Country Year Definition Number of museums according to type of collection Ownership Management Ownership of permanent collection Number of visits Staff Admissions Temporary exhibitions Expenditure (of museums) Income (of museums) Public expenditure (for museums) Number of museums making use of computers Information - Diffusion - Education
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on working group definition
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on natioinal criteria
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
including free entries
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
excluding free entries
Average number of visits per museum
according to working group definition
Average number of visits per museum
according to national criteria
Staff per 100.000 inhabitants
Expenditure per capita (in EUR)
Public Expenditure per 100.000 inhabitants (in EUR)
Number of museums opened 200 days and more a year
Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year
including free entries
 Number of museums necessary to reach
Number of museums employing at least 1 specialised staff
Average price paid
(in EUR)
Number of museums with at least one publication
Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier
Museum participation
Source: Eurobarometer 1)
Population
Source: Eurostat
Density inhabitants/km²
Source: Eurostat
Purchasing Power Parity in EUR
Source: Eurostat
   Working group definition National criteria total of which state-owned museums local-, regional-owned museums other public-owned museums private-owned museums state-managed museums >local-, regional-managed museums other public-managed museums private-managed museums Public ≤ 50% Public > 50% Total Of which Paid staff Volunteers >Total number of museums with paid admissions with a price of tickets (in EUR) Number of museums Total Of which Total (In EUR) Of which Total (in EUR) Of which Total (in EUR) Of which >Total number of museums equipped with at least one computer Of which >Number of museums possessing a web-site >Number of museums possessing an own web-site Number of museums >Number of museums with at least one special museum education programme                       >50 % of total visits (including free entries) >75 % of total visits (including free entries)                
   1a 1b 2a 2b 2c 2d 3a 3b 3c 3d 3e 4a 4b 4c 4d 4e 5a 5b 6a 6b 6c 6d 6e 6f 6g 7a 7b 7c 7d 7e 7f 7g 7h 8a 8b 8c 8d 8e 9a 9b 9c 10a 10b 10c 10d 10e 11a 11b 11c 12a 12b 13a 13b 13c 13d 13e 14 15a 15b 16a 16b 16c 17a 17b 17c 17d 17e 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29a 29b 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37
         Art, archaeology and history museums Science and technology museums, ethnology museums Other museums Total Total Total Total Of which
ppp		 Total Total Total Total Of which
ppp		       free admissions
Total		 free admissions
%		 foreigners
Total		 foreigners
%		 temporary exhibitions
Total		 temporary exhibitions
%		 Number
Total		 Number
Of which
specialised		 FTES a year
Total		 FTES a year
Of which
specialised		 Number
Total		 Number
Of which
specialised		 FTES a year
Total		 FTES a year
Of which
specialised		 < 2,5,- 2,5 - 5,- > 5,- with free entrance with museum card   Own production Joined productions   Ordinary expenditures
Total		 Ordinary expenditures
Of which
Staff		 Extraordinary expenditures
Total		 Extraordinary expenditures
Of which
for new Collections		   Entry fees Public subsidies   Investments   for administrative purpose for visitor's information purposes (e.g. interactive gallery system) having a database for electronic inventory having an Internet access Total Total Of wich
are updating themselves their web-site		 connected to a museum portal
Total		 connected to a museum portal
Of which
connected to more than one museum portal		 connected to (an)other portal(s) Total Of which
for school children		 Of which
for ethnic minorities		 for senior citizens for others                                          
Norway 2011 X     134 21)  91  26  17  13  19  102        13  19  102              10.573.670  4.870.223  46,10              3.365 13)     3.782  2.094,00 22)        195        9  109  12     1.061           494.065.616  262.317.030        536.797.090  38.468.337     373.317.974     134  134        134           133        118  118           2,70  2,70  214.899,00  115.917,00  78.908,00  78.908,00  81,00  100,40  7.587.293,00  107  120  17  38  116 23)  8,86  89        4.920.305     189,000 
2010 X     137 18)  93  27  17  13  20  104        13  20  104              10.548.193  5.406.356  51,30              3.407 13)     3.727  2.038,00 19)        207        12  108  12     1.068           471.300.077  244.415.551        480.509.269  33.275.232     334.615.860     137  137        137     133     137        122  122           2,80  2,80  217.121,00  105.838,00  76.994,00  76.994,00  81,00  97,00  6.887.652,00  107  122  15  38  122 20)  8,09  92        4.858.199  16,00  181,000 
