Arty farty all invited to the party

I thought this was interesting.

"First report from ground-breaking new research shows art’s not just for the elite.

A report on the first year of a major new three-year study of visitors to galleries and museums released by Museums & Galleries NSW today strongly demonstrates the value of galleries and museums to all sectors of the community and puts the lie to the common stereotype of art-lovers as ‘champagne-sipping élite’.

The report, ‘Guess Who’s Going To The Gallery?’, is based on over 2,200 interviews with visitors at twelve galleries and museums in the Western Sydney and the Newcastle/Hunter regions. It presents the findings from the first stage of a major three-year strategic initiative by Museums & Galleries NSW – the first ever state-wide, standardised survey of museum and gallery visitors to be undertaken in NSW."