Abstract
There are thousands of museums of many different kinds in all countries of the world. This paper deals with a select few among those museums, namely the generally well-known and world famous museums of art, particularly those focusing on paintings. I shall call these institutions “superstar museums” because they have a special status, which sets them apart from other museums.
This chapter is based on Bruno S. Frey (1998), “Superstar Museums: An Economic Analysis”, previously published in the Journal of Cultural Economics 22, pp. 113–125, used by permission of Kluwer Academic Publishers.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Reference
The very high income of top artists compared to other artists is documented in Frey and Pommerehne (1989a, ch. 9 on “Artists’ Incomes”). For movie stars, see e.g. Albert (1998).
The selection process of the development of these select few is not the topic of this chapter. 1 am simply trying to explain why the concentration exists today and to analyze what consequences it has for museum policy.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2000 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Frey, B.S. (2000). Superstar Museums: An Economic Analysis. In: Arts & Economics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04225-0_4
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04225-0_4
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-662-04227-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-662-04225-0
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive