Built for museums
Bring curators, development and every lender onto the same page.
embargo is press release software for museums and cultural venues. Curators, development and your director work on one draft inside the museum, and the artists, studios and lenders behind a show approve the exact words about their work before anything is public.
Inside the museum
Curators write, you shape it
Ask each curator, educator or development officer for the background or quote they know, with a note on what to cover and a word limit. Your director approves the finished release from their own link.
Choose the lead image together
Shortlist up to five images, or five headlines, and let everyone vote. You make the final pick, and the image prints with its caption.
With artists and lenders
Approved by the people it’s about
Artists’ studios, estates and lenders get their own sections. Nothing goes out until each one you ask has approved the release.
Quotes without the back-and-forth
An artist or lender gets one link with what to say, how long it can be and a box to write it in. No account, no password.
On every release
Opening on schedule
Set the lift to the minute, give critics an early look through a press link you can switch off, and let lenders and sponsors share the release the moment it’s out.
Your press kit, ready
Keep your logo, boilerplate and press contact in a press kit, with an optional newsroom site.
What museums announce with embargo
- Exhibitions and openings
- Acquisitions and gifts
- Commissions and residencies
- Sponsorships and campaigns
Your first release is free. Collaborators never pay.