Michigan museums

Name: Top 20 Museums in Michigan
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There are 308 museums in Michigan. Combined, these Michiganian museums employ 3,779 people, earn more than $289 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $2 billion.

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Types of museums in Michigan

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Museums	308	3,779	$288,528,087	$1,767,142,032
History museums	144	1,867	$98,438,908	$685,269,183
Art museums	23	1,053	$101,193,417	$850,212,465
Children's museums	18	257	$13,639,015	$29,863,459
Science and technology museums	11	155	$8,517,084	$11,271,705
Natural history and sciences museums	6	12	$245,397	$317,046

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Museums by major Michigan cities

Metro area	Nonprofits	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Detroit	69	2,445	$175,323,127	$1,258,441,824
Grand Rapids	28	309	$33,935,643	$178,271,583
Hartford	19	71	$3,882,519	$34,290,999
Flint	13	147	$28,439,333	$79,649,825
Niles	11	84	$3,618,871	$16,741,595
Kalamazoo	10	252	$9,771,714	$63,692,667
Ann Arbor	10	66	$4,886,806	$17,518,646
Saginaw	8	40	$3,287,088	$27,119,680
Jackson, MI	7	26	$819,196	$8,311,041
Battle Creek	7	17	$718,363	$1,566,413

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Job trends for Michigan museums

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	36
1-10	37
11-25	13
26-100	18
101 to 1,000	5
1,000+	1

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in Michigan museums is driven by large organizations like Henry Ford, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Grand Rapids Public Museum, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (KIA), and Air Zoo.

Sizes of museums in Michigan

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	88
$250k to $1M	30
$1M to $5M	18
$5M to $25M	10
$25M to $100M	2
$100M+	0

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like The Detroit Institute of Arts, Henry Ford, Grand Rapids Public Museum, Charles H Wright, and Flint Cultural Center Foundation earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Michigan museums.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 7.5% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Michigan museums with more than $100 million account for 0.0% of nonprofit earnings.

Directory of museums in Michigan

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Henry Ford

The Henry Ford provides unique educational experiences based on authentic objects, stories, and lives from America's traditions of ingenuity, resourcefulness and innovation.

Revenue

$57.0m

Assets

$529.8m

Employees

1,551

EIN

38-1359513

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Detroit Institute of Arts is a top ten encyclopedic museum in the United States, and a leader in education. Located in Detroit, MI, the dia provides free field trips to one of the nation's best art museums.

Revenue

$71.2m

Assets

$574.8m

Employees

542

EIN

38-1359510

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Zekelman Holocaust Center

The Zekelman Holocaust Center educates and empowers individuals through exhibits, events, and programs, highlighting Holocaust stories and promoting the fight against injustice.

Revenue

$10.1m

Assets

$46.4m

Employees

EIN

38-2402635

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Motown Historical Musuem

The Motown Museum in Detroit preserves and displays artifacts from the iconic Motown era while engaging visitors in educational programs.

Revenue

$10.0m

Assets

$47.3m

Employees

EIN

38-2614561

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Flint Institute of Arts (FIA)

The FIA was founded by community leaders who felt the city needed a place where students could pursue studio courses and the public could enjoy art exhibitions.

Revenue

$7.3m

Assets

$60.0m

Employees

118

EIN

38-1539984

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Grand Rapids Public Museum

The Grand Rapids Public Museum celebrates the cultural and natural history of the West Michigan region. The museum educates and entertains with three floors of engaging exhibits accompanied by special programs.

Revenue

$20.6m

Assets

$23.2m

Employees

150

EIN

20-5071420

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Air Zoo

Air Zoo operates an aviation history museum with a mission to preserve the legacy of flight for present and future generations.

Revenue

$5.7m

Assets

$18.5m

Employees

122

EIN

38-2144402

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Muskegon Museum of Art Foundation

MMoA Foundation promotes art education and enjoyment in Muskegon and West Michigan through collecting, preserving, and interpreting art collections.

