The Netherlands
www.museumserver.nl is the platform for Dutch museums on the Internet.
Currently, 515 websites of the Dutch museums are included in Dutch and most of those also in English.
www.museumvereniging.nl is the website of the Netherlands Museum Association in Dutch and English. Recent publications in English are:
More than worth it. The social significance of museums
Agenda 2026. Study on the future of Dutch museums
Children visiting museums: investing in the audience of the future
http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/ministeries/ocw is the website of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science in Dutch and English. Extensive information on cultural policy, including policy documents is available online.
www.cbs.nl is the website of Statistics Netherlands (CBS) in Dutch and English. This website includes the central electronic database, called StatLine (www.statline.nl). At present, however, the English version of StatLine contains only a few matrices; it is to be expanded in the near future.
www.scp.nl is the website of the Netherlands Institute of Social Research (SCP) in Dutch and English. The SCP conducts an ongoing survey on cultural participation in the Netherlands. Museums visits are included in the survey. Most publications of the SCP are available online.
Cultuur in Beeld 2012 (Culture in the picture - only in Dutch) page 122-123 and Cultuur in Cijfers 2012 page 26-31 (Culture in Figures – only in Dutch) give some basic statistics about each of the 30 museums subsidised by the Dutch central government (visits, subsidies and other types of income)
Digital Museale Collectie Nederland (DiMCoN) / Digital Museum Collection of the Netherlands
Part of: Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands
http://www.cultureelerfgoed.nl/en
