Country     Belarus Croatia France Germany Italy Latvia Luxembourg Poland Portugal Slovak Republic The Netherlands
Year     2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003
Definition Working group definition 1a           X X X   X X X
National criteria 1b   X X 3)  X 9)  X       X   34)     
Number of museums according to type of collection total 2a   131 2)  206 4)  1.173 9)  6.135 417 16)  130 22)  35 665 558 35)  85 38)  828
of which 2b Art, archaeology and history museums 112 67 780 10)  1.009 417   11 272 31)  200 36 541
  2c Science and technology museums, ethnology museums 11 25 400 10)    15)      8 116 32)  141 11 275
  2d Other museums 8 104 90 10)  5.126     16 277 33)  217 38 12
Ownership state-owned museums 3a Total     80 11)  492 414       346 34   39) 
local-, regional-owned museums 3b Total     780 11)  2.520           46 133
other public-owned museums 3c Total       399             638
private-owned museums 3d Total     120 11)  2.724         212 5 57
  3e Of which
ppp		       345              
Management state-managed museums 4a Total     30 12)    414         34   40) 
local-, regional-managed museums 4b Total     770 12)    1         46 133
other public-managed museums 4c Total     30 12)    1           638
private-managed museums 4d Total     140 12)    1         5 57
  4e Of which
ppp		         1            
Ownership of permanent collection Public ≤ 50% 5a               16     80  
Public > 50% 5b   131           19     5  
Number of visits Total 6a   3.534.000 1.901.000 40.469.600 98.361.816 31.156.001 1.689.458 283.241   6.684.147 36)  3.886.928 19.558.000
Of which 6b free admissions
Total		     16.468.600   16.006.812   76.158     909.366 3.527.000
  6c free admissions
%		     41,00   51,00   26,00     23,40 30,00
  6d foreigners
Total		           113.012 23)          4.223.000
  6e foreigners
%		           6,00 24)          22,00
  6f temporary exhibitions
Total		                      
  6g temporary exhibitions
%		                      
Staff Paid staff 7a Number
Total		 2.950 1.400 5)  22.300     1.850 25)  223   2.977 37)  1.932 8.496
  7b Number
Of which
specialised		 896 811       573 26)  38 28)    1.443 37)  971  
  7c FTES a year
Total		   1.400 5)          205 29)      1.781 5.837
  7d FTES a year
Of which
specialised		   811,00         35,00     896,00  
Volunteers 7e Number
Total		     2.200       272       - 19.693
  7f Number
Of which
specialised		                     -  
  7g FTES a year
Total		             9 29)        2.357
  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,- 131 190 176 1.889 92 130 8     83 302
  8b 2,5 - 5,-   16 633 899 88 17)    - 11     2 330
  8c > 5,-     94 112 21 18)    - 5       - 72
Number of museums 8d with free entrance     153 1.756 181   27)  11     1 123
  8e with museum card         75 19)    15     84 406
Temporary exhibitions Total 9a   2.451 873 6)    9.222   1.075 23 2.539 188 1.141 2.162
Of which 9b Own production 1.930         357       643  
  9c Joined productions 521                 365  
Expenditure (of museums) Total (In EUR) 10a             11.178.062 18.615.239 30)      15.216.425 476.000.000
Of which 10b Ordinary expenditures
Total		           5.770.022 17.353.546     15.216.425  
  10c Ordinary expenditures
Of which
Staff		           4.702.279 9.235.850     6.964.770 227.000.000
  10d Extraordinary expenditures
Total		           5.408.040 1.261.693        
  10e Extraordinary expenditures
Of which
for new Collections		           187.675 797.899        
Income (of museums) Total (in EUR) 11a           85.292.288 20)  11.407.819 10.145.598 30)      13.929.550 476.000.000
Of which 11b Entry fees         85.292.288 902.553 498.004     2.118.125 64.000.000
  11c Public subsidies           8.011.182 9.647.594       305.000.000
Public expenditure (for museums) Total (in EUR) 12a             6.548.740       10.496.575  
Of which 12b Investments           273.871       4.320.450  
Number of museums making use of computers Total number of museums equipped with at least one computer 13a   78 200 7)        79 16   215 85 679
Of which 13b for administrative purpose 78         73 16     85  
  13c for visitor's information purposes (e.g. interactive gallery system)   10       23 2     2  
  13d having a database for electronic inventory 43 74 660 13)      41       75  
  13e having an Internet access 10 110 690     56 10   171 80 475
Information - Diffusion - Education Number of museums possessing a web-site 14 Total 10 85 730       15     85 596
Number of museums possessing an own web-site 15a Total 10 24 210       7     33 513
  15b Of wich
are updating themselves their web-site		 6 85         7     28  
Number of museums 16a connected to a museum portal
Total		   41               85  
  16b connected to a museum portal
Of which
connected to more than one museum portal		                   16  
  16c connected to (an)other portal(s) 10                 2  
Number of museums with at least one special museum education programme 17a Total 131 90 1.000     70 20       -  
  17b Of which
for school children		 131   940       17   199   -  
  17c Of which
for ethnic minorities		                     -  
  17d for senior citizens 4           8       -  
  17e for others 87           12       -  
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on working group definition		 18           0,70 5,00 3,00   5,30 1,50 5,10
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on natioinal criteria		   19   1,00   1,90   0,70 5,00 3,00   2,40 1,50 5,10
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
