Country | Year | Definition | |
---|---|---|---|
Working group definition | National criteria | ||
1a | 1b | ||
Ireland | 2014 | X | |
2005 | 5) | X 6) | |
2002 | X 2) |
Country | Year | Number of museums according to type of collection | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
total | of which | ||||
2a | 2b | 2c | 2d | ||
Art, archaeology and history museums | Science and technology museums, ethnology museums | Other museums | |||
Ireland | 2014 | 230 8) | |||
2005 | 258 3) | ||||
2002 | 218 3) |
Country | Year | Ownership | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
state-owned museums | local-, regional-owned museums | other public-owned museums | private-owned museums | |||
3a | 3b | 3c | 3d | 3e | ||
Total | Total | Total | Total | Of which ppp |
||
Ireland | 2014 | |||||
2005 | ||||||
2002 | 30 | 30 | 19 | 74 | 65 |
Country | Year | Management | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
state-managed museums | local-, regional-managed museums | other public-managed museums | private-managed museums | |||
4a | 4b | 4c | 4d | 4e | ||
Total | Total | Total | Total | Of which ppp |
||
Ireland | 2014 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 48 | 5 |
2005 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 49 | 8 | |
2002 | 30 | 16 | 25 | 59 | 88 |
Country | Year | Ownership of permanent collection | |
---|---|---|---|
Public ≤ 50% | Public > 50% | ||
5a | 5b | ||
Ireland | 2014 | ||
2005 | |||
2002 |
Country | Year | Number of visits | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Of which | |||||||
6a | 6b | 6c | 6d | 6e | 6f | 6g | ||
free admissions Total |
free admissions % |
foreigners Total |
foreigners % |
temporary exhibitions Total |
temporary exhibitions % |
|||
Ireland | 2014 | 6.108.480 | ||||||
2005 | ||||||||
2002 |
Country | Year | Staff | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paid staff | Volunteers | ||||||||
7a | 7b | 7c | 7d | 7e | 7f | 7g | 7h | ||
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 |
||
Ireland | 2014 | 162 | |||||||
2005 | 1.405 7) | 250 | 342 | 133 | |||||
2002 | 528 4) | 528 4) |
Country | Year | Admissions | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total number of museums with paid admissions with a price of tickets (in EUR) | Number of museums | |||||
8a | 8b | 8c | 8d | 8e | ||
< 2,5,- | 2,5 - 5,- | > 5,- | with free entrance | with museum card | ||
Ireland | 2014 | |||||
2005 | 47 | |||||
2002 | 47 |
Country | Year | Temporary exhibitions | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Of which | |||
9a | 9b | 9c | ||
Own production | Joined productions | |||
Ireland | 2014 | |||
2005 | ||||
2002 |
Country | Year | Expenditure (of museums) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (In EUR) | Of which | |||||
10a | 10b | 10c | 10d | 10e | ||
Ordinary expenditures Total |
Ordinary expenditures Of which Staff |
Extraordinary expenditures Total |
Extraordinary expenditures Of which for new Collections |
|||
Ireland | 2014 | |||||
2005 | ||||||
2002 |
Country | Year | Income (of museums) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Total (in EUR) | Of which | |||
11a | 11b | 11c | ||
Entry fees | Public subsidies | |||
Ireland | 2014 | |||
2005 | ||||
2002 |
Country | Year | Public expenditure (for museums) | |
---|---|---|---|
Total (in EUR) | Of which | ||
12a | 12b | ||
Investments | |||
Ireland | 2014 | ||
2005 | |||
2002 |
Country | Year | Number of museums making use of computers | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total number of museums equipped with at least one computer | Of which | |||||
13a | 13b | 13c | 13d | 13e | ||
for administrative purpose | for visitor's information purposes (e.g. interactive gallery system) | having a database for electronic inventory | having an Internet access | |||
Ireland | 2014 | |||||
2005 | ||||||
2002 |
Country | Year | Information - Diffusion - Education | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |||||||||
14 | 15a | 15b | 16a | 16b | 16c | 17a | 17b | 17c | 17d | 17e | ||
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 | ||
Ireland | 2014 | |||||||||||
2005 | ||||||||||||
2002 |
Country | Year | Museums per 100.000 inhabitants on working group definition |
---|---|---|
18 | ||
Ireland | 2014 | |
2005 | ||
2002 |
