In the United States amounted to "portrait Museum in figures

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As follows from the annual report published by the American Association of Directors of art museums/Association of Art Museum Directors - AAMD, the average cost per visitor at the American Museum $53,17 a year, while he leaves the Museum $7,93.

According to this report, designed to create a "portrait of the art Museum in figures, as of 2014, the main source of support for American museums remains private charity, in the form of membership programs, and individual or family donations, accounting for 33% of revenues art museums in the United States, Mexico and Canada, followed by income from the endowment is 21%, state support is 18% of income, but at the expense of the tickets is only 7% of the funding.

Expense of American museums have acquired 12197 objects, while in the gift they have received 69516, and wills 4207 objects. Among the Museum costs 33% of costs related to the Museum's main activities (exhibitions, mentoring, library and educational activities and so on), 24% is spent on income-generating activities (shop, restaurant, marketing and PR, membership programs, etc.,), 21% is allocated to support the infrastructure (building repairs, security, utility costs), 16% - administrative activities.

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Report of the U.S. Bureau of economic analysis.


According to a report published by the U.S. Bureau of economic analysis (BEA), the cultural industries in the United States is becoming more profitable, and the value added in this sector since 2007 has been steadily increasing.

According to BEA, the culture industry was created in 2012, the value added per $698,7 billion, representing 3.8% of the US GDP and more than the share of construction, transport, tourism, or agriculture.

The culture industry is defined in the report as "creative art activities, goods and services produced by it, the goods and services produced for her support, and construction of buildings, in which occurs this activity".
The greatest value added growth occurred in the film industry (55%), information services (53%), performing arts (52%) computer design (47%), advertising (30%), and "independent artists, writers, and performers" (22%).
At the same time, economic indicators fell in architecture, landscape design, graphic design and publishing. Statistical data reflected the unexpected fact: while economic indicators in the cultural industries grow, the number of employed workers in it decreases.
If in 2007 it employed 5.2 million jobs in 2012 - only 4.7 million
Employment increased only among managers of artists, promoters of performing arts, as well as people working in museums, cinema, computer design and information services.

Employment in cultural industries, USA (blue denotes engaged in primary creative activity, yellow - in helper).