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 Year 1 Report

Findings from the second year of the study will be released by Virginia Judge M.P. B.Ed., Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts, in a media launch at the Museum of Contemporary Art on12 August 2009 at 3.30pm. 

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

 

Michael Huxley

Acting CEO / General Manager, Finance and Administration

Ph +612 9339 9912

Email finance@mgnsw.org.au

 

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