A family outing to the New York museum for two parents and two teenagers would cost over $100 with the new admission fees.
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Why Are Attendance Rates Decreasing at London’s Museums?
Statistics show a 6% drop in attendance at London’s seven biggest art institutions over the last three years.
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The World’s Best-Attended Museums and Exhibitions in 2017
The Louvre remained the world’s most visited museum last year, but Beijing’s National Museum of China is closing the gap, with just 100,000 fewer visitors.
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Running the Numbers on Attendance at History Museums in the US
In attempting to gauge whether attendance at American cultural institutions is indeed declining, many commentators often conflate “museum” with “art museum,” but art museums comprise only about 4.5% of American museums, while history institutions, comprise about 55.5%.
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As Museum Attendance Declines, One Institute Argues Audience Engagement Is on the Rise
The National Center for Arts Research, which was created in 2012 by the Meadows School of the Arts and the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University, says museums “have the highest average number of touch points, both in-person and total.”
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Looking at the Data Behind Free Museum Admission
The question of whether or not art museums should be free tends to get people riled up.
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Spanish Museum Director Who Gave Hairdresser a Solo Show Under Investigation
The Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, the main modern and contemporary art museum in Spain’s third city, grossly inflated its attendance figures, overpaid for acquisitions, and made a number of other suspicious moves during the 10-year tenure of its former director, Consuelo Ciscar.
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Private Giving Sustains Art Museums, Study Finds
The average museumgoer in the US, Canada, and Mexico spends $7.93 during her visit (the average museumgoer must not be in New York City), while the museum spends $53.17 on her, according to the Association of Art Museum Directors.
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2012 Museum Attendance Numbers Show a Diverse Global Art Scene
The Art Newspaper’s annual museum attendance figures for 2012 were recently released and there were no real surprises, except that the Tate Modern has overtaken the National Gallery in the fourth spot, DC’s National Gallery of Art slipped to 8th, and Seoul’s National Museum of Korean fell out of the top 10 to 12, while the Vatican Museums (which was not included on the 2011 list) entered the list in the 6th spot.
