Virginia museums

Name: Top 20 Museums in Virginia
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There are 297museums in Virginia. Combined, these Virginianmuseumsemploy 3,431 people, earn more than $428 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $3 billion.

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Types of museums in Virginia

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Museums	297	3,431	$428,361,305	$3,303,789,709
History museums	157	2,150	$239,922,530	$2,401,548,595
Art museums	28	363	$105,156,456	$542,886,244
Science and technology museums	13	213	$15,638,848	$58,032,905
Children's museums	9	185	$10,763,766	$26,574,777
Natural history and sciences museums	7	107	$6,157,351	$26,374,300

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Museums by major Virginia cities

Metro area	Nonprofits	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Washington DC	67	471	$61,427,601	$273,880,815
Virginia Beach	57	1,861	$232,540,660	$2,158,517,210
Richmond	41	566	$96,621,878	$629,158,542
Roanoke	15	108	$7,010,524	$83,057,926
Lynchburg	12	45	$2,189,222	$10,510,775
Staunton	11	2	$1,366,117	$20,160,496
Harrisonburg	8	31	$1,606,460	$10,470,090
Charlottesville	7	11	$1,493,401	$4,444,148
Winchester	6	117	$8,534,549	$46,183,077
Blacksburg	5	20	$952,059	$2,647,918

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Job trends for Virginia museums

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	44
1-10	46
11-25	17
26-100	27
101 to 1,000	3
1,000+	1

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in Virginia museums is driven by large organizations like Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, The Chrysler Museum of Art, The Mariners' Museum, Montpelier Foundation, and Virginia Living Museum.

Sizes of museums in Virginia

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	101
$250k to $1M	43
$1M to $5M	21
$5M to $25M	10
$25M to $100M	3
$100M+	1

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Navy Seal Foundation, The Chrysler Museum of Art, and Virginia Museum of History and Culture earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Virginia museums.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 6.8% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Virginia museums with more than $100 million account for 26.9% of nonprofit earnings.

Directory of museums in Virginia

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National Museum of the United States Army (NMUSA)

The Army Historical Foundation was established in 1983 as a member-based, publicly supported 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the history and heritage of the American Soldier.

Revenue

$10.1m

Assets

$10.5m

Employees

EIN

52-1367225

IRS type

501(c)(3)

American Alliance of Museums (AAM)

The Alliance's mission is to enhance the value of museums to their communities through leadership, advocacy and service.

Revenue

$10.2m

Assets

$15.9m

Employees

EIN

53-0205889

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Montpelier Foundation

Montpelier Foundation is a museum and educational center that honors the legacy of James Madison and the history of American democracy.

Revenue

$10.1m

Assets

$36.2m

Employees

100

EIN

31-1620682

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Virginia Museum of History and Culture

Preserving and interpreting Virginia's history, connecting past with present. Collections, research, programs, and education offered in Richmond, VA.

Revenue

$15.3m

Assets

$153.0m

Employees

EIN

54-0419452

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Marine Corps Heritage Foundation

The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation preserves and promulgates the history, traditions and culture of the Marine Corps and educates all Americans in its virtues.

Revenue

$9.7m

Assets

$116.9m

Employees

EIN

26-0803466

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Children's Science Center inspires a love of learning for thousands of children in Northern Virginia and across our region, by providing unique learning experiences, promoting math and Science literacy, and creating an essential community resource. Th....

Revenue

$5.1m

Assets

$12.8m

Employees

EIN

90-0168625

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Maymont Foundation

Maymont Foundation is a history museum in Richmond, VA whose mission is: The Maymont Foundation preserves and celebrates Maymont for the pleasure and education of everyone.

Revenue

$5.4m

Assets

$34.7m

Employees

EIN

54-6039788

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA)

VMFA's purpose is to collect, preserve, exhibit, and interpret art, to encourage the study of the arts, and thus to enrich the lives of all.