2009 X     148 15)  98  28  22  12  23  113        12  23  113              10.183.842  5.314.067  52,20              3.330 10)     3.631  2.002,00 16)                 34  99  18     1.139           426.617.207  218.192.893        439.532.918  29.621.072     313.629.676     148  148        148     144     148        129  129           3,10  3,10  212.196,00  101.469,00  68.810,00  68.810,00  80,00  88,90  6.534.970,00  115  133  16  43  129 17)  6,08  95        4.799.252  15,80  176,000 
2008 X     166 12)  116  28  22  14  24  128        14  24  128              10.195.986  5.141.449  50,40              3.298 13)     3.638           203     7  42  101  16     1.119           364.141.935  186.214.401        371.733.641  27.885.945     256.257.258     166  166              161     166        147  147           3,50  3,50  215.234,00  106.699,00  61.422,00  61.422,00  81,10  76,90  5.409.500,00  127  148  18  50  143 14)  5,52  104        4.737.171  15,60  192,000 
2007 X     173 9)  121  28  24  14  25  133  1     14  25  133  1           10.193.903  4.806.870  47,20              3.219 10)     3.568           200     5  51  98  17     1.073           344.985.493  180.014.744        361.014.863  28.881.926     241.683.353     173  173                    173        156  155           3,70  3,70  217.766,00  115.080,00  58.924,00  58.924,00  80,50  73,70  5.162.923,00  129  153  18  51  146 11)     101        4.681.134  15,50  182,000 
2006 X     175  125  25  25  15  25  132  1     15  25  132  1           9.330.587  4.462.322  47,80              2.997     3.579           182        31  122  17     1.040           357.115.104  178.225.260        363.723.047  26.333.594     243.127.734     175  175                    175        161  160           3,80  3,80  201.081,00  96.166,00  53.318,00  53.318,00  77,10  76,90  5.239.575,00  128  149  17  48        103     45,00  4.640.219  15,30  185,000 
2005 X     188 7)  125  27  36  19  33  135  1     19  33  135  1           9.060.639  4.328.906  47,80                    3.358           175     11  71  87  19     1.028           296.637.359  152.460.967        305.619.572  23.063.755     203.013.702     188  188                    188        166  162           4,10  4,10  196.698,00  102.722,00  48.195,00  48.195,00  73,40  64,40  4.407.245,00  132  159  17  50        107     45,00  4.606.363  15,20  177,000 
2002 X     274 2)  200  14  60  19  53  187  9     19  53  187  9           8.336.172  4.463.771  46,00                    2.978           137              29     754        229.571.280  218.287.907  116.647.878  11.283.373     236.900.908  18.934.586  160.681.385  160.681.385  10.499.154  274  274                    274        210  210           6,00  6,00  183.124,00  85.066,00  30.423,00  30.423,00  68,70  52,00  3.529.752,00  146 3)  184  20  60    4)           45,00 5)  4.524.066  14,80  155,000 6) 


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provisional or estimated statistical information
1) Eurostat surveys 2001 and 2003, if not otherwise indicated
2) Statistical data in this questionnaire are collected from 274 museums that were open to the public and had at least one full-time employee in 2002.
3) 146 museums were opened 1.000 hours or more in 2002.
4) All 274 museums had at least 1 FTE, but profession is not registered.
5) National survay: population 9 – 79 years.
6) OECD figure 1999.
7) Statistical data in this questionnaire are collected from 188 museums that were open to the public and hat at least one full-time employee in 2005. These188 museums are administrative units that consist of several sites. The number of museums is decreasing due to the Norwegian museum’ reform where small museums are merged into larger units.
8) Norway: Statistical data in this questionnaire are collected from 175 museums that were open to the public and had ar least one full-time employee in 2007
9) Norway: Statistical data in this questionnaire are collected from 173 museums that were open to the public and had at least one full-time employee in 2007
10) Norway: Only regular staff, number of persons
11) Norway: including archivist, educationalist, librarian, guides as well as staff with museum education.
12) Norway: 166 museums that were open to the public and had at least one full-time employee in 2008
13) Norway: only regular staff, number of persons
14) Norway: including archivist, educationalist, librarian, guides as well as staff with museum education
15) Norway: 148 museums that were open to the public and had at least one full-time employee in 2009
16) Norway: Includes museum directors, archivists and librarians
17) Norway: Including archivist, educationalist, librarian, guides as well as staff with museum education
18) Norway: Museums that were open to the public and had at least one full-time employee in 2010.
19) Norway: Includes museum directors, archivists and librians.
20) Norway: Excluding the director of the museum, but including archivists, educationalists, librarians, guides as well as staff with museum education.
21) Norway: Museums that were open to the public and had at least one full-time employee in 2011
22) Norway: includes museum directors, archivists and librarians
23) Norway: excluding the director of the museum, but including archivists, educationalists, librarians, guides as well as staff with museum education