Museum stores avoid dead eyewear inventory by keeping visible choice curated and reserve inventory concentrated behind proven demand.
Readers
Maintain useful power breadth for visitor needs without overduplicating slow powers.
Sunglasses
Scale depth to outdoor campus and tourism demand, and use exhibition or seasonal inventory temporarily.
Protect curation
More styles can make a museum store feel generic. Replace weak frames instead of simply adding capacity.
Use exhibition cycles as feedback
Compare what sold and what remained after major traffic periods to refine the next buy.