[NEWS] Citing Financial Situation, a Fifth of Museum Workers Won’t Return to the Field After the Pan


April 15, 2021 

A security guard stands in the doorway at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Photo by Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images.  



A fifth of museum staff and students surveyed by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) don’t expect to be working in the sector three years from now. The striking figure is part of a broader report released by the organization this week about the state of the field—and it makes clear that museums and their workers will continue to cope with the effects of the global health crisis for some time to come.
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Fifty-seven percent of those surveyed cited burnout, while 59 percent said low pay will cause them to change careers.

 

In another striking figure, about a quarter of museum employees surveyed were out of work last year, with five percent still unemployed. Over 40 percent of respondents lost income during the pandemic. On average, these respondents made 30 percent of their normal salaries. The strain was especially severe for independent consultants and contractors, with more than half having had contracts canceled or indefinitely postponed.





A security guard stands at his post as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York reopens to the public on August 29, 2020.
Photo by Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images. 




The report also examined the experiences of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color) workers, who represented just 20 percent of respondents, and were more likely to have been under financial stress at some point over the last year. Women, who made up 78 percent of respondents, were more likely to have experienced an increased workload and a loss of salary or benefits than their male counterparts.

 

The AAM’s report is based on data collected last month from 2,666 responses, a fraction of the 726,000 museum jobs in the museum sector pre-pandemic. In its report, the industry group said that the figures may not represent the actual number of employees impacted by the pandemic, as the survey more easily reached current employees than those who have been laid off, as well as those in upper- and middle-management positions.

 

Since the pandemic began, the Alliance has successfully advocated for billions of dollars of Federal relief funding which has sustained thousands of museum jobs,” Laura Lott, president and CEO of AAM, said in a statement. “As we recover and rebuild, we must focus on equity, empathetic leadership, and actions that support the people who make museums possible. The resiliency and future vitality of our field relies on them.”



 




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