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The General Public's Participation in Art Museums:

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. From a nationwide study of arts participation among Americans, the population of art museum visitors can he compared to people who do not go to art museums. Visitors to art museums generally are in upper educational, occupational and income groups and are more active than nonvisitors in other forms of arts participation and most leisure activities. While direct parental influence does not seem too important, art museum visitors were far more likely than nonvisitors to have had art lessons as children. While museum visitors were more frequent participants, of perhaps most importance is that the preference orders of visitors and nonvisitors were about the same, indicating that the opportunity to participate or lack of it, may be the most important cause of differences in participation rates between the two groups.

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  • William S. Hendon, 1990. "The General Public's Participation in Art Museums:," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 49(4), pages 439-457, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ajecsc:v:49:y:1990:i:4:p:439-457
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1990.tb02470.x
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