Country     Belarus Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland Germany Greece Italy Latvia Norway Portugal Romania Slovenia Sweden The Netherlands
Year     2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007
Definition Working group definition 1a         X         X 24)  X   X X X     X
National criteria 1b   X X X 3)    X X X X           42)    X    
Number of museums according to type of collection total 2a   143 2)  227 222 4)  449 262 217 326 6.197 176 25)  430 31)  128 173 39)  557 43)  748 47)  164 207 773
of which 2b Art, archaeology and history museums 124 147 64 5)  64 250 68   1.050 176 430   121 222 446 48)  118 159 501
  2c Science and technology museums, ethnology museums 11 20 25 6)  2 22 26     23)        28 137 125 49)  30 34 261
  2d Other museums 8 60 133 7)  383   123   5.147       24 198 177 50)  16 14 11
Ownership state-owned museums 3a Total 14   33 8)  32   83 36 477 176 26)  430 36 14 351 54   40   64) 
local-, regional-owned museums 3b Total 129   155 324   77 201 2.521     83 25   568   134 93
other public-owned museums 3c Total 1.000   33 38     2 429     93 133   32   43 618
private-owned museums 3d Total 2   1 55   57 87 2.770       1 206 94     62
  3e Of which
ppp		               209                  
Management state-managed museums 4a Total 14   33 9)  32   83 36   176 424 36 14   54   40   65) 
local-, regional-managed museums 4b Total 129   155 324   77 201     2 83 25   568   134 93
other public-managed museums 4c Total 1.000   33 38   2 2     1   133   32   43 618
private-managed museums 4d Total 2   1 55   57 87     3 9 1   94     62
  4e Of which
ppp		                   1              
Ownership of permanent collection Public ≤ 50% 5a       1       89                    
Public > 50% 5b   143 227 221       237   176                
Number of visits Total 6a   3.662.549 4.059.799 2.563.700 10.362.195 10.837.226 1.907.115 4.597.020 107.303.946 4.755.535 27)  34.443.085 2.402.581 10.193.903 6.876.218 44)  3.633.443 52)  2.501.147 18.903.000 20.540.000
Of which 6b free admissions
Total		 807.156     2.652.111   416.614 2.063.431   940.561 28)  18.196.154   4.806.870 2.489.875 44)  995.548 1.745.036 12.206.000 3.692.000
  6c free admissions
%		 22,00     25,60   21,80 44,90   19,80 52,83   47,20 36,20   69,80   31,00
  6d foreigners
Total		 56.957 960.142       620.720 426.115       193.960   1.479.909 44)  291.344     5.437.000
  6e foreigners
%		 1,50 23,60       32,30 9,30       8,10   21,50       26,00
  6f temporary exhibitions
Total		 3.104.505                         2.346.551      
  6g temporary exhibitions
%		 84,00                                
Staff Paid staff 7a Number
Total		 3.218 2.573 1.383 10)  5.576 66)    1.658         2 3.219 40)  2.946 45)  4.886 53)  1.879   8.598
  7b Number
Of which
specialised		 1.240 1.626 961 2.901 66)    1.065         919   1.662 45)  3.312 1.080    
  7c FTES a year
Total		       5.576 66)      2.616         3.568   240   5.095 6.016
  7d FTES a year
Of which
specialised		     961,00 2.901,00 66)      1.165,00             240,00   2.631,00  
Volunteers 7e Number
Total		     90 11)      382                 202   21.329
  7f Number
Of which
specialised		                             88    
  7g FTES a year
Total		             23         200         3.015
  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,- 141   55 12)        27 1.627 63 70 32)    5   428   31 179
  8b 2,5 - 5,- 2   28 12)        86 1.085 37 108 33)    51   7   48 371
  8c > 5,-     2 12)        39 20)  183 13 45 34)    98   1   65 123
Number of museums 8d with free entrance     80 13)      130 5 1.669 38 177 5 17 240 46)  312   70 101
  8e with museum card 2         26     176 73 35)              363
Temporary exhibitions Total 9a   2.432 1.937 1.089 14)  3.826   1.522 1.200 9.235     1.262 1.073 211   1.398   2.420
Of which 9b Own production 1.710 1.145   1.515   1.054 634                    
  9c Joined productions 722 792   2.311   472 218                    
Expenditure (of museums) Total (In EUR) 10a     16.547.485   128.525.628 67)    24.886.046 1.711.371.051       28.866.523       40.489.818   602.000.000
Of which 10b Ordinary expenditures
Total		           24.318.127 171.371.051       17.903.011 344.985.493       428.049.000  
