Museums
There are 9,043museums in the United States. Combined, these museumsemploy 130,637 people, earn more than $12 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $72 billion.
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Types of museums
Nonprofit type | Number | Revenues |
---|---|---|
9,043 | $11,609,753,453 | |
4,378 | $3,145,535,603 | |
910 | $4,417,633,096 | |
430 | $804,818,635 | |
405 | $492,413,330 | |
351 | $881,592,862 |
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Job trends for Museums
Employees per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
0 | 865 |
1-10 | 1,098 |
11-25 | 549 |
26-100 | 557 |
101 to 1,000 | 286 |
1,000+ | 8 |
Key takeaways for employment stats:
- Employment in Museums is driven by large organizations like Smithsonian Institution (SI), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Henry Ford, American Museum of Natural History, and Museum of Modern Art.
- The largest employers tend to be history museums, art museums, science museums, children's museums, and museums.
Sizes of museums
Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
< $250k | 2,272 |
$250k to $1M | 1,039 |
$1M to $5M | 632 |
$5M to $25M | 274 |
$25M to $100M | 57 |
$100M+ | 13 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like Smithsonian Institution (SI), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art (NGA), and Colonial Williamsburg Foundation earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Museums.
- Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 6.0% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Museums with more than $100 million account for 33.2% of nonprofit earnings.
- The highest earning organizations tend to be art museums, history museums, museums, science museums, and natural history museums.
Directory of museums
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Revenue
$414.7m
Assets
$4.5b
Employees
2,458
EIN
13-1624086
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Museum of Modern Art
Revenue
$262.1m
Assets
$2.3b
Employees
1,365
EIN
13-1624100
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (SRGF)
Revenue
$84.6m
Assets
$211.3m
Employees
613
EIN
13-5562233
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Brooklyn Museum
Revenue
$40.6m
Assets
$323.3m
Employees
574
EIN
11-1672743
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Museum of Science
Revenue
$50.0m
Assets
$308.6m
Employees
840
EIN
04-2103916
IRS type
501(c)(3)
California Academy of Sciences
Revenue
$66.5m
Assets
$804.1m
Employees
743
EIN
94-1156258
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Oakland Museum of California (OMCA)
Revenue
$21.7m
Assets
$69.6m
Employees
189
EIN
45-3138892
IRS type
501(c)(3)
American Museum of Natural History
Revenue
$198.1m
Assets
$1.5b
Employees
1,547
EIN
13-6162659
IRS type
501(c)(3)
National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS)
Revenue
$5.5m
Assets
$44.3m
Employees
35
EIN
53-0184296
IRS type
501(c)(19)
Henry Ford
Revenue
$82.4m
Assets
$500.5m
Employees
2,036
EIN
38-1359513
IRS type
501(c)(3)