Features financial trend analysis from 2000-2005 from museums that answered both the 2002 and 2005 surveys and commentary on how to develop a successful financial strategy for your museum. Drawing on the results of the latest financial survey, conducted in 2005, this presents up-to-date numbers on a wide range of institutional activities including attendance, operating and non-operating income and expenses, earned income sources and costs of collections care to the net profit per square foot of museum stores and food services and the percent of operating expenses devoted to administration and fund raising. Use the new worksheet feature to compare your museum's financial performance to the field-wide averages and gain insight into areas of operation that may need improvement. AAM's field-wide survey of 800 museums of all types also features a section on demographics - the number, types and distribution of museums in the United States - and a section on financial trends from fiscal years 2000 to 2002. Essential reading for directors, boards of trustees, financial and development officers and others involved in museum management and finance.

2006 Museum Financial Information

Business & Money

Industries

American Alliance of Museums Press

Life Stages of the Museum Visitor: Building Engagement Over a Lifetime offers a rich array of new data about how and why museum visitors behave as they do at different stages of their lives, and how museums can respond to the changing needs and perceptions of their audiences. With smart and engaging analysis, authors Wilkening and Chung point toward the goal of creating museum advocates for life.

Life Stages of the Museum Visitor: Building Engagement Over a Lifetime

Wilkening, Susie

Chung, James

Lonnie G. Bunch III, historian, author and educator, founding director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, is one of the museum profession's leading writers and thinkers. In this collection of his work from the mid-1980s to the present, including new chapters written for this book, Bunch presents a personal and passionate view of American history, "the Gordian knot" of race relations, and the role of the museum in shaping the perspective of a nation.

Call The Lost Dream Back: Essays on History, Race and Museums

Bunch, Lonnie G.

This is the Spanish-language version of the indispensable National Standards and Best Practices for U.S. Museums.

Normas nacionales y mejores practicas para los museos estadounidenses: Spanish Language Edition

Merritt, Elizabeth E.

Art & Energy: How Culture Changes

In Art & Energy, Barry Lord argues that human creativity is deeply linked to the resources available on earth for our survival. From our ancient mastery of fire through our exploitation of coal, oil, and gas, to the development of today’s renewable energy sources, each new source of energy fundamentally transforms our art and culture—how we interact with the world, organize our communities, communicate, and conceive of and assign value to art. By analyzing art, artists, and museums across eras and continents, Lord demonstrates how our cultural values and artistic expression are formed by our efforts to access and control the energy sources that make these cultures possible. Ultimately, Art & Energy reveals how, in Lord’s words, “energy transition is a powerful engine of cultural change.”

LORD, Barry

Arts & Photography

A provocative essay probing issues of museum trusteeship that will stimulate thoughtful discussion and analysis of trustee responsibilities in a world where the focus is on developing interest in public and private institutions. Also included are appendixes, related articles, and a bibliography.

Of Mutual Respect and Other Things: Thoughts on Museum Trusteeship

Naumer, Helmuth

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