Revenue

$6.0m

Assets

$19.6m

Employees

EIN

38-3402560

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Michigan Science Center

Inspiring STEM learning for all ages through education programs, outreach, and facility rentals in Detroit.

Revenue

$5.0m

Assets

$4.1m

Employees

EIN

45-5190355

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Charles H Wright

The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History provides learning opportunities, exhibitions, programs and events based on collections and research that explore the diverse history and culture of African Americans and their African origins.

Revenue

$13.4m

Assets

$23.8m

Employees

EIN

38-1882096

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Grand Rapids Childrens Museum (GRCM)

Grand Rapids Children's Museum's mission is to celebrate childhood and the joy of learning by providing an interactive hands-on environment that inspires learning and encourages self-directed exploration.

Revenue

$2.2m

Assets

$3.0m

Employees

EIN

38-3088234

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Lakeshore Museum Center (LMC)

To preserve and interpret through exhibits, education, and programs, the natural and cultural history of Muskegon County. The museum offers permanent and changing exhibits and hand-on activities for young visitors.

Revenue

$2.6m

Assets

$3.6m

Employees

EIN

38-1367319

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (KIA)

To provide the residents of Southwest Michigan with the opportunity to both appreciate and create visual art. To cultivate the creation and appreciation of the visual arts in West Michigan.

Revenue

$3.4m

Assets

$32.6m

Employees

129

EIN

38-1617060

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Impression 5 Science Center

Impression 5 Science Center is a dynamic, interactive space for families to play, create, and challenge their understanding of science through hands-on exhibits and participatory educational programming.

Revenue

$3.0m

Assets

$6.2m

Employees

EIN

23-7200548

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Templearts (SAM)

The Saginaw Art Museum is committed to reaching all audiences, even those who cannot travel to the Museum. The Saginaw Art Museum is an art museum opened in 1948 in the industrial city of Saginaw, situated in the north of the State of Michigan.

Revenue

$2.4m

Assets

$23.4m

Employees

EIN

38-1280546

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Yankee Air Museum

The Yankee Air Museum is an aviation museum located at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The museum has a small fleet of flying aircraft and a collection of static display aircraft outdoors.

Revenue

$3.6m

Assets

$15.4m

Employees

EIN

38-2387453

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM)

Focusing on art, design, and creativity, GRAM will provide diverse platforms for experiences, ideas, and dialogue that enrich the human spirit and build practical learning skills.

Revenue

$4.8m

Assets

$65.5m

Employees

EIN

38-1387136

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum

Interactive museum in Ann Arbor inspiring curiosity in STEM and the natural world, offering exhibits, programs, and special projects.

Revenue

$4.3m

Assets

$10.6m

Employees

EIN

38-2236345

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Friends of the Garden Theater

Friends of the Garden Theater is a museum in Frankfort, MI whose mission is: Charitable group that operates and supports the Garden Theater, a community asset in Frankfort, MI.

Revenue

$750.4k

Assets

$3.4m

Employees

EIN

83-2531689

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum

Preserves Tuskegee Airmen history with hands-on aviation and aerospace engineering programs, plus educational exhibits and outreach services in Detroit.

Revenue

$1.8m

Assets

$2.6m

Employees

EIN

38-2784675

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.

This category corresponds to the "A50: Museums" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.

Michigan museums

Types of museums in Michigan

Museums by major Michigan cities

Job trends for Michigan museums

Sizes of museums in Michigan

Directory of museums in Michigan

Henry Ford

The Detroit Institute of Arts

The Zekelman Holocaust Center

Motown Historical Musuem

Flint Institute of Arts (FIA)

Grand Rapids Public Museum

Air Zoo

Muskegon Museum of Art Foundation

Michigan Science Center

Charles H Wright

Grand Rapids Childrens Museum (GRCM)

Lakeshore Museum Center (LMC)

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (KIA)

Impression 5 Science Center

Templearts (SAM)

Yankee Air Museum

Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM)

Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum

Friends of the Garden Theater

The Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum

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