Innovations in the governance of State-owned museums and management of cultural heritage: some evidence from a survey of the Bank of Italy

Luigi Leva (), Vanessa Menicucci (), Giacomo Roma and Daniele Ruggeri ()
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Luigi Leva: Bank of Italy
Vanessa Menicucci: Bank of Italy
Daniele Ruggeri: Bank of Italy

No 525, Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) from Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area

Abstract: In the economic literature it has been increasingly studied how the governance and ownership of museums affect their ability to achieve their goals of preservation and enhancement of cultural heritage. The paper examines the effects of 2014 reform which recognized wider margins of autonomy to a group of Italian state-owned museums. It is based on a survey by the Bank of Italy regarding the initiatives aimed at improving the offer of services in the museums granted with autonomy and in other museums with similar characteristics. Four areas of museum services are covered: the conservation of artistic heritage, the accessibility of the museum’s premises, visitor orientation, and relations with stakeholders. Our estimates show that, after the reform, the services offered by autonomous museums expanded more markedly in the areas more related to client satisfaction (accessibility and visitor orientation). Moreover, we find that those museums experienced also a higher increase in the number of visitors.

Keywords: cultural economics; governance; autonomous museums (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H11 K23 L33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-11
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