Science centres and museums experience increased pressure during times of financial cuts and growing competition for public support and fundraising. Additionally, rising operational costs and the need to invest capital funds in renewal and expansion complicate the challenge to achieve financial success. This requires management attention and involvement of the whole team; valuable human resources and capacities cannot concentrate mainly on the content. Outsourcing standard procedures and management (HR, finance, fundraising, etc.) might be an option to give the organization the “freedom” and time to devote itself to content. Efficiency can also be increased by joining a network. This panel session will include an introduction to outsourcing issues and presentations of latest case studies.