Editing Museum (section)

===Funding===
[[File:Fire - Museu Nacional 03.jpg|thumb|Officials blamed a lack of funding for [[National Museum of Brazil fire|a 2018 fire]] at the [[National Museum of Brazil]] that destroyed over 90% of its contents.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-09-03 |title=Brazil museum fire: Funding cuts blamed as icon is gutted |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] | publisher=[[BBC]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45398084 |access-date=2022-08-22 |archive-date=22 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822135337/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45398084 |url-status=live }}</ref>]] Museums are facing funding shortages. Funding for museums comes from four major categories, and as of 2009 the breakdown for the United States is as follows: Government support (at all levels) 24.4%, private (charitable) giving 36.5%, earned income 27.6%, and investment income 11.5%.<ref>Bell, Ford W. [http://www.photos.state.gov/libraries/amgov/133183/english/P_You_Asked_How_Are_Museums_Supported_Financially.pdf "How Are Museums Supported Nationally in the U.S.?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010125711/https://photos.state.gov/libraries/amgov/133183/english/P_You_Asked_How_Are_Museums_Supported_Financially.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://photos.state.gov/libraries/amgov/133183/english/P_You_Asked_How_Are_Museums_Supported_Financially.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |date=10 October 2018 }} Embassy of the United States of America, 2012. Accessed 26 March 2017.</ref> Government funding from the [[National Endowment for the Arts]], the largest museum funder in the United States, decreased by 19.586 million between 2011 and 2015, adjusted for inflation.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/2011-NEA-Annual-Report.pdf | title=National Endowment for the Arts 2011 Annual Report | website=arts.gov | publisher=[[National Endowment for the Arts]] | date=2012 | access-date=26 February 2017 | archive-date=10 January 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110113135/https://www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/2011-NEA-Annual-Report.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/2015%20Annual%20Report.pdf | title=National Endowment for the Arts 2015 Annual Report | publisher=[[National Endowment for the Arts]] | date=2016 | access-date=26 February 2017 | archive-date=11 January 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111204145/https://www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/2015%20Annual%20Report.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> The average spent per visitor in an art museum in 2016 was $8 between admissions, store and restaurant, where the average expense per visitor was $55.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.aamd.org/sites/default/files/document/Art%20Museums%20By%20the%20Numbers%202016.pdf | publisher=[[Association of Art Museum Directors]] (AAMD) | title=Art Museums by the Numbers | date=2016 | website=AAMD.org | access-date=26 February 2017 | archive-date=19 December 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219042942/https://aamd.org/sites/default/files/document/Art%20Museums%20By%20the%20Numbers%202016.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Corporation]]s, which fall into the private giving category, can be a good source of funding to make up the funding gap. The amount corporations currently give to museums accounts for just 5% of total funding.<ref>Stubbs, Ryan and Henry Clapp. [http://www.giarts.org/article/public-funding-arts-2015-update "Public Funding for the Arts: 2015 Update."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126051030/https://www.giarts.org/article/public-funding-arts-2015-update |date=26 November 2018 }} Grantmakers in the Arts, GIA Reader, vol. 26, no. 3, Fall 2015.. Accessed 26 February 2017.</ref> Corporate giving to the arts, however, was set to increase by 3.3% in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title = Sponsorship Spending on the Arts to Grow 3.3 Percent in 2017|website = ESP Sponsorship Report|date = 13 February 2017|url = http://www.sponsorship.com/iegsr/2017/02/13/Sponsorship-Spending-On-The-Arts-To-Grow-3-3-Perce.aspx|publisher = ESP Properties, LLC.|access-date = 15 March 2018|archive-date = 15 March 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180315202959/http://www.sponsorship.com/iegsr/2017/02/13/Sponsorship-Spending-On-The-Arts-To-Grow-3-3-Perce.aspx|url-status = live}}</ref>