Disturbing Facts about MAM from the American Association of Museum Directory, 2006 (for year ending 2005)

American Association of Museums Directory 2006
(For Year Ending 2005)
This has been edited and sent to us by Martin Margulies.

• In 10 years MAM has no endowment

Total Number of Employees
The Wolfsonian 39
*MAM Did not report

Total Salaries
• 40,000 ft. Harn Museum of Art has $1.3 million in salaries
The Wolfsonian $1,754,000
*MAM Did not report

Total Number of Works of Art
Brooklyn Museum of Art 1,000,000
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 400,000
Art Institute of Chicago 270,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art 228,000
Museum of Modern Art 150,000
The Whitney 115,000
Baltimore Museum of Art 90,000
Cleveland Museum of Art 42,000
San Francisco Museum of Art 25,000
Birmingham Museum of Art 22,000
Dallas Museum of Art 21,000
Tampa Museum of Art 6,900
The Harn Museum of Art 5,600
Museum of Cont. Art, Los Angeles 5,500
*MAM 288

Amount of Insurance Carried
• Most of these museums only have a percentage of their collection insured

Art Acquisitions 2005
Philadelphia Museum of Art $29,000,000 913 works
Art Institute of Chicago $16,000,000 1,136 works
Dallas Museum of Art $12,600,000 300 works
The Whitney $7,000,000 967 works
Detroit Institute of Arts $2,200,000
Milwaukee Art Museum $2,000,000
Tampa Museum of Art $1,300,000
*MAM $700,000
The Harn Museum of Art $600,000

Total Value of Art Purchased
Art Institute of Chicago $16,000,000
Dallas Museum of Art $10,300,000
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston $9,600,000
Cleveland Museum of Art $6,600,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art $5,400,000
The Whitney $2,400,000
Baltimore Museum of Art $930,000
The Harn Museum of Art $400,000
Cornell Museum of Art $349,000
*MAM $51,000 3 works

Donations
Philadelphia Museum of Art $19,000,000
High Museum of Art $5,500,000
Saint Louis Art Museum $8,300,000
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston $7,000,000
*MAM $653,000

Total Membership as a Percentage of Population
• The average of 127 museums is 4.920 %
Portland (Maine) Museum of Art 3.2 %
San Francisco Museum of Art 2.4 %
Milwaukee Art Museum 1.4 %
Museum of Modern Art 1.16 %
Art Institute of Chicago 1.15 %
High Museum of Art 0.88 %
*MAM 0.037 %

*Paying Visitors
• Out of 98 museums MAM is 97
Los Angeles County Museum of Art 287,000
High Art Museum 233,000
Whitney Museum 216,000
Cleveland Museum of Art 150,000
Detroit Institute of Arts 110,000
Museum of Cont. Art, Chicago 77,000
Museum of Cont. Art, Los Angles 52,000
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth 49,000
New Museum 39,000
Cincinnati Art Museum 34,000
Baltimore Museum of Art 30,000
*MAM 4,895

Museum on-site Attendance – Individuals (Full price) & Seniors
MAM Did not report

Museum on-site Attendance – Individuals – Students
Philadelphia Museum of Art 75,000
Dallas Museum of Art 33,000
Minneapolis Institute of Arts 8,000
Tampa Museum of Art 4,700
*MAM Did not report

Museum on-site Attendance – School Groups – Paying
High Museum of Art 67,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art 57,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art 39,000
Orland Museum of Art 19,000
Detroit Institute of Arts 15,000
San Francisco Museum of Art 7,500
*MAM 3,700

Museum on-site Attendance – Non-Paying Visitors
• Out of 130 museums MAM is 129
Dallas Museum of Art 415,000
Los Angeles County Museum of Art 263,000
San Francisco Museum of Art 185,000
Newark Museum 191,000
High Museum of Art 98,000
Tampa Museum of Art 21,000
The Wolfsonia n 12,000
*MAM 1,400

Museum on-site Attendance – School Groups
• Out of 111 museums MAM is 102
San Francisco Museum of Art 13,000
Milwaukee Art Museum 10,000
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 9,000
Museum of Cont. Art, Los Angeles 5,000
*MAM 1,156

Total Operating Revenue
*MAM Did not report

Government Support
*MAM Did not report

State Support
*MAM Did not report

County Support
*MAM Did not report

Municipal Support
*MAM Did not report

Private Support – Contributions - Individual & Family - Corporate
*MAM Did not report

Total Operating Expenses
*MAM Did not report

Operating Expenses – Curatorial – Collections Care & Management
*MAM Did not report

Operating Expenses – Temporary Exhibitions
Los Angeles County Museum of Art $5,900,000
Cleveland Museum of Art $3,500,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art $3,300,000
Dallas Museum of Art $3,000,000
Baltimore Museum of Art $1,500,000
*MAM Did not report

Operating Expenses – Education
*MAM Did not report

Operating Expenses – Administration
Philadelphia Museum of Art $4,800,000
Cleveland Museum of Art $4,600,000
High Museum of Art $4,200,000
Museum of Cont. Art, Los Angeles $2,400,000
Dallas Museum of Art $2,000,000
Harn Museum of Art $480,000
*MAM Did not report

Operating Expenses – Security
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston $3,700,000
Dallas Museum of Art $2,700,000
Cleveland Museum of Art $2,600,000
Baltimore Museum of Art $1,300,000
*MAM Did not report

Operating Expenses- Building Maintenance
Los Angeles County Museum of Art $3,800,000
Cleveland Museum of Art $3,300,000
San Francisco Museum of Art $2,700,000
Saint Louis Art Museum $1,800,000
*MAM Did not report

Operating Expenses – Development
*MAM Did not report

Operating Expenses – Marketing
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston $2,200,000
Detroit Institute of Arts $1,500,000
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston $1,100,000
Tampa Museum of Art $240,000
*MAM Did not report

*Total Operating Revenue
Philadelphia Museum of Art $46,000,000
Los Angeles County Museum of Art $39,000,000
San Francisco Museum of Art $35,000,000
Cleveland Museum of Art $31,000,000
Indianapolis Museum of Art $31,000,000
Whitney Museum $24,000,000
Saint Louis Art Museum $22,000,000
High Museum of Art $19,600,000
Milwaukee Art Museum $15,000,000
Baltimore Museum of Art $11,600,000
Cincinnati Art Museum $11,000,000
Harn Museum of Art $2,200,000
*MAM Did not report

Total Operating Expense
Detroit Institute of Art $65,000,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art $46,000,000
Cleveland Museum of Art $34,000,000
San Francisco Museum of Art $32,000,000
Saint Louis Art Museum $24,000,000
High Museum of Art $19,000,000
Museum of Cont. Art, Chicago $13,000,000
Baltimore Museum of Art $11,600,000
Harn Museum of Art $2,300,000
*MAM Did not report

Membership – Total Members
• Out of 808 members 17 are corporate
High Museum of Art 34,000
Detroit Institute of Art 33,000
Milwaukee Art Museum 21,000
Dallas Museum of Art 18,000
Museum of Cont. Art, Los Angeles 17,000
Whitney Museum 13,500
Museum of Cont. Art, Chicago 7,700
*MAM 808

Annual Attendance
• Out of 133 museums MAM is 132
San Francisco Museum of Art 566,000
Saint Louis Art Museum 480,000
Whitney Museum 442,000
High Museum of Art 337,000
Detroit Institute of Art 250,000
Museum of Cont. Art, Los Angeles 211,000
Indianapolis Museum of Art 158,000
Baltimore Museum of Art 95,000
Orlando Museum of Art 82,000
*MAM 9,200