Country     Belgium Denmark Germany Luxembourg Portugal Slovenia Spain
Year     2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004
Definition Working group definition 1a         X X    
National criteria 1b     X 8)  X     10)    X 15) 
Number of museums according to type of collection total 2a   162 267 6.177 37 563 11)  164 1.238
of which 2b Art, archaeology and history museums 192 242 1.022 10 205 112 595
  2c Science and technology museums, ethnology museums 58 16   9)  15 153 38 289
  2d Other museums 56 6 5.155 12 205 6 354
Ownership state-owned museums 3a Total 8 2)  20 474 9 349   155
local-, regional-owned museums 3b Total 74 40 2.550 19     639
other public-owned museums 3c Total 6   425 5     13
private-owned museums 3d Total 47 198 2.728 4 214   431
  3e Of which
ppp		     194       22
Management state-managed museums 4a Total 8 20   2     84
local-, regional-managed museums 4b Total 53 40   7     673
other public-managed museums 4c Total 7     2     23
private-managed museums 4d Total 76 198   26     458
  4e Of which
ppp		   20         27
Ownership of permanent collection Public ≤ 50% 5a   66     15   48  
Public > 50% 5b   72     22   30  
Number of visits Total 6a   3.706.139 10.077.458 103.235.469 255.023 6.559.379 12)  2.456.941 48.889.822
Of which 6b free admissions
Total		 1.039.337     79.833   1.593.148 25.911.606
  6c free admissions
%		 35,00     31,30   64,00 53,00
  6d foreigners
Total		             7.186.804
  6e foreigners
%		 70,00           14,70
  6f temporary exhibitions
Total		              
  6g temporary exhibitions
%		              
Staff Paid staff 7a Number
Total		 2.045   19.490 225 3.131 13)  1.899 13.014
  7b Number
Of which
specialised		     16.144 25 1.565 14)  1.051 3.269
  7c FTES a year
Total		       205      
  7d FTES a year
Of which
specialised		       23,50      
Volunteers 7e Number
Total		       300   193 1.457
  7f Number
Of which
specialised		             330
  7g FTES a year
Total		       7   8  
  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,-     1.829 3     299
  8b 2,5 - 5,-     901 18     189
  8c > 5,-     127 2     28
Number of museums 8d with free entrance 100   1.722 14     497
  8e with museum card       11      
Temporary exhibitions Total 9a       9.042 39 182 1.434 2.842
Of which 9b Own production              
  9c Joined productions              
Expenditure (of museums) Total (In EUR) 10a         12.422.863   221.362.250  
Of which 10b Ordinary expenditures
Total		       11.247.683   88.406.000  
  10c Ordinary expenditures
Of which
Staff		       10.479.609   167.761.041  
  10d Extraordinary expenditures
Total		       1.175.181      
  10e Extraordinary expenditures
Of which
for new Collections		       779.801      
Income (of museums) Total (in EUR) 11a         14.368.008   245.970.037  
Of which 11b Entry fees       494.860   31.822.791  
  11c Public subsidies       13.103.890   249.428.083  
Public expenditure (for museums) Total (in EUR) 12a             311.349.833  
Of which 12b Investments           35.395.791  
Number of museums making use of computers Total number of museums equipped with at least one computer 13a   112   2.107 17 221 164 906
Of which 13b for administrative purpose 83   1.888 17   164 658
  13c for visitor's information purposes (e.g. interactive gallery system) 34     6   164 579
  13d having a database for electronic inventory 80   1.158 2   164 266
  13e having an Internet access 102   595 13 186 164 468
Information - Diffusion - Education Number of museums possessing a web-site 14 Total 114   935 16     612
Number of museums possessing an own web-site 15a Total 68     10      
  15b Of wich
are updating themselves their web-site		       8      
Number of museums 16a connected to a museum portal
Total		 46           238
  16b connected to a museum portal
Of which
connected to more than one museum portal		             52
  16c connected to (an)other portal(s)              
Number of museums with at least one special museum education programme 17a Total 88     20     514
  17b Of which
for school children		 78   2.510 17 205   390
  17c Of which
for ethnic minorities		     304       30
  17d for senior citizens     1.119 6     175
  17e for others 37     7     307
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on working group definition		 18           5,40 8,20  
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on natioinal criteria		   19           2,40 0,60 2,90
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
