Ithaka S+R Museum Director Survey, United States, 2020 (ICPSR 38701)

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Liam Sweeney, Ithaka S+R; Jennifer K. Frederick, Ithaka S+R

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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38701.v1

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The Ithaka S+R Museum Director Survey 2020 examines strategy and leadership issues from the perspective of the directors of art museums across the United States. Respondents were asked about their role as museum directors, their strategic priorities and leadership practices, budgeting and resources allocations, current and expected future staffing, their institutions' public trust and engagement with new and existing audiences, collections care and stewardship, their institutions' fiscal health and financial viability, and organizational and talent management. Demographic variables include respondents' institutions' admission fees, years in their current position, years in the museum sector, their highest degree earned, the position they held prior to their current position as a museum director, the staff size of the museum, and the type of museum (academic or municipal).

Sweeney, Liam, and Frederick, Jennifer K. Ithaka S+R Museum Director Survey, United States, 2020. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-03-21. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38701.v1

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Samuel H. Kress Foundation (RG-201912-19435)
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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The purpose of this study was to solicit information from Museum Directors on their institutions and own careers.

The sample contains museum directors at museums within the United States that are either members of Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) or American Alliance of Museums (AAM). All AAMD museums were surveyed, and only academic museums from AAM that have 4 or more staff members were sampled.

Cross-sectional

All art museum directors within the United States from the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) and directors at larger academic museums from the American Alliance of Museums (AAM).

Individual

The overall response rate was 50 percent.

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2023-03-21

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