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Museum leaders today are looking for strategies to better reach new audiences and to address changes in the leisure preferences of existing audiences. Finding approaches to help ensure the long-term success of your museum is no easy matter.

Building Audiences brings together thought leadership, evidence-based research, case studies, and lessons learned to help you align your organization around effective practices for knowing and better engaging your visitors.

Watch & Talks

Evaluation in Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion Work: Lessons Learned from Museum Professionals

Building Millennial Audiences: Strategies from Funders and the Field

Recordings

Using Audience Research to Build Diverse Engagement from the 2019 Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA

Resources

Annotated bibliography: Connecting the Wallace Foundation Methodology with Museum Research Literature

Fact sheet: What can museums learn about attracting new audiences from Boston Lyric Opera?

Fact sheet: What can museums learn about attracting new audiences from Contemporary Jewish Museum?

Fact sheet: What can museums learn about attracting new audiences from Fleisher Art Memorial?

Fact sheet: What can museums learn about attracting new audiences from Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum?

Fact sheet: What can museums learn about attracting new audiences from Minnesota Opera?

Fact sheet: What can museums learn about attracting new audiences from Pacific Northwest Ballet?

Fact sheet: What can museums learn about attracting new audiences from San Francisco Girls Chorus?

Fact sheet: What can museums learn about digital strategy from Seattle Opera?

Fact sheet: What can museums learn about attracting new audiences from The Clay Studio?

Report: Arts Organizations’ Early Response to COVID-19 Uncertainty: Insights from the Field

Planning toolkit: Navigating Uncertain Times: A Scenario Planning Toolkit for the Arts and Culture Sector

Related Blog Posts and Articles

6 Data-Tested Approaches to Building New Audiences

For and By the Community: An art museum stepped out of its comfort zone to host an exhibition focused on healing in the aftermath of a local tragedy

A Global Education for All: The Children’s Museum of Manhattan successfully navigated potential backlash in developing an exhibition on Muslim Cultures

In Polarized Times: How can museums better respond when caught in the crosshairs of socio-political debate?

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