Science and technology museums
There are 331 science museums in the United States. Combined, these science museums employ 15,370 people, earn more than $979 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $4 billion.
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Job trends for Science museums
Employees per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
0 | 27 |
1-10 | 23 |
11-25 | 24 |
26-100 | 54 |
101 to 1,000 | 40 |
1,000+ | 0 |
Key takeaways for employment stats:
- Employment in Science museums is driven by large organizations like The Exploratorium, Museum of Science, Museum of Science and Industry (MSI), Pacific Science Center, and California Science Center Foundation.
Sizes of science museums
Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
< $250k | 61 |
$250k to $1M | 41 |
$1M to $5M | 54 |
$5M to $25M | 26 |
$25M to $100M | 11 |
$100M+ | 0 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like The Exploratorium, Museum of Science and Industry (MSI), Museum of Science, The Franklin Institute, and Space Center Houston earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Science museums.
- Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 2.9% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Science museums with more than $100 million account for 0.0% of nonprofit earnings.
Directory of science museums
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Museum of Science
Revenue
$84.5m
Assets
$313.3m
Employees
822
EIN
04-2103916
IRS type
501(c)(3)
The Exploratorium
Revenue
$96.4m
Assets
$269.8m
Employees
853
EIN
94-1696494
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History (FWMSH)
Revenue
$8.5m
Assets
$56.3m
Employees
345
EIN
75-0755335
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Pacific Science Center
Revenue
$25.4m
Assets
$47.4m
Employees
700
EIN
91-0750867
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Connecticut Science Center
Revenue
$10.4m
Assets
$124.0m
Employees
142
EIN
06-1538101
IRS type
501(c)(3)
New York Hall of Science (NYSCI)
Revenue
$18.9m
Assets
$55.4m
Employees
353
EIN
11-2104059
IRS type
501(c)(3)
The Adler Planetarium
Revenue
$19.2m
Assets
$60.9m
Employees
308
EIN
36-6210902
IRS type
501(c)(3)
California Science Center Foundation
Revenue
$26.3m
Assets
$111.2m
Employees
498
EIN
95-2210527
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Revenue
$30.5m
Assets
$61.2m
Employees
430
EIN
93-0402877
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Discovery Science Center of Orange County
Revenue
$16.4m
Assets
$63.3m
Employees
330
EIN
33-0828380
IRS type
501(c)(3)