including free entries		   20           62.459,00 123.031,00 114.907,00
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
excluding free entries		   21               54.932,00
Average number of visits per museum
according to working group definition		   22       21.164,00        
Average number of visits per museum
according to national criteria		   23   37.061,00   16.705,00   26.556,00 14.981,00 39.491,00
Staff per 100.000 inhabitants   24   23,10       33,50 95,00 30,70
Expenditure per capita (in EUR)   25                
Public Expenditure per 100.000 inhabitants (in EUR)   26       1.216.653,00        
Number of museums opened 200 days and more a year   27   132 3)    2.338 18 242   855
Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year
including free entries		   28   100 4)    2.219 10 150   674
Number of museums necessary to reach 50 % of total visits (including free entries) 29a         4 14   35
75 % of total visits (including free entries) 29b         9 46   127
Number of museums employing at least 1 specialised staff 30       2.704 4 247   672
Average price paid
(in EUR)		   31     5)      2,82      
Number of museums with at least one publication   32     6)    3.430   198   578
Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier   33     7)             
Museum participation
Source: Eurobarometer 1)		   34   22,70 46,40 32,60 32,10     27,50 16) 
Population
Source: Eurostat		   35   10.396.421 5.397.640 82.531.671 454.960 10.501.970 1.996.433 42.345.342
Density inhabitants/km²
Source: Eurostat		   36   343,60 125,40 231,10 177,10 114,10 99,20 84,40
Purchasing Power Parity in EUR
Source: Eurostat		   37   121,000 126,000 115,000 253,000 76,000 87,000 22,000


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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provisional or estimated statistical information
1) Eurostat surveys 2001 and 2003, if not otherwise indicated
2) In 2004, the Federal level + Brussels Museum Council + Flanders have sent out together a questionnaire to 254 museums. 201 museums (response rate of 80%) have sent in answers, but only 162 questionnaires (response rate 63%)could be used for the survey.
3) 132 answers, 87 museums more than 200 days open
4) 100 answers, 97 more than 5.000 visits
5) - Permanent collections: 3,57.- euros - Temporary collections: 4,50.- euros
6) 31 publications in Dutch, 12 in French, 2 in German, 10 in English and 3 in other languages
7) 6 publications in Dutch, 5 in French, 2 in German, 3 in English and 2 in other languages
8) Data collected for 2004 by the Statistics Denmark Jan-March 2005. Statistical data in this questionnaire are collected from 258 museums. Of these 258 are 147 approved by the state and the rest are associated members of a county museum advisory board. Museums in Denmark are divided into four categories with regard to their main area of collecting: cultural history (including technological museums), art museums, museums of natural history and other. So, the numbers of museums in this questionnaire concerning the different categories are not comparable but adjusted to the purpose.
9) This category is not applicable; in Germany Science and technology museums are split from ethnology museums
10) Portugal: 247 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.
11) Portugal: Museums that had answered to the INE
12) Portugal: The number of visits is from the museums on national criteria
13) Portugal: Data concerning FTE for part-time employees are not available. Based on national criteria, data of columns 7a and 7b includes 493 and 142 employees in 11 zoological gardens, botanic gardens and aquarium, mostly full-time.. (Only 2 non-specialized part-time workers and 1 dpecialized part-time worker) 3.292 full-time and 332 part-time employees (column 7a) and 1.609 full-time and 98 part-time employees (column 7b).
14) Data concerning FTE for part-time employees are not available. Based on national criteria, data of columns 7a and 7b includes 493 and 142 employees in 11 zoological gardens, botanic gardens and aquarium, mostly full-time.. (Only 2 non-specialized part-time workers and 1 dpecialized part-time worker) 3.292 full-time and 332 part-time employees (column 7a) and 1.609 full-time and 98 part-time employees (column 7b).
15) 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.
16) Spain. Source: Survey of Cultural Habits and Practices in Spain 2002-2003. Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport. Spain.