US Museums Data Analysis
- Priank Ravichandar
- May 10
- 2 min read
Exploring the impact of location and museum type on museum revenue in the United States.
Summary of Data Analysis
Dataset
Analysis of a public United States Museums dataset from Kaggle: https://www.kaggle.com/imls/museum-directory
The museum dataset is a list of museums and related organizations in the United States. The data file includes basic information about each organization (name, address, phone, website, and revenue) plus the museum type or discipline.
We are interested in extracting some insights about museums in the US, such as
Which city or state has the most museums per capita?
How many zoos or aquariums exist in the United States?
What museum or related organization had the highest revenue last year?
How does the composition of museum types differ across the country?
Tools
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Insights
We have museum data for museums of 9 Types, located in 7236 Cities across 51 States.
Museum Types
Science & Technology Museums/Planetariums have the highest average income.
Art Museums have the highest total income, average revenue, and total revenue.
Historic Preservations have the lowest average income and average revenue, and this museum type has the most museums as well.
Children’s Museums have the lowest total income and total revenue.
Natural History Museums have the least museums among all museum types.
Art Museums
Art Museums make up the biggest portion of all museum income and revenue in the US, while Children’s Museums make up the smallest portion of all museum income and revenue For the museum data the revenue is always lower than income so we could assume that the revenue is what the museum is left over with after deducting taxes and other expenses.
It is noteworthy that the Art Museum's revenue makes up a bigger portion of all museum revenue.
The Art Museums are retaining a larger portion of their income as opposed to the other museum types.
If this were not the case then we would expect the distribution to be similar to that of income.
City
Amado has the highest average income, average revenue, and total income.
Washington has the highest total revenue.
New York City has the most museums.
The vast majority of cities make under 10 Billion in income and under 2 Billion in revenue from museums.
State
Arizona (AZ) has the highest average and total income.
Washington DC (DC)has the highest average revenue.
California (CA) has the highest total revenue and also the most museums.
North Dakota (ND) has the lowest average and total income and revenue.
Utah (UT) has the least museums.
The majority of states make under 10 Billion in income and under 5 Billion in revenue from museums. If we take into context the city-level data, it becomes clear that the majority of income and revenue generated from museums in each state comes from just a few cities in that state.
