Author: Armstrong, Robert E.; Gracey, Janet E.; and Kirschner, Richard

Publication Year: 1968

Media Type: Report

Summary:

The following figures represent the very best and most accurate information available on professional resident nonprofit theatre, opera, dance (ballet and modern), symphony orchestras, and museums (art, history and science). These are figures that reflect the condition of America's major institutions of the traditional arts.

Abstract:

The following figures represent the very best and most accurate information available on professional resident nonprofit theatre, opera, dance (ballet and modern), symphony orchestras, and museums (art, history and science). These are figures that reflect the condition of America's major institutions of the traditional arts.

1968-69 season summary figures: Total expenditures - Theatre, $29,000,000. Opera, $75,000,000. Dance, $18,000,000. Orchestra, $85,000,000. Total performing, $207,000,000. Total museums (art, science, history) $513,000,000. Totals: $720,000.000. Attendance: Theatre, 4,000,000. Opera, 4,000,000. Dance, 1,524,000. Orchestra, 20,000,000. Total performing 29,524,000. Total museums 560,000,000. Totals: 589,524,000.

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Categories: Creative Economies