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Improving accessibility to art museums.

Publication: Policy Studies Journal
Publication Date: 01-AUG-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Broad-based accessibility to museums has been shown to play a significant role in the growth and economic development of urban areas and to foster civic engagement, volunteerism, and cohesion among differing socioeconomic groups. However, many museums in the United States are becoming to and...

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...increasingly inaccessible lower even average income Americans and are therefore slowly abandoning their traditional roles as non-profit, public institutions in the service of society as a whole.

With adult admission fees as high as $12-$20, institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Frick Collection, and the Art Institute of Chicago are effectively excluding a significant portion of the general population that would otherwise partake in the educational, cultural, and social benefits that these art museums provide. The...

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