A report on the first year of Museums & Galleries NSW’s major 3-year study of visitors to galleries and museums strongly demonstrates the value of galleries and museums to all sectors of the community and puts the lie to the common stereotype of art-lovers as ‘champagne-sipping élite’.

 

The report, Guess Who’s Going To The Gallery?, was released in July 2008 and gained widespread attention from both the media and the museum and gallery sector. The report is based on over 2,200 interviews with visitors at 12 galleries and museums in the Western Sydney and Newcastle/Hunter regions. It presents the findings from the first stage of a major 3-year strategic initiative by M&G NSW – the first ever state-wide, standardised survey of museum and gallery visitors to be undertaken in NSW.

Download a summary of the Report

Findings from the second year of the study will be released in July 2009. 

To obtain a copy of the full report or for more information about M&G NSW’s Audeince Development Study please contact:

 

Kathryn Hamilton

Audience Development Coordinator

Museums & Galleries NSW

+61 2 9339 9916

kathrynh@mgnsw.org.au

 

Hawkesbury Regional Gallery ‘Western Front’. Artist: Alan Jones. Photo courtesy of Hawkesbury Regional Gallery

Hawkesbury Regional Gallery ‘Western Front’. Artist: Alan Jones. Photo courtesy of Hawkesbury Re

Hawkesbury Regional Gallery ‘BloodLines: Art and the Horse’. Artist: Stephanie Hicks. Photographer: Suzie Startin. Photo courtesy of Hawkesbury Regional Gallery

Hawkesbury Regional Gallery ‘BloodLines: Art and the Horse’. Artist: Stephanie Hicks. Photograph