Attendance and Revenues
The museum had approximately 19,000 visitors a year in 1953 and 1954. From 1955 to 1958, the museum saw visitorship of roughly 10,500 a year. Visitorship rose to more than 23,000 people a year in 1963.
By 2003, the museum said that 76 percent of its visitors were non-Montanans.
| Year | Visitorship |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 60,397 |
| 1999 | 57,582 |
| 2000 | 48,540 |
| 2001 | 54,157 |
| 2002 | 51,534 |
| 2003 | 51,758 |
| 2004 | 45,133 |
| 2005 | 50,000 |
| 2006 | 45,973 |
| 2007 | 39,503 |
| 2008 | 39,282 |
| 2009 | ? |
| 2010 | 30,689 |
In 2006, the museum's executive director said that the organization's revenues are generated, in roughly equal parts, by the annual auction event, membership payments and donations, museum admissions, museum shop and art sales. "The Russell" auction had sales of $1.35 million in 2011.
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