Country     Germany Portugal Slovak Republic The Netherlands
Year     2001 2001 2001 2001
Definition Working group definition 1a     X   X
National criteria 1b   X   3)     
Number of museums according to type of collection total 2a   5.897 561 5)  81 873 26) 
of which 2b Art, archaeology and history museums 973 195 34 553
  2c Science and technology museums, ethnology museums   2)  152 11 311
  2d Other museums 4.924 214 6)  36 9
Ownership state-owned museums 3a Total 492 348 7)  34   27) 
local-, regional-owned museums 3b Total 2.480   37 148 28) 
other public-owned museums 3c Total 379   - 5 637 29) 
private-owned museums 3d Total 2.546 213 8)  5 88
  3e Of which
ppp		 337   -    
Management state-managed museums 4a Total     34   30) 
local-, regional-managed museums 4b Total     37 148
other public-managed museums 4c Total     5 637
private-managed museums 4d Total     5 88
  4e Of which
ppp		        
Ownership of permanent collection Public ≤ 50% 5a       76  
Public > 50% 5b       5  
Number of visits Total 6a   102.965.544 6.158.405 9)  3.540.877 20.767.000
Of which 6b free admissions
Total		     917.412 3.643.000
  6c free admissions
%		     30,00 29,00
  6d foreigners
Total		       4.603.000
  6e foreigners
%		       22,00
  6f temporary exhibitions
Total		        
  6g temporary exhibitions
%		        
Staff Paid staff 7a Number
Total		   2.648 10)  1.949 8.285
  7b Number
Of which
specialised		   1.174 11)  1.017  
  7c FTES a year
Total		     1.759 5.478
  7d FTES a year
Of which
specialised		     827,00  
Volunteers 7e Number
Total		       17.888
  7f Number
Of which
specialised		        
  7g FTES a year
Total		       2.330
  7h FTES a year
Of which
specialised		        
Admissions Total number of museums with paid admissions with a price of tickets (in EUR) 8a < 2,5,-     80  
  8b 2,5 - 5,-        
  8c > 5,-        
Number of museums 8d with free entrance     1 120
  8e with museum card     80 437
Temporary exhibitions Total 9a   8.973 159 12)  1.066 2.135 31) 
Of which 9b Own production     546  
  9c Joined productions     520  
Expenditure (of museums) Total (In EUR) 10a       11.440.976 404.000.000
Of which 10b Ordinary expenditures
Total		        
  10c Ordinary expenditures
Of which
Staff		       198.000.000
  10d Extraordinary expenditures
Total		        
  10e Extraordinary expenditures
Of which
for new Collections		        
Income (of museums) Total (in EUR) 11a       10.202.595 411.000.000
Of which 11b Entry fees     1.539.214 61.000.000 32) 
  11c Public subsidies       261.000.000
Public expenditure (for museums) Total (in EUR) 12a       8.358.524  
Of which 12b Investments     3.455.428  
Number of museums making use of computers Total number of museums equipped with at least one computer 13a     198 14)  80 751
Of which 13b for administrative purpose     80  
  13c for visitor's information purposes (e.g. interactive gallery system)        
  13d having a database for electronic inventory     75  
  13e having an Internet access   149 42 541
Information - Diffusion - Education Number of museums possessing a web-site 14 Total     42 663
Number of museums possessing an own web-site 15a Total     12 515
  15b Of wich
are updating themselves their web-site		     12  
Number of museums 16a connected to a museum portal
Total		     24  
  16b connected to a museum portal
Of which
connected to more than one museum portal		     9  
  16c connected to (an)other portal(s)     2   33) 
Number of museums with at least one special museum education programme 17a Total        
  17b Of which
for school children		   178 15)     
  17c Of which
for ethnic minorities		        
  17d for senior citizens        
  17e for others     15)     
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on working group definition		 18     5,40 16)  1,50 5,00
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on natioinal criteria		   19     2,20 17)    5,00
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
including free entries		   20     59.795,00 18)  65.828,00 129.422,00
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
excluding free entries		   21       48.958,00 107.112,00
Average number of visits per museum
according to working group definition		   22       43.714,00 23.788,00
Average number of visits per museum
according to national criteria		   23     27.250,00 19)    23.788,00
Staff per 100.000 inhabitants   24     29,10 20)  36,00 34,00 34) 
Expenditure per capita (in EUR)   25       2,10 25,00
Public Expenditure per 100.000 inhabitants (in EUR)   26       155.393,00  
Number of museums opened 200 days and more a year   27     218 21)    541
Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year
including free entries		   28   2.279 136 24)    460
Number of museums necessary to reach 50 % of total visits (including free entries) 29a     11   35 35) 
75 % of total visits (including free entries) 29b     34 22)    123
Number of museums employing at least 1 specialised staff 30     226 23)     
Average price paid
(in EUR)		   31       0,60 2,24 36) 
Number of museums with at least one publication   32     185 24)  45  
Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier   33       1  
Museum participation
Source: Eurobarometer 1)		   34         33,00
Population
Source: Eurostat		   35   82.259.540 10.229.218 5.378.783 15.987.075
Density inhabitants/km²
Source: Eurostat		   36   230,60 112,00 109,70 473,70
Purchasing Power Parity in EUR
Source: Eurostat		   37   116,000 78,000 52,000 134,000


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1) Eurostat surveys 2001 and 2003, if not otherwise indicated
2) This category is not applicable; in Germany Science and technology museums are split from ethnology museums
3) Portugal: 226 museums on national criteria, fulfilling the following 5 criteria: 1) existence, at least, one exhibition room or space; 2) opening for visitors, permanently or seasonally; 3) museum employing at least 1 specialized employee (existence of, at least one curator or advanced technician; 4) existence of budget and 5) existence of inventory.