including free entries		   20   34.634,00   67.241,00   54.354,00 72.462,00 43.471,00   64.018,00 72.247,02 120.542,00
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
excluding free entries		   21       39.878,00   26.429,00         55.344,47 99.002,00
Average number of visits per museum
according to working group definition		   22     9,23 7)      77.890,00 12.995,00 11.838,00     47.296,00 23.621,00
Average number of visits per museum
according to national criteria		   23   26.977,00 9,23 7)  36.984,00     12.995,00 11.838,00   26.952,00   23.621,00
Staff per 100.000 inhabitants   24   29,00   42,00     76,00 36,00   32,80 35,90 36,00
Expenditure per capita (in EUR)   25             4,00       2,82 29,00
Public Expenditure per 100.000 inhabitants (in EUR)   26             280.880,00       195.101,70  
Number of museums opened 200 days and more a year   27   131 200 780   393   21   233 85 530
Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year
including free entries		   28   100 57 680 2.229 252 56 13   158 67 420
Number of museums necessary to reach 50 % of total visits (including free entries) 29a       30   10   4   14 10 35
75 % of total visits (including free entries) 29b       160   36   9   44 20 123
Number of museums employing at least 1 specialised staff 30   131 171       100 4   248 85  
Average price paid
(in EUR)		   31     15,00     563,00 1,00 2,00     0,70 3,16
Number of museums with at least one publication   32   100 98       74     200 40  
Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier   33   10 8               2  
Museum participation
Source: Eurobarometer 1)		   34       23,50   28,00 21)  32,00 32,00 21,00   26,00 32,00
Population
Source: Eurostat		   35   10.203.800 4.442.744 61.864.088 82.536.680 57.130.506 2.331.480 448.300 38.218.531 10.501.970 5.379.161 16.192.572
Density inhabitants/km²
Source: Eurostat		   36   17,00 78,50 8)  98,10 231,20 194,20 37,30 174,60 122,20 113,60 109,70 480,30
Purchasing Power Parity in EUR
Source: Eurostat		   37     55,000 111,000 116,000 111,000 43,000 248,000 49,000 76,000 55,000 129,000


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1) Eurostat surveys 2001 and 2003, if not otherwise indicated
2) Only museums registered by Ministry of Culture of Belarus
3) Croatian Museum Act defines museum activities rather than museum itself, cf page
4) Data are based mostly on the Register of Museums, Galleries and collections in RH. And include sites (main museums, collections, galleries possessing holdings, archæological sites…). The main criteria is: existence of museum holdings.
5) Estimation based on Statistical report for 2000 by the State Institute for Statistics
6) Data from Annual Reports for 2001
7) Estimation based on Annual Reports 2003
8) Estimation based on Statistical Report for 2001 by The State Institute for Statistics
9) Only museums that have obtained the appellation "musées de France" according to the law. All the following figures are estimations based on 2003 national museum survey. It covers museums opened during the year 2003
10) These figures contain double accounting (museums which have declared that their collection covered 2 or 3 different main type of collection)
11) Ownership of the collections. These figures only concern the respondants of the survey
12) Other public management = public establishments. These figures onéy concern the respondents of the survey
13) Museums which have an electronic inventory
14) For the entire table: All the following figures are estimations based on 2003 national museum survey.
15) This category is not applicable; in Germany Science and technology museums are split from ethnology museums
16) The data, collected by the Ministry of Culture, concern only the State-owned museums existing on Italian territory in 2003 (of which 400 opened)
17) 4 Museum cards equal to 10 Museums (Museum cards concerning those museums with an inclusive price (all-in).
18) 4 Museum cards equal to 8 Museums (Museum cards concerning those museums with an inclusive price (all-in).
19) Italy: The value concerns the number of museums with an inclusive price (all-in). In particular, in 2003, there are 36 circuits of museums, equal to 75 museums, and all the museums belonging to the same circuit are accessible with one price.
20) Italy: The value concerns the gross-income of the museums managed by the State (400 opened museums in total).
21) Istat 2002 (Citizens and Leisure). Visits to museums and galleries in own country at least once during the last 12 months. Population: 6 years and older.
22) State and municipal museums.
23) 113.012 (in groups only)
24) 6,7% (in groups only)
25) Normal working hours in Latvia: 40 hours a week
26) 573 (with higher education)
27) There are no public museums with free entrance in Latvia. In many museums there are free entrance days (for all or for some categories of visitors) within the week or within the year.
28) Includes only scientific staff
29) Normal working hours in Luxembourg: 40 hours a week.
30) Data from 27 museums.
31) Includes: Art, Archæology, History, Martyrdom.
32) Includes: Ethnography, Natural science, Technology, Regional.
33) Includes: Biography, Others.
34) Portugal: 248 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.
35) Portugal: Museums that had answered to the INE
36) Portugal: The number of visits is from the museums on national criteria
37) Portugal: The data on Paid Staff is from the museums on national criteria
38) Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No 115/1998 Code of Acts
39) 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.
40) The Netherlands: Including all museums subsidized by the central government.