Association of Academic Museums & Galleries 2022 Operational Data Collection

Academic museums and galleries are unique in education. Like other museums, they serve the public by sharing art, history, science, and nature. But unlike other museums, they are part of formal educational institutions that serve students and academics through formal classes and by providing access to collections. In 2022, the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries sought to learn more about how these teaching museums serve both their academic communities and the public. To better understand the role of these museums in the communities they serve, we embarked on benchmark data collection, summarized in this report