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Definition Working group definition 1a   X X       X              
National criteria 1b       X 14)  X X   X X 23)  X X X 24)  X X
Number of museums according to type of collection total 2a   514 2)  481 327 14)  6.834 735 153 107   959 149 137 25)  1.128 616
of which 2b Art, archaeology and history museums 164 108   1.259       25 301 64 30)  132 26)  324 513
  2c Science and technology museums, ethnology museums 63 53     20)        6 109 12 31)  5 221 96
  2d Other museums 287 325   5.575       6 549 73 32)    583 7
Ownership state-owned museums 3a Total 34 30 17 15)  433 114 40 19 19 80 13 42    
local-, regional-owned museums 3b Total 212 350 215 15)  2.606 468 97 55 11 604 123 80    
other public-owned museums 3c Total 7 47 7 15)  444   10 23 1 55 8      
private-owned museums 3d Total 261 59 88 15)  3.094 153 6 10 6 220 4 15    
  3e Of which
ppp
      257       2   1      
Management state-managed museums 4a Total 5 30 17 15)    114 40 19 8   13 42    
local-, regional-managed museums 4b Total 132 350 215 15)    468 97 55 12   123 80    
other public-managed museums 4c Total 55 47 7 15)      10 23 1   8      
private-managed museums 4d Total 322 59 88 15)    153 6 10 16   4 15    
  4e Of which
ppp
              12   1      
Ownership of permanent collection Public ≤ 50% 5a                 22   5 137    
Public > 50% 5b           735     15   144      
Number of visits Total 6a   20.603.664 14.692.978 7.616.233 111.633.603 11.563.202 3.712.367 5.588.766 692.553 40.217.299 2.260.073 6.326.363 14.210.180 27)  33.895.000
Of which 6b free admissions
Total
3.506.633 4.137.207 3.623.800   4.282.623 1.380.097   385.533 14.349.556 973.702 610.409   5.858.000
  6c free admissions
%
27,50 3)  28,20 47,60   37,04 37,20   0,56 36,00 43,10 10,00   17,00
  6d foreigners
Total
  2.753.050     2.913.503 368 21)    27     191.044   10.287.000
  6e foreigners
%
  18,74     25,20 9,90 22)      6,00       30,00
  6f temporary exhibitions
Total
        4.132.795     171          
  6g temporary exhibitions
%
        35,74                
Staff Paid staff 7a Number
Total
6.711 4)  6.124     7.071 2.055 3.436 380 16.656   2.326   9.776
  7b Number
Of which
specialised
2.256 3.156     4.105 977 1.351   7.059   1.222    
  7c FTES a year
Total
  6.124 2.578         307     2.299   6.701
  7d FTES a year
Of which
specialised
  3.156,00 1.270,00               1.222,00    
Volunteers 7e Number
Total
3.505 921 2.472   861     136         32.425
  7f Number
Of which
specialised
669       273                
  7g FTES a year
Total
    28                   3.399
  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,- 18   3 16)  715   77              
  8b 2,5 - 5,- 115   29 17)  1.349   26   17          
  8c > 5,- 282   94 16)  743   12   6          
Number of museums 8d with free entrance 85 5)    27 17)  1.546   36   14          
  8e with museum card               13         400
Temporary exhibitions Total 9a   663 4.072 1.004 8.255 1.630 1.066 1.878 73 5.128 917 1.135 1.636 28)  1.977
Of which 9b Own production   2.871 535           3.246 611 501    
  9c Joined productions   1.201 220           1.016 306 99    
Expenditure (of museums) Total (In EUR) 10a   415.589.201 6)  252.067.536 265.052.607     43.493.648   38.740.568     77.328.477   1.107.000.000
Of which 10b Ordinary expenditures
Total
    265.052.607     38.921.035   35.887.485     77.328.477    
  10c Ordinary expenditures
Of which
Staff
    113.778.909     24.388.498   19.513.278     25.832.622   465.000.000
  10d Extraordinary expenditures
Total
          4.572.613   2.952.107          
  10e Extraordinary expenditures
Of which
for new Collections
  7.018.205 4.243.532 18)      1.060.274   1.897.656     741.070   50.000.000
Income (of museums) Total (in EUR) 11a   435.827.301 7)  256.355.435 265.052.607     44.909.482 76.505.212 23.656.045     64.829.149   1.102.000.000
Of which 11b Entry fees 118.253.070 8)    27.873.575     6.089.685   725.913     11.200.270   250.000.000
  11c Public subsidies 225.969.231 9)    189.749.522     33.889.855   19.047.268         525.000.000
Public expenditure (for museums) Total (in EUR) 12a     268.643.526 189.749.522     33.889.855   63.978.281 160.941.395   77.328.477   546.000.000
Of which 12b Investments   46.942.676       71.991     47.255.116        
