How Has Trust in Cultural Entities Changed? (DATA)

Do Americans still trust cultural organizations? 2025 is off to an eventful start, with the change in administration and its new mandates impacting many museums and performing arts organizations. 

Here’s the data for the first quarter of 2025.

Our last check-ins on trust-related perceptions were published as America ramped up for a big presidential election in June and October of 2024. Last year, the noise and rhetoric of an election cycle impacted national conditions concerning everything from economic concerns to safety perceptions to travel to attitude affinities.

The...