Cultural Policy Center at NORC at the University of Chicago

The Cultural Policy Center's longest-running continuous project is research on the cultural infrastructure of the United States. This national study of the organizational decisions behind, implementation strategies for, and consequences of the building boom in museums, theaters, and performing arts centers in the U.S. between 1994 and 2008. It is the first comprehensive analysis of cultural building in the United States to be carried out at this scale and depth.