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MUSEUMS RECOGNIZED AS ECONOMIC WINFALLS here and ducking in and Mlle Dembowska,
←Edgar Degas,
St. Augustine’s Lightner Museum is Among Them out of museums. Also, ca. 1858-59
at least 15 times a day
Submitted by Angela de Gregory someone asks me if I can The Museum is
recommend a spot for a working on developing
The American Alliance of Museums We do not have to travel the country quick lunch or a coffee.
recently released a study discussing the to see the impact that museums have. Upwards of 850 an extensive exhibition
the
for
schedule
impact of museums in communities and Luckily, St. Augustine is a city filled with million people visit upcoming year, and
the entire United States economy. museums and culture, and within the museums in the United we will share more
Museums as Economic Engines: past year the Lightner Museum has States each year, and information as soon as
A National Study experienced and contributed to this that number is rapidly we can. Come and see
Museum Hack broke this study down impact more than ever. growing. The Lightner
for us in the simplest of terms: museums When the Lightner opened Dressing Museum is thrilled to be us at Lightner Museum
soon. You can feel
generate Gross Domestic Product, Downton: Changing Fashion for an impactful part of the good about visiting the
museums create jobs, and museums Changing Times™ in October 2017, it community, and we will Lightner, because you
contribute taxes. was the largest exhibit the museum had only continue to grow. will be supporting the
Museums are not only culturally hosted to date. The museum knew that Next Spring the
necessary but they are, “essential to the there would be a positive community Lightner Museum will amazing St. Augustine
community!
national economy of the United States.” impact from the exhibit. People were be bringing a traveling
•Museums contributed about $50 visiting from out of town, staying in exhibition to St.
billion dollars to the US GDP hotels, shopping in local stores and Augustine! Edgar Degas: The Private PLAN YOUR NEXT MUSEUM VISIT
•$12 billion dollars in tax revenue eating in restaurants just so they could Impressionist, Works on Paper by the For a comprehensive listing of more
•726,000 jobs in 2016 see the exhibition. We are elated that so Artist and His Circle will open on April 12, than 400 Florida Museum locations visit:
•372,100 of the jobs created by many businesses were able to piggyback 2019 and run for twelve weeks. http://www.flamuseums.org/
museums in 2016 were directly through off of Dressing Downton™. The exhibition was organized by The list includes in-depth information on
museums, while the remaining jobs were On your average day however, St. Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, their collections, exhibits, programs, etc.
created by outside businesses that work Augustine is slammed with tourists and CA in association with Deneberg Fine with new information being added and
with a museum in some capacity. locals looking to learn about the history Arts, West Hollywood, CA. updated constantly.

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