  10c Ordinary expenditures
Of which
Staff		           13.188.552 84.213.611       13.190.513 180.014.744     22.897.556 224.628.000 267.000.000
  10d Extraordinary expenditures
Total		   411.774       567.919         10.968.722            
  10e Extraordinary expenditures
Of which
for new Collections		   196.839       567.919 2.144.598 21)        389.219           92.000.000
Income (of museums) Total (in EUR) 11a     17.304.709   130.219.335 66)    29.211.075 171.371.051     106.033.151 36)  33.710.333 361.014.863     40.782.179 424.885.000 611.000.000
Of which 11b Entry fees   2.443.324       2.002.991 9.000.045   27.809.631 106.033.151 1.867.030 28.881.926     3.924.943 34.434.000 82.000.000
  11c Public subsidies   13.141.248       20.946.084 128.756.342       20.618.499       35.323.085   379.000.000
Public expenditure (for museums) Total (in EUR) 12a     13.141.248   133.658.596 66)    20.946.084 128.756.342       25.021.392 241.683.353       288.647.000  
Of which 12b Investments       28.639.060 67)    4.066.123         58.550            
Number of museums making use of computers Total number of museums equipped with at least one computer 13a   143 158 176 15)  276   133 165 22)        113 173 248 464 54)  164   711
Of which 13b for administrative purpose 143 146 176 15)      133 165       113 173     164    
  13c for visitor's information purposes (e.g. interactive gallery system) 10 20 20 115   42 43                    
  13d having a database for electronic inventory 139 97 136       120       113     138 55)  164    
  13e having an Internet access 143 132 179 276   127 165   176 29)    113   228 213 164   533
Information - Diffusion - Education Number of museums possessing a web-site 14 Total 55   131     160 165 22)    176 30)          236 57)  164   688
Number of museums possessing an own web-site 15a Total 20 78 45     86     2         170 57)      618
  15b Of wich
are updating themselves their web-site		 35   45           2                
Number of museums 16a connected to a museum portal
Total		     222     131 165 22)          173   58 57)       
  16b connected to a museum portal
Of which
connected to more than one museum portal		     173                            
  16c connected to (an)other portal(s) 35   100 16)                      8      
Number of museums with at least one special museum education programme 17a Total 143 92 134 14)        90 22)          156          
  17b Of which
for school children		 143 91 130 11)        90         155 223        
  17c Of which
for ethnic minorities		   17         18                    
  17d for senior citizens 10 36         22           158        
  17e for others 143 17         38           116        
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on working group definition		 18     3,00 5,00 4,30   15,70     1,60 0,72 5,60 3,70 5,30 3,46 58)  8,00   4,70
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on natioinal criteria		   19   1,40 3,00 5,00 4,30   16,20 6,20     0,72 5,60 3,70 2,60 3,46 58)    2,20 4,70
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
including free entries		   20   36.525,00 53.001,00 57.740,00 99.818,00   142.145,00 86.735,00   42.567,00 57.772,00 94.565,00 217.766,00 64.819,00 16.803,94 58)  123.461,00 205.849,00 125.382,00
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
excluding free entries		   21   22.850,00         110.183,00 47.804,00   34.148,00 27.251,00   115.080,00 41.348,00 12.199,01 58)    72.047,00 102.996,00
Average number of visits per museum
according to working group definition		   22     17.885,00 11.548,00 17)  23.078,00   10.872,00     45.726,00 86.108,00 18.770,00 58.924,00   20.281,00 58)  15.251,00   26.572,00
Average number of visits per museum
according to national criteria		   23   25.612,00 17.885,00 11.548,00 17)  23.078,00   8.789,00 14.781,00       18.770,00 58.924,00 25.004,00 4.857,54 58)    91.319,00 26.572,00
Staff per 100.000 inhabitants   24   30,00 33,60 31,14 18)  53,70 66)    124,80 49,00       93,10 80,50 32,00 22,59 59)  102,70 55,00 37,00
Expenditure per capita (in EUR)   25     2,20   12,38   18,50 32,30       12,70 73,70     20,00 47,00 37,00
Public Expenditure per 100.000 inhabitants (in EUR)   26     171.562,00   1.287.515,00   1.561.193,00 2.429.365,00       1.270.534,00 5.162.923,00       3.143.300,00  
