Office of Policy and Analysis: Finances

This section contains documents on the following issues: Generation of funding for exhibitions and Smithsonian and unit operations; costs and benefits of admission fees.

Finances

The Smithsonian Institution and General Admission Fees, May 2008

Uses and Funding for the Arts & Industries Building: Ideas from Smithsonian Staff, April 2008

Going Free? Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and General Admission Fees, April 2007

Raising Funds for Museums, A Summary of the 2005 Smithsonian Institution Council Meeting, April 2006

The Costs and Funding of Exhibitions, August 2002

Capability Profile of Exhibit Departments, March 2002

Social Pressures on Art Museums: An Overview of Issues, November 2001

Fundraising at Art Museums, October 2001

Memberships

The Charter Membership of the National Museum of the American Indian: Results from the 1999 Membership Survey, November 1999 | Abstract

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum: Results from the 1999 Membership Study, June 1999 | Abstract

Resident Associate Program Members: Results from the 1998 Resident Associate Program Membership Survey, January 1999 | Abstract

For more information regarding the studies and reports on this site, contact the Office of Policy and Analysis.