THE DRIEHAUS MUSEUM ENGAGES AND INSPIRES THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY THROUGH EXPLORATION AND ONGOING CONVERSATIONS IN ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND DESIGN OF THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES. ITS PERMANENT COLLECTION AND TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS ARE PRESENTED IN AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE RESTORED NICKERSON MANSION, COMPLETED IN 1883, AT THE HeIGHT OF THE GILDED AGE, AND THE 1926 MURPHY AUDITORIUM. THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION REFLECTS AND IS INSPIRED BY THE COLLECTING INTERESTS, VISION, AND FOCUS OF ITS FOUNDER, THE LATE RICHARD H. DRIEHAUS.
Executive compensation, broken down
Form 990 · Schedule J · 4 reported individuals · Filing year 2023
- Base
- $209k
- Bonus
- $10k
- Other
- —
- Benefits
- $2k
| Position | Base | Bonus | Other | Benefits | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Executive Director | $209k | $10k | — | $2k | $227k $251k |
Dir of Collections & Exhibits highest compensated employee | — | — | — | — | $112k $124k |
Executive Director | — | — | — | — | $110k $122k |
Director of Marketing director (operational) | — | — | — | — | $101k $112k |
Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.
Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.
Plus 8 unpaid individuals.
Up 50%
from 2021
From $151k in 2021 to $227k in 2023.
Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.
Revenue and expenses over time
The Richard H Driehaus Museum reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.
What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in Illinois
Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in Illinois pay their highest-earning executive a median of $38,962.
These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 180 organizations across 180 filings (2021 – 2023).
See full Arts, Culture & Humanities pay data for Illinois →Compare any role, sector, or revenue band
Build your own benchmark from millions of reported positions.