FINANCIAL DATA

The 2007-08 ABS Survey of Museums found that the total income in the 2007-08 financial year for the 1,184 museums establishments in Australia was $998.4m. About two-thirds (66%) of this income was provided by government, with the bulk of the balance made up by other income ($159.0m) and fundraising ($106.0m).

Labour costs accounted for $380.7m of museum expenses in 2007-08, which was almost half (44%) of total outgoings. Other expenses ($433.8m) made up the bulk of the remaining museum costs.

8.5 Museum establishments, Income and expenses - 2007-08
			OTHER MUSEUMS
		Art museum/gallery	Social history	Historic properties/sites	Natural, science and other	Total
		$m	$m	$m	$m	$m
Income
	Government funding(a)	257.5	155.1	62.8	182.3	657.8
	Admissions	19.6	15.4	25.9	14.7	75.6
	Fundraising	65.3	18.5	9.9	12.3	106.0
	Other	53.6	35.5	36.6	33.4	159.0
	Total	396.0	224.5	135.3	242.7	998.4
Expenses
	Labour costs	126.4	77.2	54.6	122.4	380.7
	Conservation expenses	^2.2	^3.0	3.4	1.1	9.8
	Exhibition/display development	22.0	6.9	1.7	5.2	35.8
	Other	157.1	114.0	58.0	104.7	433.8
	Total	307.7	201.1	117.8	233.5	860.1
^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution
(a) Includes operational and capital funding and funding for one-off projects.
Source: Museums, Australia, 2007-08 (cat. no. 8560.0).

The Cultural Funding by Government Survey found that in 2008-09 the Australian Government provided $91.5m to art museums and a further $266.0m to other museums and cultural heritage, while state and territory governments contributed $175.2m and $338.3m respectively. Local government also provided considerable funding to art museums ($55.2m) and other museums and cultural heritage ($34.5m).

It should be noted that the Cultural Funding by Government collection and the Survey of Museums have different scope and coverage, therefore data are not directly comparable between these surveys. For more information see Australian Culture and Leisure Classifications, 2008 (Second Edition) (cat. no. 4902.0).

8.6 Cultural Funding by Government, Museums - 2008-09
	Australian Government	State and territory government	Local government	Total
	$m	$m	$m	$m
Art museums	91.5	175.2	55.2	321.9
Other museums and cultural heritage	266.0	338.3	34.5	638.7
Total	357.5	513.5	89.6	960.6
Source: Cultural Funding by Government, Australia, 2008-09 (cat. no. 4183.0).

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