List an item
Members and registered users upload details and images of exhibition or interpretive materials they no longer need.
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About the Exchange
Connecting people, sustaining resources, and exchanging materials to reduce waste and strengthen collaboration across museums and heritage.
What is the AHI Exchange?
The AHI Exchange is a digital platform that helps museums and heritage practitioners give exhibition and interpretive materials a second life. It enables organisations to share unwanted items, from display cases and panels to props and equipment, with others who can reuse them. By keeping resources in circulation, the Exchange reduces waste, lowers the environmental impact of exhibitions, and improves access to materials for organisations working with limited budgets.
Who Is It For?
The AHI Exchange is for people working across museums, heritage sites, galleries, festivals, and interpretive projects of all sizes. It supports larger organisations refreshing exhibitions as well as smaller or volunteer run sites creating new displays with limited resources. Whether you are offering items you no longer need or searching for materials to bring a project to life, the Exchange helps connect practitioners committed to reuse, collaboration, and sustainability.
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How it works
Make Contact
Interested parties connect through the platform to discuss availability, suitability, and next steps.
Arrange Collection
Donors and recipients agree transport and logistics directly. The AHI Exchange does not manage collection but encourages clear, transparent communication.
User Responsibilities and Agreement
The AHI Exchange is built on trust and shared responsibility. Donors and recipients communicate directly to agree timings, transport, and any costs involved in collection. All arrangements are made between the parties themselves.
By listing or responding to an item, users agree to follow the platform’s user guidelines and to ensure exchanges align with their own environmental and social responsibility standards. The Association for Heritage Interpretation does not take responsibility for individual exchange agreements.
Read User Agreement