Country     Norway
Year     2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2002
Definition Working group definition 1a   X X X X X X X X X X
National criteria 1b                      
Number of museums according to type of collection total 2a   127 29)  128 24)  134 21)  137 18)  148 15)  166 12)  173 9)  175 188 7)  274 2) 
of which 2b Art, archaeology and history museums     25)  91 93 98 116 121 125 125 200
  2c Science and technology museums, ethnology museums     26 27 28 28 28 25 27 14
  2d Other museums     17 17 22 22 24 25 36 60
Ownership state-owned museums 3a Total 13 13 13 13 12 14 14 15 19 19
local-, regional-owned museums 3b Total 15 18 19 20 23 24 25 25 33 53
other public-owned museums 3c Total 99 97 102 104 113 128 133 132 135 187
private-owned museums 3d Total             1 1 1 9
  3e Of which
ppp		                    
Management state-managed museums 4a Total 13 13 13 13 12 14 14 15 19 19
local-, regional-managed museums 4b Total 15 18 19 20 23 24 25 25 33 53
other public-managed museums 4c Total 99 97 102 104 113 128 133 132 135 187
private-managed museums 4d Total             1 1 1 9
  4e Of which
ppp		                    
Ownership of permanent collection Public ≤ 50% 5a                      
Public > 50% 5b                      
Number of visits Total 6a   10.944.898 10.665.595 10.573.670 10.548.193 10.183.842 10.195.986 10.193.903 9.330.587 9.060.639 8.336.172
Of which 6b free admissions
Total		 5.579.320 4.938.794 4.870.223 5.406.356 5.314.067 5.141.449 4.806.870 4.462.322 4.328.906 4.463.771
  6c free admissions
%		 51,00 46,30 46,10 51,30 52,20 50,40 47,20 47,80 47,80 46,00
  6d foreigners
Total		                    
  6e foreigners
%		                    
  6f temporary exhibitions
Total		                    
  6g temporary exhibitions
%		                    
Staff Paid staff 7a Number
Total		 3.405 10)  3.380 10)  3.365 13)  3.407 13)  3.330 10)  3.298 13)  3.219 10)  2.997    
  7b Number
Of which
specialised		                    
  7c FTES a year
Total		 3.863 3.778 3.782 3.727 3.631 3.638 3.568 3.579 3.358 2.978
  7d FTES a year
Of which
specialised		 2.036,00 16)  2.114,00 16)  2.094,00 22)  2.038,00 19)  2.002,00 16)           
Volunteers 7e Number
Total		                    
  7f Number
Of which
specialised		                    
  7g FTES a year
Total		 202 195 195 207   203 200 182 175 137
  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,-     26)        7 5   11  
  8b 2,5 - 5,- 2 5 26)  9 12 34 42 51 31 71  
  8c > 5,- 108 107 26)  109 108 99 101 98 122 87  
Number of museums 8d with free entrance 17 17 12 12 18 16 17 17 19 29
  8e with museum card                    
Temporary exhibitions Total 9a   1.066 1.056 1.061 1.068 1.139 1.119 1.073 1.040 1.028 754
Of which 9b Own production                    
  9c Joined productions                    
Expenditure (of museums) Total (In EUR) 10a                     229.571.280
Of which 10b Ordinary expenditures
Total		 524.977.653 543.207.192 494.065.616 471.300.077 426.617.207 364.141.935 344.985.493 357.115.104 296.637.359 218.287.907
  10c Ordinary expenditures
Of which
Staff		 281.237.466 291.883.803 262.317.030 244.415.551 218.192.893 186.214.401 180.014.744 178.225.260 152.460.967 116.647.878
  10d Extraordinary expenditures
Total		                   11.283.373
  10e Extraordinary expenditures
Of which
for new Collections		                    
Income (of museums) Total (in EUR) 11a   534.756.233 545.319.983 536.797.090 480.509.269 439.532.918 371.733.641 361.014.863 363.723.047 305.619.572 236.900.908
Of which 11b Entry fees 34.382.035 39.021.659 38.468.337 33.275.232 29.621.072 27.885.945 28.881.926 26.333.594 23.063.755 18.934.586
  11c Public subsidies                   160.681.385
Public expenditure (for museums) Total (in EUR) 12a   387.987.244 389.703.310 373.317.974 334.615.860 313.629.676 256.257.258 241.683.353 243.127.734 203.013.702 160.681.385
Of which 12b Investments                   10.499.154
Number of museums making use of computers Total number of museums equipped with at least one computer 13a   127 128 134 137 148 166 173 175 188 274
Of which 13b for administrative purpose 127 128 134 137 148 166 173 175 188 274
  13c for visitor's information purposes (e.g. interactive gallery system)                    
  13d having a database for electronic inventory                    
