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Year     2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
Definition Working group definition 1a     X   X     X X X X     X     X
National criteria 1b   X   X   X 2)  X         X X 19)    X X  
Number of museums according to type of collection total 2a   197 477 281 248 325 2)  6.304 4.588 10)  141 47 13)  134 15)  777 630 20)  709 168 164 788
of which 2b Art, archaeology and history museums 137 66 248 74   1.119 3.600   15 91 241 252   111 103 568
  2c Science and technology museums, ethnology museums 19 2 40 28     9)  1.152   15 26 88 162   36 17 220
  2d Other museums 41 409   146   5.185 931   17 17 448 216   10 44  
Ownership state-owned museums 3a Total 28 31 7 88 26 476 454 40 3 13 61 410   36 39 79 29) 
local-, regional-owned museums 3b Total 166 342   86 212 2.528 2.120 87 8 19 558     69 75  
other public-owned museums 3c Total 3 32)  46     8 434 351 8 1 102 168          
private-owned museums 3d Total   58 134 74 79 2.866 1.618 6 35   95 220   46 50 709
  3e Of which
ppp		           215                 20  
Management state-managed museums 4a Total   31   84 26   401 40 3 13 61       39  
local-, regional-managed museums 4b Total   342   86 212   1.353 87 9 19 558       75  
other public-managed museums 4c Total   46   4 8   285 8 2 102 168          
private-managed museums 4d Total   58   74 79   3.455 6 33   95       50  
  4e Of which
ppp		                             20  
Ownership of permanent collection Public ≤ 50% 5a           82           777          
Public > 50% 5b   197       243           95          
Number of visits Total 6a   4.210.660 10.018.334 13.257.073 2.776.011 4.985.417 109.581.613 103.888.764 2.535.878 446.323 10.573.670 24.918.000 10.177.397 21)  9.527.938 3.020.194 18.081.824 23.138.000
Of which 6b free admissions
Total		 725.351 2.669.097   660.070 2.542.317   48.899.140 1.046.144 216.714 4.870.223 9.121 4.043.315 21)    1.704.764 8.943.767 4.010.000
  6c free admissions
%		 17,20 26,60   23,78 51,00   47,10 41,30 48,56 46,10 36,60 39,70   56,40 49,00 17,30
  6d foreigners
Total		 840.637 43.268   846.683 455.214     180 11)  201.187     3.351.144 21)    814.210   5.160.000
  6e foreigners
%		 20,00 0,43   30,50 9,10   44,90 7,10 12)  45,09     32,93   27,00   22,30
  6f temporary exhibitions
Total		 3.955.288           33.114.515                  
  6g temporary exhibitions
%		 93,90                              
Staff Paid staff 7a Number
Total		 2.674 5.392   1.344     20.710 1.820 333 3.365 16)    3.834 22)    2.212 4.179 8.060
  7b Number
Of which
specialised		 1.663 2.630   941       862 63     2.039 22)    1.417    
  7c FTES a year
Total		   5.392     2.736       295 3.782         4.256 5.527
  7d FTES a year
Of which
specialised		   2.630,00     1.273,00       60,50 2.094,00 17)          2.004,00  
Volunteers 7e Number
Total		   1.766   524     16.405   153         326   29.205
  7f Number
Of which
specialised		                 19         157    
  7g FTES a year
Total		         16       12 195           4.669
  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,- 147       15 3)  1.400   97             3  
  8b 2,5 - 5,-         52 1.258   18   9         17  
  8c > 5,-         68 350   2   109         65  
Number of museums 8d with free entrance 44     121 21 1.620 2.248 23 12 12   364 23)      77  
  8e with museum card       20     1.088                 347
Temporary exhibitions Total 9a   2.208 3.974   1.581 1.149 9.180 6.663 1.112 54 1.061 4.958 274 24)    1.846   1.974
Of which 9b Own production 891 2.683   1.166 638           3.206          
  9c Joined productions 1.317 1.291   415 249           1.752          
Expenditure (of museums) Total (In EUR) 10a   17.127.991 150.157.802   31.185.700 208.383.018     24.559.281 33.983         46.727.536 418.348.400 856.000.000
Of which 10b Ordinary expenditures
Total		       30.746.600 208.383.018     21.580.867 32.173 494.065.616         418.348.400 469.000.000
  10c Ordinary expenditures
Of which
Staff		       14.876.600 100.463.626     13.673.540 19.600 262.317.030       28.088.490 208.084.000 359.000.000
  10d Extraordinary expenditures
Total		 522.945     439.100       2.987.411 1.809              
  10e Extraordinary expenditures
Of which
for new Collections		 108.667 1.993.872   439.100 2.733.100 4)      328.006 1.505             28.000.000
Income (of museums) Total (in EUR) 11a   19.993.181 150.174.291   42.130.000 208.383.018     24.834.639 17.524 536.797.090       46.908.275 437.551.600 821.000.000
Of which 11b Entry fees 3.068.958     3.974.515 10.510.610     2.685.293 654 38.468.337       4.742.163 47.156.700 128.000.000
  11c Public subsidies 13.506.106     20.245.071 164.279.433     17.846.617 15.039         40.272.352 286.876.500 576.000.000
Public expenditure (for museums) Total (in EUR) 12a   13.506.106 148.505.260   20.244.900 164.279.433     17.846.617   373.317.974         184.877.600  
Of which 12b Investments   25.047.609   15.724.989       261.183                
