2024 by the Numbers

Impact

43,506 Museum Visits 

24,976 Program Participants

Of those, 8,811 people participated in programs in-person, including 4,763 youth and family program participants. A total of 16,165 viewers watched this year’s artist talks and panel discussions online.

­­95 volunteers contributed more than 3,310 hours to museum activities.

Of those, 52 docents contributed 2,517 volunteer hours

214 household or business members joined or renewed their memberships

6 works of art by 5 contemporary artists were added to the collection bringing the total to 1,523. 

170,417 people visited kemperart.org.   

20,674 subscribers received our monthly ARTinerary e-newsletter.

Kemper Museum earned media coverage in 20 news stories in 2024.

Financial Highlights

The museum celebrated its 30 year anniversary with a number of special on-site activities and promotions which yielded increased attendance and donor participation.

• Contribution revenues were strong, exceeding  2023 by 17%.

• In August, ownership of the Cafe was transferred to Chef Ted Habinger.  In November, Chef Ted introduced a new concept for the museum cafe, Oil on Linen.

• The Museum shop had another profitable year of sales. 

• Overall expenses were carefully monitored and contained which led to achievement of budgetary goals.