Natural history and sciences museums
There are 526natural history museums in the United States. Combined, these natural history museumsemploy 8,790 people, earn more than $713 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $5 billion.
Job trends for Natural history museums
Employees per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
0 | 12 |
1-10 | 18 |
11-25 | 20 |
26-100 | 24 |
101 to 1,000 | 18 |
1,000+ | 1 |
Key takeaways for employment stats:
- Employment in Natural history museums is driven by large organizations like American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, California Academy of Sciences, Field Museum of Natural History, and Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
Sizes of natural history museums
Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
< $250k | 31 |
$250k to $1M | 25 |
$1M to $5M | 29 |
$5M to $25M | 15 |
$25M to $100M | 4 |
$100M+ | 1 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), California Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Field Museum of Natural History, and Denver Museum of Nature and Science earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Natural history museums.
- Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 2.4% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Natural history museums with more than $100 million account for 27.8% of nonprofit earnings.
Directory of natural history museums
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1-20 of 526
California Academy of Sciences
Revenue
$95.2m
Assets
$832.2m
Employees
641
EIN
94-1156258
IRS type
501(c)(3)
American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)
Revenue
$198.1m
Assets
$1.5b
Employees
1,547
EIN
13-6162659
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Revenue
$41.4m
Assets
$33.9m
Employees
565
EIN
84-0518447
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Fernbank Museum of Natural History
Revenue
$10.0m
Assets
$41.3m
Employees
150
EIN
58-6028607
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
Revenue
$82.2m
Assets
$541.5m
Employees
977
EIN
25-0965280
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Revenue
$18.0m
Assets
$257.4m
Employees
223
EIN
34-0714338
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
Revenue
$9.1m
Assets
$94.7m
Employees
361
EIN
13-3062419
IRS type
501(c)(3)
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Revenue
$6.7m
Assets
$38.4m
Employees
66
EIN
23-1352670
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Nasher Sculpture Center
Revenue
$11.0m
Assets
$4.2m
Employees
71
EIN
02-0601628
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Planet Word
Revenue
$7.4m
Assets
$22.4m
Employees
18
EIN
46-4894732
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Revenue
$10.4m
Assets
$175.4m
Employees
432
EIN
75-6067569
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Field Museum of Natural History
Revenue
$54.1m
Assets
$813.8m
Employees
602
EIN
36-2167011
IRS type
501(c)(3)
San Diego Society of Natural History
Revenue
$10.1m
Assets
$51.9m
Employees
273
EIN
95-1643375
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Lindsay Wildlife Experience
Revenue
$4.0m
Assets
$6.3m
Employees
59
EIN
94-6104179
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Crazy Horse Memorial
Revenue
$13.1m
Assets
$104.8m
Employees
124
EIN
46-0220678
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Revenue
$6.9m
Assets
$85.7m
Employees
140
EIN
95-1643378
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Revenue
$11.8m
Assets
$39.7m
Employees
80
EIN
23-7051889
IRS type
501(c)(3)
USS Missouri Memorial Association
Revenue
$7.1m
Assets
$46.7m
Employees
151
EIN
99-0310903
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum (ASDM)
Revenue
$11.6m
Assets
$30.7m
Employees
179
EIN
86-0111675
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Nordic Heritage Museum Foundation
Revenue
$3.1m
Assets
$50.4m
Employees
37
EIN
91-1107537
IRS type
501(c)(3)