Association of Children's Museums

The Association of Children's Museums will partner with NewKnowledge, a nonprofit think tank and planning group, and IMPLAN Group, a provider of economic impact data, to prototype a model for assessing the economic impact of children's museums and the field at large. The project team will conduct economic impact analyses that quantify the operational economic influence of children's museums, as well as the impact of local and out-of-area visitors to children's museums. The project will produce a report that details the economic impact of the children's museum sector which will be evaluated by children's museums for its utility and perceived value for the field. The resulting model will be shared with other museum associations to guide and inform future efforts to understand the economic impact of museums at national, regional, state, and local levels.