The Arts & Cultural Industry Gets Tech Savvy

We’ve done a few posts now on how our Altru clients are using museum technology to market their facility, enhance the exposure of their cause, better their patron experience and deepen their relationships with constituents. Here are the links, if you need a to catch up:

Bok Tower Gardens’ Tips for Social Media Success

Use Instagram to Inspire

How Kiosks Can Help Your Organization

Grounds for Sculpture Goes Mobile

Now we’d like to pass along some stats about tech savvy arts and cultural organizations.

The fourth edition of “Arts & Economic Prosperity” reveals that the industry generated $135.2 billion of economic activity — $61 billion from nonprofit organizations and $74 billion in audience expenditures — in 2010, the most recent year for which data is available. It also generated $22.3 billion in local, state and federal revenue, the report said, and supports more than 4 million full-time jobs. – Source

Check out our infographic for museum specific numbers. It’s large, so you’ll have to click for the full view:

Not keen on reading? We’ve got a video:

Altru, our museum management software is constantly working to take advantage of technology. Membership scanning, print at home tickets, mobile points of sale … what other forms of technology would you like to see us tap in to?