Number of museums opened 200 days and more a year   27   143 203 180 351 66)    135 174   146 396 102 129 272 695 60)      518
Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year
including free entries		   28   110 138 70 229   79 186 2.124 65 273 71 153 173 31     461
Number of museums necessary to reach 50 % of total visits (including free entries) 29a               35   5 9 37)    18 15       36
75 % of total visits (including free entries) 29b               90   13 33 37)    51 54       118
Number of museums employing at least 1 specialised staff 30   143 227 176 229 66)    140 165 22)        111 146 41)  275     207  
Average price paid
(in EUR)		   31   0,50   2,24     1,33 4,50   7,30 6,53             3,77
Number of museums with at least one publication   32   143 94 99 19)      89 103 22)        76 101 230 78      
Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier   33   50 39 12 19)        38           55        
Museum participation
Source: Eurobarometer 1)		   34             50,20 68)                10,00   52,00 38,00
Population
Source: Eurostat		   35   10.203.800 7.679.290 4.441.238 10.287.189 5.447.084 1.343.461 5.276.955 82.314.906 11.171.740 58.223.744 2.281.305 4.681.134 10.608.335 21.565.119 61)  2.025.866 9.113.257 16.357.992
Density inhabitants/km²
Source: Eurostat		   36   17,00 69,00 78,40 133,80 126,70 30,90 17,40 230,40 85,60 198,00 36,50 15,50 115,20 93,70 62)  99,60 22,30 485,30
Purchasing Power Parity in EUR
Source: Eurostat		   37     40,000 61,000 83,000 122,000 69,000 118,000 116,000 97,800 104,000 56,000 182,000 79,000 42,000 63)  88,000 125,000 132,000


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) Belarus: Only museums registered by Ministry of Culture of Belarus
3) Croatia: Croatian Museum Act defines museum activities rather than museum itself; Museum Documentation Centre set up some criteria, among which the main is the existence of museum collection. If the source of data is not particularily indicated, the source of data is the Register of Museums, galleries and collections in RH managed by the Museum Documentation Centre.
4) Croatia: The main criteria is: existence of museum holdings, i.e. collection. It includes sites (main museums, collections, galleries possessing holdings, archaeological sites...)
5) Croatia: category not applicable; most of the "other" museums are complex/local or regional history museums which can be included in this category where are enlisted only specialized art, archaeology and history museums. The complex museums are very important and numerous in the national museum structure.
6) Croatia: science and technology museums are split from ethnology museums
7) Croatia: category not applicable; most these museums are complex/local or regional history museums which can be included in this category where are enlisted only specialized art, archaeology and history museums. The complex museums are very important and numerous in the national museum structure.
8) Croatia: in the category "Ownership" are included museums which founder is one of the mentioned entities in the a, b, c, d field.
9) Croatia: in the category "Management" are included museums which founder is one of the mentioned entities in the a, b, c, d field.
10) Croatia: Source: Statistical Information published by the Central Bureau of Statistics, 2006
11) Croatia: estimation
12) Croatia: available data for 85 (of 222 museums) - price for adults.
13) Croatia: estimation; all the museums have free entrance for some categories of visitors
14) Croatia: Source: MDC - Museum annual reports 2007 (include data by 145 museums)
15) Croatia: the figure is equivalent of the number of museums with at least 1 employee
16) Croatia: estimation (some museums are connected to local authorities portals, some on tourist boards portals, some on zhe Ministry of Culture portal etc.)
17) Croatia: Source: MDC - Museum annual reports 2007 (include data regarding visits for 140 sites - the real average is 18.312)
18) Croatia: the figure regarding total number of specialized staff is 21,64.
19) Croatia: source: MDC - 26th exhibition of publication activity by Croatian museums and galleries - catalogue, 2007.
