, taxonomy-driven displays of artifacts. Closely comparable to MJT in its blend of scholarly specimen repository and public-access curiosity presentation.
• Kunstkamera: St. Petersburg's museum of anthropology and ethnography founded by Peter the Great as one of the first public curiosity cabinets. Comparable as a historically-rooted, scholarly-yet-public repository of unusual natural and cultural artifacts.

Broad incumbents

• The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens: Large LA-area cultural institution with comparable dual academic/public mission and foundation-supported model. Operates at significantly larger scale and broader thematic scope than MJT.
• The Getty Center: Major LA art museum and MJT donor (via Getty Grant Program). Operates at significantly larger scale with similar LA cultural-tourism audience and foundation-supported funding model.
• Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Major LA natural history institution operating at much larger scale. Competes for the same general public interested in natural history, but with traditional exhibit formats rather than the MJT's curiosity-cabinet approach.

Others

• The Center for Land Use Interpretation: Cultural organization exploring human interaction with the landscape; listed by MJT as a 'Sympathetic Institution'. Comparable as a non-traditional cultural/interpretive partner rather than a directly competing museum.
• Mount Wilson Observatory: Historic California scientific institution listed by MJT as a 'Sympathetic Institution'. Thematically related as a cultural/scientific partner rather than a direct museum competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Subsidiaries1 record

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