Number of museums making use of computers Total number of museums equipped with at least one computer 13a   372   153 19)      152         137    
Of which 13b for administrative purpose 325   153 19)      146         54    
  13c for visitor's information purposes (e.g. interactive gallery system) 212 123     248 94         12    
  13d having a database for electronic inventory 255       228 133         81    
  13e having an Internet access 291   153   448 151         137    
Information - Diffusion - Education Number of museums possessing a web-site 14 Total 404   153   320       788   137   616
Number of museums possessing an own web-site 15a Total 328 447                 84   616
  15b Of wich
are updating themselves their web-site
                    16    
Number of museums 16a connected to a museum portal
Total
    153               79    
  16b connected to a museum portal
Of which
connected to more than one museum portal
                    15    
  16c connected to (an)other portal(s)                          
Number of museums with at least one special museum education programme 17a Total 448 260     596 132 102 20 645   27   524
  17b Of which
for school children
  228     515     20         493
  17c Of which
for ethnic minorities
  18                     79
  17d for senior citizens   136                      
  17e for others   85     534                
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on working group definition
18   8,56 4,60       8,00   6,00     2,51    
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on natioinal criteria
  19       5,90 15)    7,50 8,00 3,80   2,50 2,12 2,51 13,10 3,60
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
including free entries
  20   232.085,00 137.712,00 137.843,00   118.321,00 193.356,00 200.013,00 112.813,00 104.733,00 32,19 115.912,60   196.127,00
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
excluding free entries
  21   192.585,38 10)    72.257,00   74.499,00 121.474,00   50.012,00 67.364,00 18.322,00 85.124,85   162.231,00
Average number of visits per museum
according to working group definition
  22   41.207,33 11)  30.232,00       24.264,00   18.718,00     40.456,00    
Average number of visits per museum
according to national criteria
  23       24.102,00   15.732,00 24.264,00 52.231,00   41.937,00 15,17   12.598,00 29)  55.024,00
Staff per 100.000 inhabitants   24   123,92 57,40 46,70   72,00 107,00 123,00 62,00 43,38   42,61   57,00
Expenditure per capita (in EUR)   25     23,63 48,00     22,65   63,00     3.218,00   64,00
Public Expenditure per 100.000 inhabitants (in EUR)   26     2.517.906,00 3.434.199,00     1.765.126,00   10.421.715,00 252.080.014,50       3.159.327,00
Number of museums opened 200 days and more a year   27   233 380 165 15)    573 131   26   149      
Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year
including free entries
  28   224 250 206 15)  2.054 272 88 81 20 577   80 322  
Number of museums necessary to reach 50 % of total visits (including free entries) 29a   8   25 15)    21     4   74      
75 % of total visits (including free entries) 29b   31   58 15)    74     7   111      
Number of museums employing at least 1 specialised staff 30   178 12)  334 153 19)    439 132 90       114    
Average price paid
(in EUR)
  31   8,36 13)    8,03     2,61   2,36 2,86   1,77   8,92
Number of museums with at least one publication   32   173 158 55 19)    206 64 65   422 36 54    
Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier   33     8             91   18    
Museum participation
Source: Eurobarometer 1)
  34                            
Population
Source: Eurostat
  35     10.669.324 5.525.292 83.019.213 9.772.756 1.919.968 2.794.200   38.411.148   5.457.873 8.606.033 17.282.163
Density inhabitants/km²
Source: Eurostat
  36     135,30   235,20 107,10 30,20 42,80   123,00   111,23   513,00
Purchasing Power Parity in EUR
Source: Eurostat
  37         120,000 71,000 69,000     73,000   71,000 153,000  


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provisional or estimated statistical information
1) Eurostat surveys 2001 and 2003, if not otherwise indicated
2) Austria: The number of extant units (registered museums) in 2019 is 760. However, 246 units did not participate in the survey.
