Art Museum Black Trustee Survey, Canada, Mexico, United States, 2022 (ICPSR 39106)

Version Date: May 29, 2024

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Principal Investigator(s):
Liam Sweeney, Ithaka S+R; Deirdre Harkins, Ithaka S+R; Celeste Watkins-Hayes, University of Michigan; Dominique Adams-Santos, University of Michigan

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR39106.v1

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Alternate Title

The BTA 2022 Art Museum Trustee Survey

Summary

The Black Trustee Survey was conducted by the Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums (BTA) in collaboration with the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) and Ithaka S+R. It aimed to gather insights from North American museum board members, particularly focusing on the experiences of Black trustees. The survey targeted all trustees rather than solely Black trustees, allowing for a comparative analysis. In addition to collecting trustee demographics, the survey gathered information about board member experiences, committee assignments for board members, and recruitment and onboarding.

Citation

Sweeney, Liam, Harkins, Deirdre, Watkins-Hayes, Celeste, and Adams-Santos, Dominique. Art Museum Black Trustee Survey, Canada, Mexico, United States, 2022. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-05-29. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR39106.v1

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Funding

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2022

Date of Collection

2021 -- 2022

Data Collection Notes

For additional information on this study, please refer to the BTA 2022 Art Museum Trustee Survey research report.
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Study Purpose

The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics, roles, and experiences of Black trustees in North American art museums.

Study Design

This study contained a combination of quantitative survey data and qualitative interviews.

Sample

With a unique distribution approach, the survey was sent as an open link to museum directors, who then forwarded it to their respective board members. Through supplementary outreach by BTA, 926 total responses were collected, including 168 responses from Black trustees.

Time Method

Cross-sectional

Universe

Trustees serving on museum boards in North America.

Unit(s) of Observation

Individual

Data Type(s)

survey data

Mode of Data Collection

Description of Variables

The variables in the data are qualitative and contain respondents' views on the organizations that they belong to. Demographic variables in the data pertain to the respondents' race/ethnicity, gender, income, and educational background.

Response Rates

The survey reached 287 art museums, with 134 institutions participating, resulting in a 47 percent institutional response rate.

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Original Release Date

2024-05-29

Version History

2024-05-29 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Created variable labels and/or value labels.
  • Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.
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  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.