Science and technology museums
There are 327science museums in the United States. Combined, these science museumsemploy 15,202 people, earn more than $793 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 | 22 |
1-10 | 31 |
11-25 | 26 |
26-100 | 54 |
101 to 1,000 | 41 |
1,000+ | 0 |
Key takeaways for employment stats:
- Employment in Science museums is driven by large organizations like Museum of Science, The Exploratorium, Science Museum of Minnesota, Houston Museum of Natural Science, and Pacific Science Center.
Sizes of science museums
Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
< $250k | 60 |
$250k to $1M | 46 |
$1M to $5M | 53 |
$5M to $25M | 30 |
$25M to $100M | 7 |
$100M+ | 0 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like Houston Museum of Natural Science, Museum of Science and Industry (MSI), Museum of Science, The Exploratorium, and Liberty Science Center earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Science museums.
- Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 4.1% 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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1-20 of 327
Museum of Science
Revenue
$50.0m
Assets
$308.6m
Employees
840
EIN
04-2103916
IRS type
501(c)(3)
The Exploratorium
Revenue
$48.6m
Assets
$264.8m
Employees
811
EIN
94-1696494
IRS type
501(c)(3)
The Adler Planetarium
Revenue
$11.5m
Assets
$59.9m
Employees
227
EIN
36-6210902
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Connecticut Science Center
Revenue
$5.9m
Assets
$120.3m
Employees
100
EIN
06-1538101
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History (FWMSH)
Revenue
$9.4m
Assets
$57.3m
Employees
327
EIN
75-0755335
IRS type
501(c)(3)
New York Hall of Science (NYSCI)
Revenue
$20.5m
Assets
$54.9m
Employees
346
EIN
11-2104059
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Revenue
$54.1m
Assets
$243.5m
Employees
692
EIN
74-1036131
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Pacific Science Center
Revenue
$22.3m
Assets
$39.2m
Employees
661
EIN
91-0750867
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Science Museum of Minnesota
Revenue
$26.6m
Assets
$137.8m
Employees
789
EIN
41-0706172
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Discovery Science Center of Orange County
Revenue
$7.6m
Assets
$53.4m
Employees
284
EIN
33-0828380
IRS type
501(c)(3)
California Science Center Foundation
Revenue
$24.3m
Assets
$142.5m
Employees
494
EIN
95-2210527
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Revenue
$15.9m
Assets
$60.3m
Employees
312
EIN
93-0402877
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Revenue
$5.4m
Assets
$16.7m
Employees
115
EIN
36-0895575
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Arizona Science Center
Revenue
$9.7m
Assets
$39.3m
Employees
244
EIN
86-0390558
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Northern Virginia Science Center Foundation
Revenue
$12.4m
Assets
$11.2m
Employees
54
EIN
90-0168625
IRS type
501(c)(3)
The Franklin Institute
Revenue
$25.1m
Assets
$180.6m
Employees
323
EIN
23-1370501
IRS type
501(c)(3)
The Tech Interactive
Revenue
$24.7m
Assets
$95.1m
Employees
250
EIN
94-2864660
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Discovery Science Center of Los Angeles
Revenue
$19.6m
Assets
$22.6m
Employees
73
EIN
45-5191270
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Liberty Science Center
Revenue
$29.1m
Assets
$118.7m
Employees
411
EIN
22-2302253
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Museum of Science and Industry (MSI)
Revenue
$51.7m
Assets
$301.1m
Employees
485
EIN
36-2167797
IRS type
501(c)(3)