Museums in the US are growing rapidly—and so is the money at stake.
They spent nearly $5 billion between 2007 and 2014, according to the Art Newspaper. The publication’s study of 75 museums across 38 countries found that, when it came to building new wings and galleries, the US spent more than all the 37 other countries combined.
The boom is all the more spectacular as it came amid the worst recession since the Great Depression.
From The crazy scale of the US’s benefactor-driven museum boom – Quartz
Museums in the US are growing rapidly—and so is the money at stake.
They spent nearly $5 billion between 2007 and 2014, according to the Art Newspaper. The publication’s study of 75 museums across 38 countries found that, when it came to building new wings and galleries, the US spent more than all the 37 other countries combined.
The boom is all the more spectacular as it came amid the worst recession since the Great Depression.
From The crazy scale of the US’s benefactor-driven museum boom – Quartz
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