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There
are an estimated 16,000 museums in the United
States
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US
museums receive more than 850 million visits per
year, more than all the country's professional
baseball, football, and basketball sporting events
combined.
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On
average, 2.3 million people visit American museums
every day.
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75%
are small museums.
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43%
are in rural areas.
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Nine
out of ten counties have at least one museum.
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Museums
can be zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, historical
societies, children’s museums and sometimes
libraries.
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Recent
surveys show that Americans from all income and
education ranges visit and value Museums.
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Museums
care for over 750 million objects and living specimens.
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After
their families, Americans ranked authentic artifacts
in history museums and historic sites most significant
in creating a strong connection to the past.
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Zoos
and aquariums invest $51 million in scientific
research each year.
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16%
of museums have a specific ethnic or cultural
focus in their collections.
Source: The American
Association of Museums
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National
and Regional Associations
American
Association of Museums
1575
Eye St.
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 289-1818
Fax: (202) 289-6578
www.aam-us.org
Associations
of Midwest Museums
P.O.
Box 11940
St.
Louis, MO 63112-0040
www.midwestmuseums.org
Mid-Atlantic
Association of Museums (MAAM)
800
E. Lombard St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 223-1194
Fax: (410) 223-2773
www.midatlanticmuseums.org
Mountain-Plains
Museums Association
7110
W. David Dr.
Littleton, CO 80128-5405
(303) 979-9358
Fax: (303) 979-3553
www.mountplainsmuseums.org
Museumland.com
World-wide portal to museums and cultural heritage
sites
www.museumland.com
New
England Museums Association
22 Mill Street, Suite 409
Arlington, MA 02476
781-641-0013 (phone)
781-641-0053 (fax)
www.nemanet.org
Southeastern
Museums Conference
PO
Box 9003
Atlanta, GA 31106
(404) 378-3153
Fax: (404) 370-1612
www.semcdirect.net
Western
Museums Association
655
Thirteenth St., Ste. 301
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 238-9700
Fax: (510) 238-9701
www.westmuse.org/wmamuse.htm
Museum
Studies Programs
Master
of Arts in Museum Studies Program
Southern University at New Orleans
6400 Press Drive
New Orleans, Louisiana 70126
Phone 504.284.5510 Fax 504.286.5296
MuseumStudies@Hotmail.Com
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