Have Cultural Entities Grown More Welcoming? Here’s What the Public Thinks (DATA)

Yes! On the whole, cultural organizations are perceived as more welcoming than even two years ago. Here’s how much change we’ve seen by organization type.

The last two years have been a wild ride, to say the least. We’re not short on reminders of the challenges for the cultural industry – closures, layoffs, recovery efforts, ever-changing safety protocols, capacity restrictions, and more… but we’re not discussing these continuing evolutions this week. Our end-of-year 2021 data is in, and we’re going to celebrate noteworthy progress made by cultural entities in terms of welcoming perceptions over the last two years. The...