Revenue

$55.0m

Assets

$306.6m

Employees

EIN

51-0205333

IRS type

501(c)(3)

National WOMEN'S History Museum (NWHM)

The National Women's History Museum educates, inspires, empowers and shapes the future by integrating women's distinctive history into the culture and history of the United States.

Revenue

$2.2m

Assets

$839.4k

Employees

EIN

54-1801426

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Association of Children's Museums

ACM champions children's museums globally, prioritizing playful learning and a healthy, safe, and equitable future for all children.

Revenue

$2.9m

Assets

$3.7m

Employees

EIN

95-4087882

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Preserve, restore, reconstruct, or otherwise maintain historical structures, objects, works of art and locations and to promote encourage, and carry on any historical, interpretive, research or related educational activities.

Revenue

$115.3m

Assets

$1.7b

Employees

1,151

EIN

54-0505888

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Chrysler Museum of Art

The Chrysler Museum of Art is one of America's most distinguished mid-sized art museums with a world-class collection of more than 30,000 objects, including one of the great glass collections in America, and a new Glass Studio.

Revenue

$34.0m

Assets

$126.9m

Employees

159

EIN

51-0243196

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Navy Seal Foundation

The Navy Seal Foundation provides critical support for Naval Special Warfare warriors, veterans, and their families through education and health programs.

Revenue

$35.2m

Assets

$139.0m

Employees

EIN

31-1728910

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Tall Ship Providence Foundation

Tall Ship Providence Foundation educates on the Continental Navy's role in the Revolution via tours of a reproduction ship. Located in Alexandria, VA.

Revenue

$4.8m

Assets

$5.1m

Employees

EIN

82-2485535

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Mariners' Museum

The Mariners' Museum makes a difference in peoples' lives, inviting them to discover their relationship to The sea by exploring maritime culture, science and history.

Revenue

$14.8m

Assets

$139.7m

Employees

124

EIN

54-0541801

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Museum of the Shenandoah Valley (MSV)

The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley (MSV) is dedicated to preserving and enriching the cultural life and heritage of the Valley. The Museum sits on land originally claimed by Winchester founder James Wood in 1735.

Revenue

$7.1m

Assets

$38.0m

Employees

EIN

54-1857973

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Nauticus Foundation

Nauticus Foundation is a maritime discovery center in Norfolk, VA that offers interactive exhibits and STEM programming for all ages.

Revenue

$7.5m

Assets

$12.4m

Employees

EIN

54-1475802

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Taubman Museum of Art

Taubman brings art and people together through exhibits, classes, shows, and workshops to stimulate appreciation in Roanoke Valley.

Revenue

$4.5m

Assets

$68.8m

Employees

EIN

54-6026841

IRS type

501(c)(3)

National Sporting Library

NSL preserves equestrian, angling, and field sports literature, art, and culture. It offers a research library, lectures, and scholar-in-residence program.

Revenue

$4.0m

Assets

$24.7m

Employees

EIN

54-6053662

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Children's Museum of Richmond

The Children's Museum of Richmond, a not-for-profit organization, exists to create innovative learning experiences for all children and those who support them that inspire the next generation of creative problem solvers.

Revenue

$4.3m

Assets

$8.1m

Employees

EIN

51-0220694

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.

This category corresponds to the "A50: Museums" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.

Virginia museums

Types of museums in Virginia

Museums by major Virginia cities

Job trends for Virginia museums

Sizes of museums in Virginia

Directory of museums in Virginia

National Museum of the United States Army (NMUSA)

American Alliance of Museums (AAM)

Montpelier Foundation

Virginia Museum of History and Culture

Marine Corps Heritage Foundation

Children's Science Center

Maymont Foundation

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA)

National WOMEN'S History Museum (NWHM)

Association of Children's Museums

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

The Chrysler Museum of Art

Navy Seal Foundation

Tall Ship Providence Foundation

The Mariners' Museum

Museum of the Shenandoah Valley (MSV)

Nauticus Foundation

Taubman Museum of Art

National Sporting Library

Children's Museum of Richmond

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