| Country | France | Germany | Latvia | Portugal | Romania | Slovak Republic | Slovenia | Spain | Sweden | |||
| Year | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | |||
| Definition | Working group definition | 1a | X | |||||||||
| National criteria | 1b | X | X | 5) | X | X 12) | X | |||||
| Number of museums according to type of collection | total | 2a | 1.300 2) | 5.827 | 133 | 484 6) | 519 | 79 | 48 9) | 1.125 | 239 | |
| of which | 2b | Art, archaeology and history museums | 350 | 947 | 163 | 209 | 34 | 600 | 174 | |||
| 2c | Science and technology museums, ethnology museums | 300 | 4) | 132 | 144 | 11 | 232 | 48 | ||||
| 2d | Other museums | 650 | 4.880 | 189 | 166 | 34 | 293 | 17 | ||||
| Ownership | state-owned museums | 3a | Total | 490 | 40 | 300 | 34 | 142 | 42 | |||
| local-, regional-owned museums | 3b | Total | 2.476 | 35 | 534 | 108 | ||||||
| other public-owned museums | 3c | Total | 361 | 93 | 5 | 89 | ||||||
| private-owned museums | 3d | Total | 2.162 | 184 | 5 | 449 | ||||||
| 3e | Of which ppp |
338 | 103 | |||||||||
| Management | state-managed museums | 4a | Total | 40 | 34 | 68 | 55 | |||||
| local-, regional-managed museums | 4b | Total | 35 | 582 | 99 | |||||||
| other public-managed museums | 4c | Total | 93 | 5 | 56 | |||||||
| private-managed museums | 4d | Total | 50 | 5 | 475 | |||||||
| 4e | Of which ppp |
135 | ||||||||||
| Ownership of permanent collection | Public ≤ 50% | 5a | 74 | |||||||||
| Public > 50% | 5b | 5 | ||||||||||
| Number of visits | Total | 6a | 65.000.000 3) | 99.560.001 | 1 | 5.760.062 7) | 1.615.000 | 3.459.032 | 1.000.000 | 42.262.225 | 16.438.142 | |
| Of which | 6b | free admissions Total |
1.095.972 | 23.751.371 | 7.125.979 | |||||||
| 6c | free admissions % |
32,00 | 56,20 | 43,00 | ||||||||
| 6d | foreigners Total |
61 | ||||||||||
| 6e | foreigners % |
4,00 | ||||||||||
| 6f | temporary exhibitions Total |
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| 6g | temporary exhibitions % |
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| Staff | Paid staff | 7a | Number Total |
1 | 2.458 8) | 1.792 | 531 10) | 10.951 | ||||
| 7b | Number Of which specialised |
808 | 1.081 8) | 3.545 | 820 | 278 | 2.417 | |||||
| 7c | FTES a year Total |
1.686 | 10.015 | 4.764 | ||||||||
| 7d | FTES a year Of which specialised |
790,00 | 2.201,00 | |||||||||
| Volunteers | 7e | Number Total |
1.438 | |||||||||
| 7f | Number Of which specialised |
588 | ||||||||||
| 7g | FTES a year Total |
1.315 | ||||||||||
| 7h | FTES a year Of which specialised |
535 | ||||||||||
| Admissions | Total number of museums with paid admissions with a price of tickets (in EUR) | 8a | < 2,5,- | 2.308 | 519 | 78 | 353 | 51 | ||||
| 8b | 2,5 - 5,- | 544 | 68 | 81 | ||||||||
| 8c | > 5,- | 36 | 11 | 46 | ||||||||
| Number of museums | 8d | with free entrance | 1.772 | 1 | 556 | 62 | ||||||
| 8e | with museum card | 78 | ||||||||||
| Temporary exhibitions | Total | 9a | 9.348 | 1 | 142 | 1.013 | 236 | 1.623 | ||||
| Of which | 9b | Own production | 1 | 575 | ||||||||
| 9c | Joined productions | 267 | 438 | |||||||||
| Expenditure (of museums) | Total (In EUR) | 10a | 12 | 8.674.364 | ||||||||
| Of which | 10b | Ordinary expenditures Total |
328.002.902 | |||||||||
| 10c | Ordinary expenditures Of which Staff |
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| 10d | Extraordinary expenditures Total |
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| 10e | Extraordinary expenditures Of which for new Collections |
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| Income (of museums) | Total (in EUR) | 11a | 4.135.636 | 327.598.355 | ||||||||
| Of which | 11b | Entry fees | 1.264.977 | 30.720.950 | ||||||||
| 11c | Public subsidies | |||||||||||
| Public expenditure (for museums) | Total (in EUR) | 12a | 543.000.000 3) | 7.461.454 | 4.430.000 11) | 210.137.718 | ||||||
| Of which | 12b | Investments | 9 | 2.697.545 | ||||||||
| Number of museums making use of computers | Total number of museums equipped with at least one computer | 13a | 2.107 | 166 | 78 | 653 | ||||||
| Of which | 13b | for administrative purpose | 1.888 | 78 | ||||||||
| 13c | for visitor's information purposes (e.g. interactive gallery system) | |||||||||||
| 13d | having a database for electronic inventory | 1.158 | 75 | 140 | ||||||||
| 13e | having an Internet access | 595 | 126 | 35 | ||||||||
| Information - Diffusion - Education | Number of museums possessing a web-site | 14 | Total | 935 | 317 | 200 | ||||||
| Number of museums possessing an own web-site | 15a | Total | 200 | |||||||||
| 15b | Of wich are updating themselves their web-site |
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| Number of museums | 16a | connected to a museum portal Total |
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| 16b | connected to a museum portal Of which connected to more than one museum portal |
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| 16c | connected to (an)other portal(s) | |||||||||||
