Theme: Cultural Institutions

850 million visits are made to museums nationwide each year.

726,000 workers are employed by museums in the United States.

More than half of museums offer free admission to visitors.

Museums provide over 18 million hours of educational programming annually.

26% of museums are located in rural or small communities.

35,000 museums operate in communities across the United States.

1,762 opera performances were presented during the 2023–2024 season.

2.04M people attended opera performances in the 2023–2024 season.

17,900 administrators were employed by opera companies in 2023–2024.

22,700 artists were employed by opera companies across the United States and Canada.