This chapter builds on lacunae in the literature on arts and cultural management research, examining research methods and methodologies. The chapter traces the historical evolution of methods and methodologies in arts and cultural management research. Using legitimacy theory, it first identifies how those methods and methodologies evolved from disciplines that differ ontologically, epistemologically, and methodologically, gaining, maintaining, and sustaining legitimacy over time. The chapter then discusses how methods and methodologies are being legitimized progressively, forming arts and cultural management into a discipline. By providing insight into the tools available for the evolution of arts and cultural management research, a deep, rich understanding of its evolution can be obtained. An evolutionary framework of arts and cultural management methods and methodologies is presented, and future research directions proposed.