Washington museums

Name: Top 20 Museums in Washington
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There are 265museums in Washington. Combined, these Washingtonianmuseumsemploy 2,609 people, earn more than $293 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $2 billion.

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Types of museums in Washington

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Museums	265	2,609	$292,540,624	$1,669,652,245
History museums	109	422	$48,430,071	$257,527,220
Art museums	36	1,039	$130,356,882	$818,842,612
Children's museums	16	395	$23,439,781	$70,566,783
Science and technology museums	16	437	$59,964,141	$391,939,479
Natural history and sciences museums	13	33	$2,251,932	$7,607,939

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Museums by major Washington cities

Metro area	Nonprofits	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Seattle	97	1,878	$241,382,266	$1,446,028,723
Bremerton	16	87	$7,107,035	$29,304,499
Yakima	13	13	$2,516,873	$13,247,959
Spokane	13	70	$7,848,458	$32,996,408
Kennewick	13	6	$636,072	$9,748,663
Wenatchee	11	37	$2,495,841	$7,064,149
Bellingham	10	42	$2,088,985	$7,450,241
Portland, OR	9	8	$596,212	$2,307,557
Mount Vernon	8	34	$2,715,532	$16,082,566
Longview, WA	8	13	$525,983	$3,799,309

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Job trends for Washington museums

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	35
1-10	55
11-25	13
26-100	18
101 to 1,000	6
1,000+	0

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in Washington museums is driven by large organizations like Seattle Art Museum, Museum of Flight, Pacific Science Center, MoPOP, and Northwest Maritime Center.

Sizes of museums in Washington

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	89
$250k to $1M	35
$1M to $5M	21
$5M to $25M	11
$25M to $100M	2
$100M+	0

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Seattle Art Museum, Museum of Flight, MoPOP, Museum of History and Industry, and Pacific Science Center earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Washington museums.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 10.1% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Washington museums with more than $100 million account for 0.0% of nonprofit earnings.

Directory of museums in Washington

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The Wing Luke Museum

The Wing Luke Museum connects everyone to the dynamic history, cultures, and art of Asian Pacific Americans through vivid storytelling and inspiring experiences to advance racial and social equity. The museum is located in Seattle, WA.

Revenue

$7.2m

Assets

$11.1m

Employees

EIN

91-6067431

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Pacific Science Center

Pacific Science Center inspires curiosity and fuels passion for informal science learning through digital programs and in-person camps.

Revenue

$14.6m

Assets

$49.8m

Employees

171

EIN

91-0750867

IRS type

501(c)(3)

MoPOP

MoPOP inspires creative expression through immersive experiences that connect communities, with educational programs and engaging exhibitions in Seattle.

Revenue

$19.8m

Assets

$148.3m

Employees

147

EIN

91-1626784

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Museum of History and Industry

Mohai collects and shares diverse stories of Seattle and the Puget Sound region, inspiring individuals and communities through innovative education.

Revenue

$15.7m

Assets

$66.9m

Employees

EIN

91-0513034

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Seattle Art Museum

Seattle Art Museum connects art to life with global collections, exhibitions, installations, and programs promoting and cultivating the fine arts.

Revenue

$67.2m

Assets

$381.1m

Employees

366

EIN

91-0640788

IRS type

501(c)(3)

National Nordic Museum

National Nordic Museum celebrates and shares Nordic culture through events and exhibits in Seattle, WA.

Revenue

$7.3m

Assets

$48.8m

Employees

EIN

91-1107537

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Imagine Childrens Museum

Imagine Childrens Museum offers playful and interactive learning experiences through exhibits, programs, and events to inspire children's love for learning.

Revenue

$6.7m

Assets

$39.6m

Employees

EIN

94-3153591

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Tacoma Art Museum

Tacoma Art Museum inspires with its collections and dynamic exhibitions, featuring local artists in the store and cafe.

Revenue

$8.1m

Assets

$66.2m

Employees

EIN

91-0697444

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Museum of Flight

Museum of Flight is the largest independent, non-profit air and space museum in the world with over 175 aircraft and spacecraft, tens of thousands of artifacts, millions of rare photographs, dozen of exhibits and experiences and a world-class library.

Revenue

$43.4m

Assets

$327.7m

Employees

236

EIN

91-0785826

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Mt Rainier Scenic Railroad

The logging museum at the Mt. Rainier Railroad seeks to tell the stories of the men, women and sometimes families that called railroad logging camps home in the early to mid 1900's.

Revenue

$3.7m

Assets

$5.1m

Employees

EIN

91-6060485

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Kidsquest Children's Museum

KidsQuest Children's Museum is a hands-on, interactive children's museum that encourages learning through play with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM).

Revenue

$3.6m

Assets

$10.9m

Employees

EIN

91-1828830

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA)

To engage a diverse population with the art and craft of our region and our time. Promoting and preserving the finest examples of local and regional contemporary art and craft. Presenting a regular rotation of borrowed artworks and exhibitions.

Revenue

$5.8m

Assets

$22.8m

Employees

EIN

27-0183255

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Bellevue Arts Museum

Bellevue Arts Museum: Center for PNW's art, craft & design exploration with free admission to 10 exhibitions including family-friendly programs.

Revenue

$2.1m

Assets

$19.3m

Employees

EIN

91-6028261

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Greentrike

Greentrike champions play and provides expertise in expanded learning opportunities for children and youth in Pierce County, WA.

Revenue

$4.3m

Assets

$8.2m

Employees

EIN

94-3036465

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Northwest Railway Museum

Northwest Railway Museum offers experiential living history programs and operates historic train stations, promoting the significance of railroads in development.

Revenue

$2.4m

Assets

$12.9m

Employees

EIN

91-6054975

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Museum of Glass

Museum of Glass is a creative glassmaking venue with an educational program and hot shop in Tacoma, Washington.

Revenue

$4.5m

Assets

$26.1m

Employees

EIN

91-1669422

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Lemay - America's Car Museum (ACM)

LeMay - America's Car Museum (ACM) is educational institution dedicated to preserve and interpret the history and technology of the automobile and its influence on American culture.

Revenue

$3.9m

Assets

$51.3m

Employees

EIN

91-1867848

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Northwest Maritime Center

Our mission: the mission of the Northwest Maritime Center is to engage and educate people of all generations in traditional and contemporary Maritime life, in a spirit of adventure and discovery.who we are: at our core we use powerful Maritime experiences....

Revenue

$6.0m

Assets

$21.7m

Employees

133

EIN

91-1931643

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Northwest Museum of Art and Culture

Northwest Museum of Art and Culture collects, preserves, exhibits cultural artifacts, and educates through programs in Spokane, WA.

Revenue

$5.8m

Assets

$19.8m

Employees

EIN

91-6000186

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum

Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum showcases operational vintage military technology with educational programming and year-round events in Severett, WA.

Revenue

$6.5m

Assets

$61.1m

Employees

EIN

82-2836435

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.

Washington museums

Types of museums in Washington

Museums by major Washington cities

Job trends for Washington museums

Sizes of museums in Washington

Directory of museums in Washington

The Wing Luke Museum

Pacific Science Center

MoPOP

Museum of History and Industry

Seattle Art Museum

National Nordic Museum

Imagine Childrens Museum

Tacoma Art Museum

Museum of Flight

Mt Rainier Scenic Railroad

Kidsquest Children's Museum

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA)

Bellevue Arts Museum

Greentrike

Northwest Railway Museum

Museum of Glass

Lemay - America's Car Museum (ACM)

Northwest Maritime Center

Northwest Museum of Art and Culture

Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum

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