Country | Year | Museums per 100.000 inhabitants on natioinal criteria |
---|---|---|
19 | ||
Ireland | 2014 | |
2005 | ||
2002 |
Country | Year | Visits per 100.000 inhabitants including free entries |
---|---|---|
20 | ||
Ireland | 2014 | |
2005 | ||
2002 |
Country | Year | Visits per 100.000 inhabitants excluding free entries |
---|---|---|
21 | ||
Ireland | 2014 | |
2005 | ||
2002 |
Country | Year | Average number of visits per museum according to working group definition |
---|---|---|
22 | ||
Ireland | 2014 | |
2005 | ||
2002 |
Country | Year | Average number of visits per museum according to national criteria |
---|---|---|
23 | ||
Ireland | 2014 | |
2005 | ||
2002 |
Country | Year | Staff per 100.000 inhabitants |
---|---|---|
24 | ||
Ireland | 2014 | |
2005 | ||
2002 |
Country | Year | Expenditure per capita (in EUR) |
---|---|---|
25 | ||
Ireland | 2014 | |
2005 | ||
2002 |
Country | Year | Public Expenditure per 100.000 inhabitants (in EUR) |
---|---|---|
26 | ||
Ireland | 2014 | |
2005 | ||
2002 |
Country | Year | Number of museums opened 200 days and more a year |
---|---|---|
27 | ||
Ireland | 2014 | 106 |
2005 | ||
2002 |
Country | Year | Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year including free entries |
---|---|---|
28 | ||
Ireland | 2014 | 56 |
2005 | ||
2002 |
Country | Year | Number of museums necessary to reach | |
---|---|---|---|
50 % of total visits (including free entries) | 75 % of total visits (including free entries) | ||
29a | 29b | ||
Ireland | 2014 | ||
2005 | |||
2002 |
Country | Year | Number of museums employing at least 1 specialised staff |
---|---|---|
30 | ||
Ireland | 2014 | |
2005 | ||
2002 |
Country | Year | Average price paid (in EUR) |
---|---|---|
31 | ||
Ireland | 2014 | |
2005 | ||
2002 |
Country | Year | Number of museums with at least one publication |
---|---|---|
32 | ||
Ireland | 2014 | |
2005 | ||
2002 |
Country | Year | Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier |
---|---|---|
33 | ||
Ireland | 2014 | |
2005 | ||
2002 |
Country | Year | |
---|---|---|
34 | ||
Ireland | 2014 | |
2005 | 24,50 | |
2002 | 24,50 |
Country | Year | Population Source: Eurostat |
---|---|---|
35 | ||
Ireland | 2014 | 4.628.949 |
2005 | 4.111.672 | |
2002 | 3.899.702 |
Country | Year | Density inhabitants/km² Source: Eurostat |
---|---|---|
36 | ||
Ireland | 2014 | |
2005 | 61,20 | |
2002 | 57,70 |
Country | Year | Purchasing Power Parity in EUR Source: Eurostat |
---|---|---|
37 | ||
Ireland | 2014 | 177,000 |
2005 | 145,000 | |
2002 | 139,000 |
1) Eurostat surveys 2001 and 2003, if not otherwise indicated
2) The National Museum of Ireland is under the ægis of the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism and regularly advises the Minister concerning museum issues. The Director of the National Museum of Ireland has a comprehensive range of legal powers and functions under Statute law which are relevant to museum operation in Ireland. There is statutory provision for the designation of museums in the ownership and control of local authorities under the terms of the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997. Curators may also be designed to carry out certain functions of the Director of the National Museum under the terms of the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 1994. The representative body for the museum sector in Ireland id the Irish Museums Association. The Museums and Archives Committee of the Heritage Council is (the only body) charged with proposing policy, providing advice and providing grant aid and funding to the sector. The Council of National Cultural Institutions is a recent formed body (1997) which includes the Heritage Council, The national Museums, The National Gallery, The Arts Council, The Irish Museum of Modern Art and two others. The Local Authority Curators Group represents museum curators in this particular sector of the museum profession. The Designated Museums Liaison Committee meets regularly to provide dialogue and exchange of ideas and information between designated museums, the National Museum of Ireland and the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism.
3) Referring to criteria sub 1a)
4) Number of full-staff is 1.724 including full-time, part-time, community employment schemes and voluntary workers.
