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Arts, Culture, Humanities

ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES charities promote artistic and cultural excellence and preserve artistic and cultural heritage. Whether on stage, over the airwaves, or in exhibition halls, they ensure that our artistic and cultural past and present continues to be accessible, enjoyed, and preserved. We divided ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES charities into four Causes.

	Libraries, Historical Societies and Landmark Preservation (74) Charities in Libraries, Historical Societies and Landmark Preservation operate and support public and specialized libraries, historical societies, historical preservation programs, and historical estates.
	Museums (251) Museums include traditional arts, science, technology, and natural history museums, as well as academies and institutes that provide training to practitioners in addition to maintaining collections.
	Performing Arts (269) Performing Arts groups include symphonies, orchestras, and other musical groups; ballets and operas; theater groups; arts festivals; and performance halls and cultural centers.
	Public Broadcasting and Media (88) Charities in Public Broadcasting and Media operate and support public television and radio stations and networks, as well as providing other independent media and communications services to the public.

Did you know?

• There are an estimated 17,500 museums in the United States.
• Donations to arts groups dropped by 6.6 percent, to $13.5-billion in 2005, following two years of modest increases.
• The first ballet ever presented in the United States was 'The Bird Catcher' in 1792.
• The Library of Congress, the largest library in the world, stores 18 million books on approximately 850 km (530 miles) of bookshelves. The collections include 119 million items, 2 million recordings, 12 million photographs, 4 million maps and 53 million manuscripts.
• Not-for-Profit theaters contributed more than $1.46 billion to the U.S. economy in 2004.
• Approximately 200 Shakespeare Festivals are held annually in the United States.
• In the past 5 years enrollment in arts courses has increased in 62 percent of public secondary schools.
• There are fewer than 2,500 historical places in the U.S. which are classified as national landmarks.
• Some 30,000 kids crowd into Broadway theatres on the annual Kids Night on Broadway. Kids Night enables a kid to attend the theatre free if accompanied by a paying adult.
• The number of librarian jobs is projected to grow about 5% between 1998 and 2008. By 2008, librarians are expected to hold more than 159,000 jobs--7,000 more than they did in 1998.