Get em young and reap the long-term outcomes

Research has shown that over 60% of recent visitors attended cultural organisations as children, findings which have significant ramifications for the sector in the future.
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It would seem a no brainer – if you were encouraged to appreciate cultural events when you were a child then that habit would naturally continue as an adult. While most of us have believed this to be fact, now there is statistical data that proves it true. The silver lining in that research, however, is what cultural institutions can do with that knowledge to ensure their future sustainability.

Victoria’s Minister for Creative Industries, Martin Foley MP, recently welcomed Museums Victoria’s 3000th ‘Museum Generation Baby’ – a term we would not even have recognised a decade or two ago.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Instagram: fairleygina