5) The definition currently being applied by the museum sector is the definition devised by the sector for the purposes of developing a national museum policy framework. This framework was developed by the Heritage Council in consultation with the sector. The definition is follows: “Museums are not for profit institutions that collect, safeguard, hold in trust, research, develop and interpret collections of original objects and original objects on loan, for the public benefit. They function publicly as places where people learn from and find inspiration and enjoyment through the display and research of original objects.
6) The National Museum of Ireland is under the ægis of the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism and regularly advises the Minister concerning national museum issues. The Director of the National Museum of Ireland has a comprehensive range of legal powers and functions under Statute law which are relevant to the national museum’s operation in Ireland. There is statutory provision for the designation of museums in the ownership and control of local authorities under the terms of the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997. Curators may also be designed to carry out certain functions of the Director of the National Museum under the terms of the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 1994. The representative body for the museum sector in Ireland is the Irish Museums Association. The Heritage Council is (the only body) charged with proposing policy advice, providing advice and providing small-scale grant aid and funding to the sector. It operates an accreditation programme for Irish museums under its Museums Standards Programme: www.museumsireland.ie The Council of National Cultural Institutions was established in 1997 and includes the Heritage Council, The National Museum, The National Gallery, The Arts Council, The Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Crawford Arts Gallery (Cork) and the Chester Beatty Library, the National Theatre, National Concert Hall and National Library. The Local Authority Curators Group represents museum curators in this particular sector of the museum profession.
7) Number of full-staff is 1.724 including full-time, part-time, community employment schemes and voluntary workers
8) 118 museums responded to and participated in the survey.
2) The National Museum of Ireland is under the ægis of the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism and regularly advises the Minister concerning museum issues. The Director of the National Museum of Ireland has a comprehensive range of legal powers and functions under Statute law which are relevant to museum operation in Ireland. There is statutory provision for the designation of museums in the ownership and control of local authorities under the terms of the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997. Curators may also be designed to carry out certain functions of the Director of the National Museum under the terms of the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 1994. The representative body for the museum sector in Ireland id the Irish Museums Association. The Museums and Archives Committee of the Heritage Council is (the only body) charged with proposing policy, providing advice and providing grant aid and funding to the sector. The Council of National Cultural Institutions is a recent formed body (1997) which includes the Heritage Council, The national Museums, The National Gallery, The Arts Council, The Irish Museum of Modern Art and two others. The Local Authority Curators Group represents museum curators in this particular sector of the museum profession. The Designated Museums Liaison Committee meets regularly to provide dialogue and exchange of ideas and information between designated museums, the National Museum of Ireland and the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism.
3) Referring to criteria sub 1a)
4) Number of full-staff is 1.724 including full-time, part-time, community employment schemes and voluntary workers.
5) The definition currently being applied by the museum sector is the definition devised by the sector for the purposes of developing a national museum policy framework. This framework was developed by the Heritage Council in consultation with the sector. The definition is follows: “Museums are not for profit institutions that collect, safeguard, hold in trust, research, develop and interpret collections of original objects and original objects on loan, for the public benefit. They function publicly as places where people learn from and find inspiration and enjoyment through the display and research of original objects.
6) The National Museum of Ireland is under the ægis of the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism and regularly advises the Minister concerning national museum issues. The Director of the National Museum of Ireland has a comprehensive range of legal powers and functions under Statute law which are relevant to the national museum’s operation in Ireland. There is statutory provision for the designation of museums in the ownership and control of local authorities under the terms of the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997. Curators may also be designed to carry out certain functions of the Director of the National Museum under the terms of the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 1994. The representative body for the museum sector in Ireland is the Irish Museums Association. The Heritage Council is (the only body) charged with proposing policy advice, providing advice and providing small-scale grant aid and funding to the sector. It operates an accreditation programme for Irish museums under its Museums Standards Programme: www.museumsireland.ie The Council of National Cultural Institutions was established in 1997 and includes the Heritage Council, The National Museum, The National Gallery, The Arts Council, The Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Crawford Arts Gallery (Cork) and the Chester Beatty Library, the National Theatre, National Concert Hall and National Library. The Local Authority Curators Group represents museum curators in this particular sector of the museum profession.
7) Number of full-staff is 1.724 including full-time, part-time, community employment schemes and voluntary workers
8) 118 museums responded to and participated in the survey.