| Number of museums with at least one special museum education programme | 17a | Total | 543 | |||||||||
| 17b | Of which for school children |
2.510 | 151 | 434 | ||||||||
| 17c | Of which for ethnic minorities |
304 | ||||||||||
| 17d | for senior citizens | 1.119 | ||||||||||
| 17e | for others | 417 | ||||||||||
| Museums per 100.000 inhabitants on working group definition |
18 | 5,60 | 4,70 | 1,50 | 2,70 | |||||||
| Museums per 100.000 inhabitants on natioinal criteria |
19 | 7,10 | 5,60 | 1,90 | 2,80 | 2,70 | ||||||
| Visits per 100.000 inhabitants including free entries |
20 | 111.000,00 | 121.446,00 | 62,39 | 56.303,00 | 7.340,00 | 64.026,00 | 104.211,00 | 185.056,00 | |||
| Visits per 100.000 inhabitants excluding free entries |
21 | 20.286,00 | 45.853,00 | |||||||||
| Average number of visits per museum according to working group definition |
22 | 17.086,00 | 11,14 | 3.111,00 | 43.785,00 | 68.779,00 | ||||||
| Average number of visits per museum according to national criteria |
23 | 50.000,00 | 73,00 | 29.091,00 | 37.566,00 | 68.779,00 | ||||||
| Staff per 100.000 inhabitants | 24 | 5,30 | 26,60 | 33,00 | 30,90 | 53,00 | ||||||
| Expenditure per capita (in EUR) | 25 | 1,60 | 36,90 | |||||||||
| Public Expenditure per 100.000 inhabitants (in EUR) | 26 | 912.000,00 | 383,34 | 138.110,00 | 2.365.672,00 | |||||||
| Number of museums opened 200 days and more a year | 27 | 2.227 | 194 | 519 | 878 | |||||||
| Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year including free entries |
28 | 2.227 | 117 | 594 | ||||||||
| Number of museums necessary to reach | 50 % of total visits (including free entries) | 29a | 10 | 37 | ||||||||
| 75 % of total visits (including free entries) | 29b | 28 | 126 | |||||||||
| Number of museums employing at least 1 specialised staff | 30 | 198 | 588 | |||||||||
| Average price paid (in EUR) |
31 | 0,50 | ||||||||||
| Number of museums with at least one publication | 32 | 3.430 | 162 | 20 | 627 | |||||||
| Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier | 33 | |||||||||||
| Museum participation Source: Eurobarometer 1) |
34 | 23,00 | 59,00 | 27,00 | 52,00 | |||||||
| Population Source: Eurostat |
35 | 59.635.000 | 82.163.475 | 2.381.715 | 10.230.555 | 22.455.485 | 5.398.657 | 1.997.600 | 40.049.708 | 8.861.426 | ||
| Density inhabitants/km² Source: Eurostat |
36 | 96,00 | 230,20 | 38,10 | 111,00 | 97,60 | 110,10 | 98,80 | 79,60 | 21,60 | ||
| Purchasing Power Parity in EUR Source: Eurostat |
37 | 115,000 | 118,000 | 36,000 | 79,000 | 26,000 | 50,000 | 80,000 | 128,000 |
Blank spaces either imply that there is no data available or that the data is negligible or is equal to zero
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- nil or negligible
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- provisional or estimated statistical information
1) Eurostat surveys 2001 and 2003, if not otherwise indicated
2) France: Only museums registered by the French Ministry of Culture
3) provisional or estimated statistical information
4) This category is not applicable; in Germany Science and technology museums are split from ethnology museums
5) Portugal: 198 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.
6) Portugal: Museums that had answered to the INE
7) Portugal: The number of visits is from the museums on national criteria
8) Portugal: The data on Paid Staff is from the museums on national criteria
9) The data includes 10 national museums and 38 other museums.
10) The data includes 91 management/administration staff, 278 curators and 162 technicians.
11) This data does not include 582.000.- for individual projects, 409.000.- purchase for museum objects and 15.000.000.- for salary. The estimate budget of 15.000.000.- constitute approx. 15% of the whole budget.
12) Spain: Definition National criteria. Both for-profit and non-for-profit institutions are considered. Museum Collections are included. See Spain National Report. February 2024 for further details.
2) France: Only museums registered by the French Ministry of Culture
3) provisional or estimated statistical information
4) This category is not applicable; in Germany Science and technology museums are split from ethnology museums
5) Portugal: 198 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.
6) Portugal: Museums that had answered to the INE
7) Portugal: The number of visits is from the museums on national criteria
8) Portugal: The data on Paid Staff is from the museums on national criteria
9) The data includes 10 national museums and 38 other museums.
10) The data includes 91 management/administration staff, 278 curators and 162 technicians.
11) This data does not include 582.000.- for individual projects, 409.000.- purchase for museum objects and 15.000.000.- for salary. The estimate budget of 15.000.000.- constitute approx. 15% of the whole budget.
12) Spain: Definition National criteria. Both for-profit and non-for-profit institutions are considered. Museum Collections are included. See Spain National Report. February 2024 for further details.