  13e having an Internet access 127 128 134 137 148          
Information - Diffusion - Education Number of museums possessing a web-site 14 Total                    
Number of museums possessing an own web-site 15a Total       133 144 161        
  15b Of wich
are updating themselves their web-site		                    
Number of museums 16a connected to a museum portal
Total		     133 137 148 166 173 175 188 274
  16b connected to a museum portal
Of which
connected to more than one museum portal		                    
  16c connected to (an)other portal(s)                    
Number of museums with at least one special museum education programme 17a Total   118 118 122 129 147 156 161 166 210
  17b Of which
for school children		   118 118 122 129 147 155 160 162 210
  17c Of which
for ethnic minorities		                    
  17d for senior citizens                    
  17e for others                    
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on working group definition		 18   2,50 2,50 27)  2,70 2,80 3,10 3,50 3,70 3,80 4,10 6,00
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on natioinal criteria		   19   2,50 2,50 27)  2,70 2,80 3,10 3,50 3,70 3,80 4,10 6,00
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
including free entries		   20   214,22 211.147,00 28)  214.899,00 217.121,00 212.196,00 215.234,00 217.766,00 201.081,00 196.698,00 183.124,00
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
excluding free entries		   21   105.021,00 113.373,00 115.917,00 105.838,00 101.469,00 106.699,00 115.080,00 96.166,00 102.722,00 85.066,00
Average number of visits per museum
according to working group definition		   22   86.180,00 83.333,00 78.908,00 76.994,00 68.810,00 61.422,00 58.924,00 53.318,00 48.195,00 30.423,00
Average number of visits per museum
according to national criteria		   23   86.180,00 83.333,00 78.908,00 76.994,00 68.810,00 61.422,00 58.924,00 53.318,00 48.195,00 30.423,00
Staff per 100.000 inhabitants   24   75,60 30)  78,60 28)  81,00 81,00 80,00 81,10 80,50 77,10 73,40 68,70
Expenditure per capita (in EUR)   25   102,80 107,50 100,40 97,20 88,90 76,90 73,70 76,90 64,40 52,00
Public Expenditure per 100.000 inhabitants (in EUR)   26   7.594.108,00 7.714.949,00 7.587.293,00 6.903.650,00 6.534.970,00 5.409.500,00 5.162.923,00 5.239.575,00 4.407.245,00 3.529.752,00
Number of museums opened 200 days and more a year   27   102 100 107 107 115 127 129 128 132 146 3) 
Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year
including free entries		   28   113 112 120 122 133 148 153 149 159 184
Number of museums necessary to reach 50 % of total visits (including free entries) 29a   17 16 17 15 16 18 18 17 17 20
75 % of total visits (including free entries) 29b   36 38 38 38 43 50 51 48 50 60
Number of museums employing at least 1 specialised staff 30   115 113 20)  116 23)  122 20)  129 17)  143 14)  146 11)        4) 
Average price paid
(in EUR)		   31   6,41 6,84 8,86 8,09 6,08 5,52        
Number of museums with at least one publication   32   87 86 89 92 95 104 101 103 107  
Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier   33                      
Museum participation
Source: Eurobarometer 1)		   34                 45,00 45,00 45,00 5) 
Population
Source: Eurostat		   35   5.051.275 4.985.870 4.920.305 4.858.199 4.799.252 4.737.171 4.681.134 4.640.219 4.606.363 4.524.066
Density inhabitants/km²
Source: Eurostat		   36     16,10 16,20 16,00 15,80 15,60 15,50 15,30 15,20 14,80
Purchasing Power Parity in EUR
Source: Eurostat		   37   191,000 194,000 189,000 181,000 176,000 192,000 182,000 185,000 177,000 155,000 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
24) Norway: Museums that were open to the public and had at least one full-time employee in 2012
25) Norway: Number of museums according to type of collection: Not asked 2012
26) Norway: based on ticket prices for adult visitors and exchange rate as of 31.12.2013 (source: http://www.norges-bank.no/en/price_stability/exchange-rates/eur/.)
27) Norway: Source for information on number of inhabitants in Norway: http://www.ssb.no/befolkning/statistikker/folkemengde/aar/2013-03-13#content
28) Norway: Total number of man-years per 100.000 inhabitants
29) Norway: 127 museums were open to the public and had at least one full-time employee in 2013
30) Norway: Total number of FTEs per 100.000 inhabitants