Boston museums
There are 149museums in the greater Bostonmetro area, including the cities of Boston, Cambridge, Framingham, Newton, and Waltham. Combined, these Boston metro museumsemploy 4,307 people, earn more than $404 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $3 billion.
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Types of museums in Boston
Nonprofit type | Number | Revenues |
---|---|---|
149 | $403,709,975 | |
72 | $49,109,465 | |
25 | $289,433,991 | |
12 | $1,087,264 | |
8 | $52,636,608 | |
5 | $10,492,438 |
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Job trends for Boston museums
Employees per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
0 | 9 |
1-10 | 23 |
11-25 | 13 |
26-100 | 10 |
101 to 1,000 | 8 |
1,000+ | 0 |
Key takeaways for employment stats:
- Employment in Boston museums is driven by large organizations like Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Science, Historic New England, Peabody Essex Museum, and Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA).
Sizes of museums in Boston
Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
< $250k | 33 |
$250k to $1M | 29 |
$1M to $5M | 13 |
$5M to $25M | 5 |
$25M to $100M | 3 |
$100M+ | 1 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like Museum of Fine Arts, Peabody Essex Museum, Museum of Science, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Boston museums.
- Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 3.9% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Boston museums with more than $100 million account for 43.4% of nonprofit earnings.
Directory of museums in Boston
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1-20 of 149
Museum of Science
Revenue
$50.0m
Assets
$308.6m
Employees
840
EIN
04-2103916
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Boston Children's Museum
Revenue
$7.3m
Assets
$55.8m
Employees
139
EIN
04-2103993
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Revenue
$28.2m
Assets
$300.5m
Employees
253
EIN
04-2104334
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Peabody Essex Museum
Revenue
$55.8m
Assets
$744.3m
Employees
320
EIN
04-3157815
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Plimoth Plantation
Revenue
$8.6m
Assets
$32.3m
Employees
204
EIN
04-2210750
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Museum of Fine Arts
Revenue
$175.1m
Assets
$1.2b
Employees
960
EIN
04-2103607
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
Revenue
$18.7m
Assets
$109.9m
Employees
308
EIN
04-2104327
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Strawbery Banke Museum
Revenue
$5.9m
Assets
$16.7m
Employees
87
EIN
02-0260158
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Historic New England
Revenue
$10.6m
Assets
$120.9m
Employees
359
EIN
04-2104937
IRS type
501(c)(3)
USS Constitution Museum
Revenue
$2.5m
Assets
$11.7m
Employees
35
EIN
04-2505888
IRS type
501(c)(3)
House of Seven Gables Settlement Association
Revenue
$2.2m
Assets
$3.7m
Employees
96
EIN
04-2104324
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Decordova Sculpture Park and Museum
Revenue
$4.3m
Assets
$16.4m
Employees
0
EIN
04-2067315
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Discovery Museums (TDM)
Revenue
$2.1m
Assets
$9.0m
Employees
92
EIN
04-2741645
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Concord Antiquarian Society
Revenue
$2.6m
Assets
$21.8m
Employees
64
EIN
04-2104035
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Cape Ann Museum
Revenue
$3.1m
Assets
$28.6m
Employees
25
EIN
04-2143545
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library
Revenue
$2.7m
Assets
$54.0m
Employees
18
EIN
04-2493347
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Fuller Craft Museum
Revenue
$1.5m
Assets
$9.8m
Employees
38
EIN
20-3069102
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Children's Museum of New Hampshire
Revenue
$881.7k
Assets
$3.2m
Employees
41
EIN
02-0363746
IRS type
501(c)(3)
General Society of Mayflower Descendants
Revenue
$2.0m
Assets
$7.5m
Employees
49
EIN
63-6005641
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Museum of Afro American History
Revenue
$1.3m
Assets
$11.5m
Employees
22
EIN
04-2429556
IRS type
501(c)(3)