Are there Limits to Financing Culture through the Market? Evidence from the U.S. Museum Field

Toepler, Stefan; Dewees, Sarah

doi:10.1081/pad-200044548

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“…In their sample of 15 larger museums, Toepler and Kirchberg (2002) detected a decline of merchandising gross revenues and net profits in the same period, speculating that there may not have been any net proceeds across the sample. Comparing Economic Census and IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) data for the museum field at large, Toepler and Dewees (2005) noted that the growth of sales revenue of the largest museums, as represented in the SOI sample, had come to a virtual standstill by the mid-1990s and suggested the on-set of a potential "decommercialization" trend. In some respects, at least, the present case may thus not be too overly idiosyncratic.…”

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Caveat Venditor? Museum Merchandising, Nonprofit Commercialization, and the Case of the Metropolitan Museum in New York

Toepler

2006

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This paper reviews some of the underpinnings of the current commercialization debate in the nonprofit sector, based on an analysis of Metropolitan Museum of Art data from 1960 to 2002. The case suggests at least two avenues for additional research: First, while analysts tend to see the origins of the commercialization phenomenon in the fiscal setbacks of the 1980s, the economic crisis of the 1970s and the resulting erosion of endowment funds may also have been an as of yet unexplored driving force behind the commercialization trend. Second, current conceptual frameworks of the phenomenon adequately explain the motivations behind the observable rise of the museum's commercial activities. However, the changing rationales as well as economic fortunes of commercial activities in this case highlight the need for a better understanding of the long-term effects and consequences of commercial activity by nonprofit organizations, particularly in light of the current push for increased entrepreneurialism.

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Caveat Venditor? Museum Merchandising, Nonprofit Commercialization, and the Case of the Metropolitan Museum in New York

Toepler

2006

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“…Museum financing ( Table ) shows similar results to a research project on the financing of Swiss museums in 2003 by Beccarelli () with virtually the same results for fund‐raising income (18.8 per cent), a little lower self‐generated income (36.2 per cent) and a slightly higher state subsidies share of 45 per cent (Beccarelli, , p. 231–232). Swiss museums depend only as half as much on private funding as, for example, US American museums, whose share from private funding is about 40 per cent (Anheier and Toepler, ; Hughes and Luksetich, ; Toepler and Dewees, ; Song and Yi, ), to compare with UK arts museums, where only 15 per cent of arts income comes from private investment (Mermiri, ).…”

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Towards fund‐raising excellence in museums—linking governance with performance

Betzler

Gmür

2012

J of Philanthropy and Mktg

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This paper presents an empirical analysis of the relationship between fund‐raising governance characteristics and fund‐raising performance in a sample of 98 Swiss museums. We propose a governance model that reflects the developmental level of an organization's fund‐raising in regard to success. Inspired by research on business excellence, the proposed model extends the primarily qualitative and theory‐based concepts of dynamic organization life‐cycle models, which are found in nonprofit research, by taking a quantitative approach. We explore five fund‐raising governance factors: boards' fund‐raising activity, board as symbolic decision maker, board as donor, fund‐raising strategic planning and controlling, and fund‐raising techniques. Museums are classified into fund‐raising governance levels: ‘zero’, ‘awareness’, ‘composition’ and ‘integration’. The model is shown to be linked with fund‐raising income. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…In a mature market, the decision makers and cultural managers are still looking for ways to increase the museum's income. So, it may be experiencing the commercialization process in the US museum area [9].…”

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The Origin, Theory and Construction of Museum Economy Research

Xie¹,

Gao²

2017

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Economics, Management, Law and Education (EMLE 2017)

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Abstract-Museum economy is an important part of heritage economy. It is an important part of cultural industry. Also, it is an important part of interdisciplinary research. With the rapid development of cultural industry, the museum as an important storage carrier of cultural and educational resources is more concerned. It has many researches on the development and utilization of museum cultural resources. On the other hand, the discussion on commercialization of cultural and educational resources is becoming more and more intense. And the practical needs and theoretical value of museum economic research are becoming more and more prominent. This paper analyzes the meaning, development process and main research contents of the museum economy at home and abroad. And it has also made comparison on the differences in the perspectives of museum economic research, the theory and the construction at home and abroad. And it is helpful to develop the museum economy of China and learn from the foreign research experience. To understand the museum economic research is of great significance.

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Are there Limits to Financing Culture through the Market? Evidence from the U.S. Museum Field

Cited by 19 publications

References 7 publications

Caveat Venditor? Museum Merchandising, Nonprofit Commercialization, and the Case of the Metropolitan Museum in New York

Caveat Venditor? Museum Merchandising, Nonprofit Commercialization, and the Case of the Metropolitan Museum in New York

Towards fund‐raising excellence in museums—linking governance with performance

The Origin, Theory and Construction of Museum Economy Research

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