Thank you very much for valuable responses so far.

Kathleen,
I am interested in how Tennessee Aquarium played a part
in revitalization of  Chattanooga. And how was such impact evaluated
and recognized. I would like to know more about this case. In which
aspects do you think did the aquarium contribute to revitalization of the
city?

Terri,
I am using The Politics of Culture from The Center for Arts and Culture as
one of the main texts in our Cultural Policy Program. (as you may know,
bibliography in the website of  The Center for Arts and Culture is very
useful,
worth checking: http://www.culturalpolicy.org/resources/biblio.htm)
Could you please give me further information of the colloquium on the impact
of arts on the city
sponsored by Rutgers University, Newark in 1998?  Also, if you could suggest
which publications
by Louise Stevens are important for today's study of the area, it would help
me again.

As Bruce A. Seaman argues in the above book, arts impact studies have been
problematic.
How are museum projects analyzed and how is its impact estimated in order to
be supported by the public sector?

David,
Your suggestions and specific information are also helpful, since I am
especially
interested in museums and cities as cases for this study.
New movements of museums toward the public(both audience and governmental
support),
expansion,globalization, partnership or merger are significant in New York.
I am paying attention to the museum opening in next year in the city of
Beacon
by Dia Center for the Arts because this could be a new model with a win-win
alliance
for cultural project in local area prosperous interaction between
1)art & city 2)non-profit & for profit 3)art & environment &
revitalization/development
4)art & tourism, commercialism  5) art & education
Then reached the following questions:
"What effect could Dia's museum project in Beacon have upon local policies
and the economy?"
"How could private non-profit art organizations cooperate with the public se
ctor and other organizations such as schools, environmental organizations,
and corporations?"
It was the beginning of this study, which I did not explain well in the last
e-mail.
I would like to hear your opinions on this project, though it is still
ongoing and not on your list.
Do you know similar or related cases?

Any other ideas, suggestions, and comments are welcomed.
Thank you very much again. Excuse me for this pile of questions.
I also will try to contribute to this list, next.
Iku

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  Hello Ikuko,

  I think you will find that there is no lack of museums doing wonderful
collaborations in urban settings. Are you familliar with The Center for Arts
and Culture publication The Politics of Culture edited by GiGi Bradford et
al. It reports on  the Social Impact of the Arts Project of the University
of Pennsylvania School of Social Work for one. Also, in 1998, Rutgers
University, Newark, sponsored a  week-long colloquium on the impact of arts
on the city. Since the late 1980's, many counties and municipalities have
conducted cultural planning. You can find hightlights of those earlier
studies in publications by Louise Stevens. In the early seventies, many
artists came together to form art coalitions in their cities to form a
united voice, but also to  help to revitalize their cities through the arts,
one reason being the racial riots of the late sixties.

  This is just off the top of my head, but if any of the above applies to
what you are looking for, please let me know and I will supply you with
contact information.

  Terri McNichol
  Museum Consultant
  Intercultural Relations and Urban Cultural Renewal