Share Your Museum's Data Today

Data makes our case—on Capitol Hill and beyond. And Museum Benchmarking Online (MBO) makes it easy for you to share your museum's data. MBO is the 21st-century version of our Museum Financial Information survey.

You can enter your museum's data for free. Download the questions here.

Not ready to answer all these questions. Share key data with us in the abridged MBO.

What You Will Need to Enter Your FY10 Data

• your museum's budget
• annual report or audit
• IRS 990 form
• attendance and staffing figures

Upgrade to full access to collect and store key information about your museum's operations, make instant comparisons and generate customized reports that can be filtered on demand.

• Overall Revenue & Expenses
• Staffing (paid vs. volunteer, expenses)
• Building (operations, maintenance, expenses)
• Attendance & Admissions (including revenue and income per on-site visitor)
• Education (school groups, expenses)
• Revenue sources (government, earned income, contributions, investments)
• Endowment
• Operating Expenses (including collections care, marketing, fundraising and Web)
• Membership

Pricing

Museums can add their data to the system at no cost, but only subscribers have access to the benchmarking and reporting. Consultants, independent professionals, researchers and businesses that serve the museum community can also subscribe.

• Contributor: Free
• Full Benchmark Access: $99.95 (members), $199.95 (non-members)
• Non-Contributor Access: $199.95 (members), $299.95 (non-members)