Boston museums
There are 170museums in the greater Bostonmetro area, including the cities of Boston, Cambridge, Framingham, Newton, and Waltham. Combined, these Boston metro museumsemploy 3,044 people, earn more than $444 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $4 billion.
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Types of museums in Boston
Nonprofit type | Number | Revenues |
---|---|---|
170 | $444,311,071 | |
73 | $83,844,510 | |
21 | $201,049,349 | |
11 | $183,784 | |
7 | $76,315,131 | |
5 | $20,383,725 |
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Job trends for Boston museums
Employees per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
0 | 22 |
1-10 | 31 |
11-25 | 13 |
26-100 | 10 |
101 to 1,000 | 6 |
1,000+ | 0 |
Key takeaways for employment stats:
- Employment in Boston museums is driven by large organizations like Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Science, Peabody Essex Museum, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA).
Sizes of museums in Boston
Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
< $250k | 51 |
$250k to $1M | 26 |
$1M to $5M | 16 |
$5M to $25M | 9 |
$25M to $100M | 2 |
$100M+ | 1 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Science, Peabody Essex Museum, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Boston museums.
- Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 3.8% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Boston museums with more than $100 million account for 33.4% of nonprofit earnings.
Directory of museums in Boston
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1-20 of 170
Museum of Science
Revenue
$71.5m
Assets
$344.8m
Employees
456
EIN
04-2103916
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Boston Children's Museum
Revenue
$15.5m
Assets
$60.8m
Employees
99
EIN
04-2103993
IRS type
501(c)(3)
USS Constitution Museum
Revenue
$5.1m
Assets
$13.7m
Employees
32
EIN
04-2505888
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Holocaust Legacy Foundation
Revenue
$8.2m
Assets
$15.7m
Employees
2
EIN
83-4670212
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Revenue
$21.3m
Assets
$300.7m
Employees
248
EIN
04-2104334
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Peabody Essex Museum
Revenue
$46.6m
Assets
$781.5m
Employees
259
EIN
04-3157815
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Museum of Fine Arts
Revenue
$148.3m
Assets
$1.3b
Employees
747
EIN
04-2103607
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Plimoth Patuxet Museums
Revenue
$13.7m
Assets
$40.0m
Employees
197
EIN
04-2210750
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
Revenue
$23.7m
Assets
$113.8m
Employees
239
EIN
04-2104327
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library
Revenue
$6.2m
Assets
$54.4m
Employees
14
EIN
04-2493347
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Strawbery Banke Museum
Revenue
$6.2m
Assets
$20.1m
Employees
84
EIN
02-0260158
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Collings Foundation
Revenue
$17.8m
Assets
$90.8m
Employees
0
EIN
47-1954671
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Museum of Afro American History
Revenue
$4.7m
Assets
$13.3m
Employees
14
EIN
04-2429556
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Discovery Museum (TDM)
Revenue
$3.5m
Assets
$12.1m
Employees
93
EIN
04-2741645
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Decordova Sculpture Park and Museum
Revenue
$4.2m
Assets
$20.8m
Employees
0
EIN
04-2067315
IRS type
501(c)(3)
The West End Museum Incorporated
Revenue
$3.7m
Assets
$3.9m
Employees
2
EIN
27-5438528
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Seacoast Science Center
Revenue
$4.3m
Assets
$5.5m
Employees
52
EIN
02-0526488
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Armenian Museum of America
Revenue
$2.2m
Assets
$16.3m
Employees
7
EIN
22-2778232
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Longyear Foundation
Revenue
$3.9m
Assets
$84.5m
Employees
50
EIN
04-2203829
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Cape Ann Museum
Revenue
$3.9m
Assets
$27.9m
Employees
24
EIN
04-2143545
IRS type
501(c)(3)