Museum Attendance Up During Recession

American Voices

March 1, 2010 | ISSUE 46•09

In a survey of 481 museums, 57 percent showed a substantial increase in attendance in 2009. What do you think?

I figured if I stood in the video art section long enough they'd just hire me as a security guard."

Fred Doherty
Systems Analyst
There's nothing like the isolating bleakness of long-term joblessness to make people finally appreciate Andrew Wyeth.

Samantha Park
Feed-Drier Tender
Does Ben Stiller's disconcerting influence on American cultural mores know no limit?"

Chris Tracy
Lunch-Truck Driver

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