20) Finland: Admission fee for the main site of a museum
21) Finland: included in the ordinary expenditure
22) Finland: Museums answer this as administrative units (165), not as museum sites
23) This category is not applicable; in Germany Science and technology museums are split from ethnology museums
24) Greece: The museum definition suggested by the working group is a more general one, but still essentially in agreement with the respective provisions of the Greek Kaw, according to which, a museum is defined as "a service or an organisation of non-profit character, with or without legal personality, which acquires, accepts, safeguards, conserves, records, documents, researches, interprets and primarily exhibits and promotes to the public collections of archaeological, artistic, ethnological or other material evidence of people and their environment, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment. As museums may also be considered services or organisations with similar objectives and functions, such as open-air-museums".
25) Greece: Data available only for State Archaeological Museums and Collections; the number given here includes 25 museums that were temporarily closed during 2007, due to works of extension, refurnishment, etc
26) greece: Of which 146 were open 200 days and more in 2007.
27) Greece: Total number of visits to 104 State Archaeological Museums and Collections, out of 151 in operation during 2007.
28) Greece: Free admissions to 104 State Archaeological Museums and Collections, out of 151 in opetation during 2007. Free admissions to the major site and museum of the Acropolis of Athens are not counted; therefore the number given cannot be but an estimation.
29) Greece: With the exception of 8 Museums which operate independently from the Ephorates of Antiquities, all other Archaeological Museums make use of the electronic facilities of the Ephorates they belong to.
30) Greece: The web sites of all State Archaeological Museums and Collections are presented and managed through the main server of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture Culture “OΔΥΣΣΕYΣ” (http://odysseus.culture.gr)
31) Italy: The data (visits and incomes) of the whole table, collected by the Ministry of Culture, Heritage and Activities, concern only the State-owned opened museums (n. 400) existing on Italian territory in 2007.
32) Italy: 5 museums with no applied fees are included.
33) Italy: 4 museum cards equal to 12 museums (Museum cards concerning those museums with an inclusive price (all-in)).
34) Italy: 7 museum cards equal to 20 museums (Museum cards concerning those museums with an inclusive price (all-in)).
35) Italy: the value concerns the number with an inclusive price (all-in). In particular, in 2007 there are 35 circuits of museums, equal to 73 museums. Two state-owned museums are included in non-state-owned circuits.
36) Italy: The value concerns the gross-income of the 400 opened museums.
37) Italy: The number includes also the Circuits.
38) 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
39) 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
40) Norway: Only regular staff, number of persons
41) Norway: including archivist, educationalist, librarian, guides as well as staff with museum education.
42) Portugal: 275 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.
43) Portugal: Museums that had answered to the INE
44) Portugal: The number of visits is from the museums on national criteria
45) Portugal: The data on Paid Staff is from the museums on national criteria
46) Portugal: some Museums (on national criteria) have only free entrance and other Museums have free and paid entrances.
47) According to the statistics museal collections and museum from Romania, held by the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs and administrated by cIMeC- Institute for Culture Memory
48) include: Art, history, numismatics, archaeology, memorials, rare books, military history
49) include: Science and technology, ethnography
50) include: Local rural collections, Natural Sciences
51) According to the information received from 96 institutions between 2003 – 2006 (16.10.2006)
52) according to the information received from 109 institutions until 2007 (03.03.2008); other source: total number of visits: 5.053.996
53) according to the information received from 109 museums until 2007 (03.03.2008)
54) museums have received for free from cIMeC the software application for recording the cultural movable heritage DOCPAT (Programme financed by the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs)
55) Museums that have received the software application for recording the cultural movable heritage DOCPAT (Programme financed by Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs)
56) according to the statistics for collections and museums held by the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs and administrated by cIMeC - Institute for Culture Memory
57) According to the information received from 96 institutions between 2003 – 2006 (16.10.2006)
58) Romania had a general census on the 18th of March, 2002. The data of this chapter refers to those considered at the 1st of July, 2002. However, the number of museums visits and staff was by the end of the year. Concerning staff, only the specialized staff was considered
59) Only the specialized staff is considered
60) according to informations received from 109 institutions between 2003 - 2007 (03.03.2008)
61) From "Romania by figures issued by the National Institute of Statistics", 1 July 2005, population density in 2002
62) Figures issued by the National Institute of Statistics, June 2005
63) Romania: forecast
64) 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.
65) The Netherlands: Including all museums subsidized by the central government.
66) Czech Republic: Staff only in state-owned and local- and regional-owned museums
67) Czech Republic: Estimation
68) Estonia: Adult Education Survey 2007