Arts and culture

Arts and culture refers to the NSW Government-owned cultural institutions, which together provide a unique and irreplaceable archive of our history and contemporary culture. This includes the Art Gallery of NSW, The Australian Museum, Powerhouse Museum, State Library of NSW, Sydney Opera House, and the NSW State Archives.

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Arts and culture services in NSW

Over 2.2 million
visitors to NSW cultural institutions in the 2020-21 financial year.1,2,3,4,5,6
$2 billion
investment in arts and culture infrastructure.7
$100 million
in funding to deliver 142 arts and cultural projects in NSW.7
38
Regional Cultural Fund projects completed during 2021.7
$61.7
in funding to 347 arts and cultural organisations and 242 individuals through the Arts and Cultural Funding Program.7
$31.9 million
in funding to support 384 arts and cultural organisations through the COVID Rescue and Restart package.7

How are customers experiencing these services?

We asked customers how well we were delivering on our Customer Commitments based on their experience with arts and culture services in NSW. Here’s what they said is working well and where we need to improve.

What are we doing well?

The following statements highlight areas that most respondents agree are working well for them.

  • The information was simple to understand.
  • I was able to do what I set out to do.
  • It was easy to access the information I needed.
  • I found it easy to access the service I needed.
  • I was treated with respect.

Where can we improve?

The following statements highlight areas that need improvement, based on the least number of respondents agreeing with the statements.

  • I felt I was able to provide feedback on how the service could be improved to better meet my needs.
  • I felt I was able to provide feedback on the service I received.
  • The reasons for decisions were clearly explained.
  • They made an effort to see things from my perspective.
  • They were proactive in keeping me informed.

Here’s what customers told us about arts and culture services in NSW

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94% of customers found these services to be easy to access.

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86% felt that service staff acted with empathy in their interaction with the service.

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89% of customers felt their time was respected.

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81% of customers felt the service explained what to expect.

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88% of customers felt their situation was resolved.

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64% of customers felt the service allowed them to provide feedback.

Case study

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Finding the meaning of home through art

A community arts project at the Art Gallery of NSW is exploring the experiences of what a home is.

Find out more about the report

Case studies

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Customers

Find out how our customers are experiencing our services. They include the people, communities and businesses of NSW.

Customer Commitments

Read about our promise to customers on what to expect when interacting with our services.

Key metrics

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Services

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About the arts and culture data

Sources:
1 Art Gallery of NSW Annual Report 2020-21.
2 Australian Museum Annual Report 2020-21.
3 Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Annual Report 2020-21.
4 State Library of NSW Foundation Annual Report 2020-21.
5 Sydney Opera House Annual Report 2020-21.
6 Sydney Living Museums Annual Report 2020-21.
7 NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet Annual Report 2020-21.

CXS Source: NSW Government Customer Experience Survey (CXS). About the survey methodology.

Fieldwork: January to June 2022.
Questions: Thinking about your experience with the government service…

  • How easy or difficult was it to do this?
  • How satisfied or dissatisfied were you with this experience?
  • To what extent do you trust the government service to be working in your best interests?
  • We would like your opinion on [CUSTOMER COMMITMENT]. Please indicate how strongly you agree or disagree with each of the statements below.

Base: Customers who have interacted with arts and culture services in the last 12 months.
Sample sizes: Ease and Satisfaction (n=401), Trust (n=401), Customer Commitments (various n=207 to 401).
Definitions and notes:

  • Ease of service is calculated as the percentage of customers that selected ‘Very easy’ or ‘Somewhat easy’.
  • Satisfaction with service is calculated as the percentage of customers that selected ‘Very satisfied’ or ‘Somewhat satisfied’.
  • Trust in service is calculated as the percentage of customers that selected ‘Trust a great deal’ or ‘Somewhat trust’.
  • Responses to the Customer Commitment questions are calculated as the percentage of customers that selected ‘Strongly agree’ or ‘Somewhat agree’ and it excludes ‘Not applicable’ responses.
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