2023 by the Numbers
Impact
48,119 Museum Visits
29,720 Program Participants
That included 24,228 all ages programming participants as well as and 5,642 youth and family program participants.
21,841 viewers watched this year’s artist talks and panel discussions online. 7,879 people participated programs in person.
87 volunteers contributed more than 2,386 hours to museum activities.
905 individuals, businesses, and other sources have supported the museum through memberships and other generous donations.
8 works of art were added to the Permanent Collection bringing the total to 1,518.
135,754 people visited kemperart.org.
20,926 subscribers received our weekly ARTinerary e-newsletter.
Kemper Museum earned media coverage in 98 news stories in 2023.
Including 11 national articles and 33 feature stories.
Financial Highlights
The museum benefitted from increases in attendance and on-site activities versus prior year, all of which contributed to improvements to operations. Budgetary goals for 2023 were met due to:
905 donors responded generously to opportunities for contributions, a 65% increase over the number in 2022
Strong earned revenue from the Museum Shop and Special Events
Controlled and measured spending
Revenue
$5,431,492
Earned Revenue $2,262,780
Kemper Museum Shop $240,505
Café Sebastienne $200,368
Special Events $735,143
Investment Distribution $1,086,764
Kemper Family Foundations $1,664,000
Contributed Revenue $1,504,712
Gala $517,388
Foundations $578,554
Membership $231,330
Government Grants $64,535
Corporations $39,000
In-Kind $12,862
Expenses
$5,323,893
Expenses
Exhibitions $1,773,667
Learning & Engagement $249,733
Café Sebastienne & Special Events $1,204,122
Kemper Museum Shop $239,721
Marketing $239,859
General Administration $1,223,627
Development $393,164