Arts and Community

  • Rural counties with performing arts organizations have 3 times more population growth, attract more workers and jobs, and provide higher incomes. Those with design-driven business recover quicker from recessions. (Rural establishment innovation survey, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Economic Research Service (2018)

  • The typical museum devotes three-quarters of its education budget to K-12 students.

  • For every direct job at a museum, an additional job is supported elsewhere in the economy. This is a higher rate than many other industries.

  • 89% of Americans believe that museums provide important economic impacts back to their communities. 

  • After their families, Americans rank authentic artifacts in history museums and historic sites most significant in creating a strong connection to the past.

  • Students in hands-on, or activity-based, science programs have been shown to exhibit increases in creativity, positive attitudes toward science, perception, logic development, communication skills, and reading readiness.

Jade Elyssa Rivera