4) Portugal: Museums that had answered to the INE
5) Includes 16 zoological gardens, botanic gardens and aquarium
6) Includes 16 zoological gardens, botanic gardens and aquariums
7) On national criterion..
8) On national criterion.
9) On national criteria, included 2.397.637 visitors from 8 zoological gardens, botanic gardens and aquatic gardens.
10) Data concerning FTE for part-time employees are not available. Based on national criteria, data of columns 10a and 10b enclose 492 and 117 employees in 8 zoological gardens, botanic gardens and aquarium, mostly full-time. (Only 2 non-specialized part-time workers ). 2.855 full-time and 285 part-time employees (column 10a) and 1.238 full-time and 112 part-time employees (column 10b)
11) Portugal: The data on Paid Staff is from the museums on national criteria
12) On national criteria: included 3 zoological gardens, botanic gardens and aquarium.
13) On national criteria, enclosed 3 zoological gardens, botanic gardens and aquarium
14) On national criteria, included 7 zoological gardens, botanic gardens and aquarium.
15) On national criteria. Number refers to museums having organized in 2001 specific activities with scholar public (185) and guided visits (220), enclosed 7 zoological gardens, botanic gardens and aquarium.
16) 0n national criteria. 5,4 including 16 zoological gardens, botanic gardens and aquarium (population survey 2001: 10.356.117 inhabitants).
17) 0n national criteria. 2,2 including 8 zoological gardens, botanic gardens and aquarium (population survey 2001: 10.356.117 inhabitants).
18) 0n national criteria. 59.466 including 8 zoological gardens, botanic gardens and aquarium and considering only paid staff (full- and part-time employees) (population survey 2001: 10.356.117 inhabitants)
19) 0n national criteria. 27.249 including 8 zoological gardens, botanic gardens and aquarium (population survey 2001: 10.356.117 inhabitants)
20) 0n national criteria. 25,6 including 8 zoological gardens, botanic gardens and aquarium (population survey 2001: 10.356.117 inhabitants)
21) On national criteria, enclosed 13 zoological gardens, botanic gardens and aquarium
22) On national criteria, enclosed 6 zoological gardens, botanic gardens and aquarium
23) On national criteria, enclosed 10 zoological gardens, botanic gardens and aquarium
24) On national criteria, enclosed 8 zoological gardens, botanic gardens and aquarium
25) All museums subsidized by the central government are managed by a Board of Trustees.
26) Of which 565 professionally-run museums.
27) Approximately 25 museums are subsidized by the Ministry of Culture. They are foundations and therefore included in 3c. The collections as well as buildings of these museums are state property.
28) Municipal and provincial museums. The collections as well as the buildings of these museums are state, municipal or provincial property
29) Including a number of provincial museums.
30) The Netherlands: Including all museums subsidized by the central government.
31) 1.725 temporary exhibitions were organized in the museums themselves; 346 in another venue in The Netherlands; 64 abroad.
32) Including the income from museum card: 4.980.000.-€
33) All 515 museums with own website are connected to a museum portal.
34) For FTE’s of paid staff.
35) 8 biggest museums attract 25% of total visits.
36) 2,24 (adults) / 1,47 (children)