3) Austria: Not taking into account unknown admission status in the denominator.
4) Austria: plus 785 freelancers.
5) Austria: Incuding museums which ask for a voluntary contribution.
6) Austria: Units (which may comprise more than one museum): 215 out of 252.
7) Austria: Units (which may comprise more than one museum): 238 out of 252.
8) Austria: Units (which may comprise more than one museum): 214out of 252.
9) Austria: Units (which may comprise more than one museum): 180 out of 252.
10) Austria: Inclusive visits with unknown admission status.
11) Austria: Not taking into account museums with unknown number of visits in the denominator.
12) Austria: Out of 348 units which reported on specialised staff.
13) Austria: The ratio is based only on units, for which both 'income from entries' and 'payment status of visitors' is known.
14) Finland: The statistics cover 153 professionally-run museums (administrative units) maintaining 327 museum sites.
15) Finland: Answers by museum sites (327).
16) Finland: Admission fees for the main site of a museum.
17) Finland: Admission fees for the main site of a museum.
18) Finland: Included in the ordinary expenditures.
19) Finland: Answers by administrative units (153).
20) This category is not applicable; in Germany Science and technology museums are split from ethnology museums
21) Latvia: 368.839 (in groups only).
22) Latvia: 9,9 % (in groups only).
23) Luxembourg: Response rate 77,6%
24) Slovak Republic: The definition of the museum in the Slovak Republic used by members of the museum profession is identical with that defined by ICOM. Moreover, the Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 206/2009 of the Code defines the museum in Article 2, Section 5 as follows: „The museum is a specialised corporate entity or an organisational body of the corporate entity, which based on its exploration and scientific research, acquires objects of cultural value, which it professionally manages as a collection items. These items are scientifically researched and make available to the public especially for the purposes of study, cognition, education and aesthetic experience through specific means of museum communication.“ In Slovakia there are museums and museum facilities. Museum facility by law is "A museum facility or gallery facility is a specialized legal entity or an organizational unit of a legal entity or a specialized facility that acquires objects of cultural value and makes them available to the public for the purpose of knowledge and aesthetic experience through specific means of museum presentation or gallery presentation." It´s like lower grade of museums, they have to present cultural objects, but they don´t need to do for example scietific research. In this statistics are information only about museums and galleries from Register of Museums anf Galleries of Slovak Republic.
25) Slovak Republic: In statistics in Slovakia museums and galleries are two separate groups, inspite of for both groups one law is mandatory. There are 94 museums registered in the Register of Museums and Galleries of the Slovak Republic, but National Slovak Museum has 18 specialized museums, which are reported separately in the statistics. That´s why here is the number of the museums 112 plus 25 galeries.
26) Slovak Republic: Categories 2b, 2c and 2d, especially 2c in Slovakia are not applicable: science and technology museums are split from ethnology museums; 2c – most of the "other" museums are complex/local or regional history museums which can be included in 2b category where we have enlisted only specialized art, archaeology and history museums. The complex museums are very important and numerous in the national museum structure.
27) Switzerland: +/- 150501
28) Switzerland: +/-63
29) Switzerland: +/-133
30) Serbia: Types in Serbian classification: 1. Special (art) 2. Special (socio-historical)
31) Serbia: Types in Serbian classification: 1. Special (economic - technical) 2. Special (natural history)
32) Serbia: Types in Serbian classification: Complex museums