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Timeline of U.S. Federal Cultural Policy Milestones – 1787 to 2006

Compiled by Aimee R. Fullman for the Canadian Cultural Observatory
Revisit American cultural policy across the decades
The taxonomy used in this timeline is adapted from the thematic structure created by the Washington, D.C. based Center for Arts and Culture (1995–2005) that identified seven areas where culture and policy intersect. Policies affecting the creative industries can be found under Access & Equity, Education & the Creative Workforce, or Law, and the establishment of national cultural institutions can be found under Investment.
Federal Cultural Policy from 1700 to 1799 Federal Cultural Policy from 1800 to 1899 Federal Cultural Policy from 1900 to 1909 Federal Cultural Policy from 1910 to 1919 Federal Cultural Policy from 1920 to 1929 Federal Cultural Policy from 1930 to 1939 Federal Cultural Policy from 1940 to 1949 Federal Cultural Policy from 1950 to 1959 Federal Cultural Policy from 1960 to 1969 Federal Cultural Policy from 1970 to 1979 Federal Cultural Policy from 1980 to 1989 Federal Cultural Policy from 1990 to 1999 Federal Cultural Policy from 2000 to 2005
Special thanks to the following U.S. cultural policy professionals for their collaboration in the development of the Timeline of American Cultural Policy Milestones: Alberta Arthurs, consultant; Elizabeth Ash, program manager, ART in Embassies, U.S. State Department; Tom Birch, legislative counsel, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies; Tom Bradshaw, research officer, National Endowment for the Arts; Joni Cherbo, consultant; Tyler Cowen, professor of economics, and director, Mercatus Center, George Mason University; Andy Finch, senior director of government affairs, Americans for the Arts; Bill Glade, professor of economics, University of Austin; Stanley N. Katz, professor in public and international affairs, Princeton University; Arnita Jones, executive director, American Historical Association; Jessica Jones Irons, director, National Humanities Alliance; Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, president, Marlboro College; Kevin Mulcahy, Sheldon Beychok Distinguished Professor in Political Science, Louisiana State University, Ruth Ann Stewart, clinical professor of public policy, Wagner School of Public Policy, New York University; Stefan Toepler, assistant professor, Nonprofit Studies George Mason University.
 


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