culture index

Culture in Gelderland: well-attended and financially resilient

by one of our members
15 May 202515 May 2025
3 min read
policy, PRESS

The cultural sector has recovered well economically from the corona period. Gelderland has relatively many museums, libraries and performing arts venues, which are also well visited. This is evident from the second Culture and Heritage Monitor launched by the province of Gelderland today at the Mauritskazerne in Ede. The Culture and Heritage Monitor provides insight into developments in the social, economic and artistic value of culture and heritage in...

Culture Monitor update: Audiences are coming back, but concerns remain

by one of our members
7 May 20247 May 2024
3 min read
policy, PRESS

Amsterdam, 7 May 2024 - The cultural landscape is flourishing again after the corona pandemic. Visitor numbers are rising at museums, cinemas, pop stages and theatres. And nine in ten Dutch people visit one or more cultural activities every year. This is according to new analyses by the Boekman Foundation for the Culture Monitor using, among others, CBS' Vrijetijdsomnibus 2022. Still...

Dramatic decline in self-employed in cultural sector - Culture Monitor shows growth among architects and designers

by Wijbrand Schaap
30 January 202325 September 2023
3 min read
ACTUAL, policy, APPRECIATE & DONATE!

Of the 1910 self-employed people still working behind the scenes of the performing arts in 2019, only 1090 will be left in 2022. So what we suspected turns out to be true: technicians have gone up onto the roof to install solar panels and heat pumps, audience workers found a destination in healthcare. Although the Culture Monitor does not capture this migration, it is clear