Financing the Paradigm Shift: Education Funding in American Art Museums
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Date
2008-06
Authors
Sweeney, Tara
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Abstract
Museum literature in the United States characterizes a broad shift in the mission and
primary focus of art museums from the collection and preservation of objects to public
education; concomitant with this development is the advent of independent museum
education departments within the museum. This shift has been characterized in US
museum literature through a discussion of the social directives of educational restructuring
as they are implied within the museumà à à ¢ s mission statement. By focusing on the financing
of museum education departments, along with endowment revenue and acquisition
funding, and by examining the extent of change over time, we can clarify our
understanding of the fiscal priorities of museums. In order to determine the level of
financial commitment museums maintain in relation to their education departments, this
analysis employs qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
Description
101 p. Examining committee chair: Janice W. Rutherford
Keywords
Paradigm shift, Program services, Education, Museum endowments, Art museums -- United States -- Finance, Education emphasis, Education departments, Acquisitions expenses, Art museum budgets & fiscal priority, Budgets, Museum expenses