Number of museums making use of computers Total number of museums equipped with at least one computer 13a   192     183 156 5)      124   134     28)    168     30) 
Of which 13b for administrative purpose 183     183 156     119   134       168     30) 
  13c for visitor's information purposes (e.g. interactive gallery system) 55 111   109 57     63                 30) 
  13d having a database for electronic inventory 140       147     117           168     30) 
  13e having an Internet access 171     177 156     123   134     28)    168     30) 
Information - Diffusion - Education Number of museums possessing a web-site 14 Total         156 5)    2.326             168     30) 
Number of museums possessing an own web-site 15a Total 101 421         2.326                   30) 
  15b Of wich
are updating themselves their web-site		                                 30) 
Number of museums 16a connected to a museum portal
Total		         156         133             30) 
  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 117 229     105 5)    2.688 108   118            
  17b Of which
for school children		 116 194     105         118   319 26)         
  17c Of which
for ethnic minorities		 25 18     23                      
  17d for senior citizens 58 101     35             255 26)         
  17e for others 25 70     38             182 26)         
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on working group definition		 18   2,70 4,50   18,68     0,77 6,80 9,18 2,70   6,00       4,70
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on natioinal criteria		   19   2,70       6,00 6)    0,77 6,80   2,70 2,02 3,80     1,74 4,70
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
including free entries		   20   57.300,00 95.375,00   209.125,32 92.322,00 6)    174.913,97 122.234,00 87.200,00 214.899,00 64.722,00 96.404,00   146.933,00 192.042,00 138.919,00
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
excluding free entries		   21   47.429,00     159.400,24 45.242,00 6)    174.913,97 71.808,00 44.860,00 115.917,00 41.031,00 58.104,00     97.053,00 114.843,00
Average number of visits per museum
according to working group definition		   22     21.003,00   11.193,59     92.393,94 17.985,00 9.496,00 78.908,00       17.977,00    
Average number of visits per museum
according to national criteria		   23   21.374,00       15.979,00   23.430,00 17.985,00   78.908,00 32.069,00 25.636,00     110.255,00 29.363,00
Staff per 100.000 inhabitants   24   36,40 51,30   101,25 50,60   34,80 87,70 65,10 81,00   40,50   123,50 44,00 33,00
Expenditure per capita (in EUR)   25   2,30 14,30   23,49 38,60     11,84 1.824,80 100,40       22,70 44,43 51,40
Public Expenditure per 100.000 inhabitants (in EUR)   26   183.795,00 1.413.770,00   1.510.895,00 304.221,00     860.241,68   7.587.293,00         1.963.531,00 345.825,00
Number of museums opened 200 days and more a year   27   186 373   159 174 6)    2.588 113 28 107   350     142 528
Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year
including free entries		   28   113 240   88 186 2.201 1.492 74 19 120   213     150 442
Number of museums necessary to reach 50 % of total visits (including free entries) 29a   15       34       5 17   22       34
75 % of total visits (including free entries) 29b   39       69       10 38   55       109
Number of museums employing at least 1 specialised staff 30   197 259   151 156 7)      122 9 116 18)  777 377        
Average price paid
(in EUR)		   31         1,88 5,76     1,80   8,86         5,16  
Number of museums with at least one publication   32   123 160   136 90 7)      81   89     28)         
Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier   33   62 31     4 7)                28)         
Museum participation
Source: Eurobarometer 1)		   34         64,10 31)          50,00 14)               
Population
Source: Eurostat		   35   7.369.431 10.485.489 5.560.628 1.327.439 5.375.276 81.751.602 59.394.207 2.074.605 511.840 4.920.305 38.529.866 10.542.398 20.199.059 2.055.496 9.415.570 16.655.799
Density inhabitants/km²
Source: Eurostat		   36   67,50 133,20 129,70 30,60 17,80 8)  229,00 199,80   196,20 16,20 123,20 114,50 93,00 101,20 23,00 401,00
Purchasing Power Parity in EUR
Source: Eurostat		   37   46,000 80,000 125,000 71,000 116,000 123,000 105,000 60,000 274,000 189,000 65,000 78,000 52,000 84,000 11,000 135,000


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provisional or estimated statistical information
1) Eurostat surveys 2001 and 2003, if not otherwise indicated
2) Finland: The statistics cover 156 professionally-run museums (administrative units) maintaining 325 museum sites.
3) Finland: Admission fees for the main site of a museum.
4) Finland: Included in the ordinary expenditures.
5) Finland: Answers by administrative units (156), not by museum sites.
6) Finland: Answers by museum sites.
7) Finland: Answers by administrative units.
8) Finland: Data from national source.
9) This category is not applicable; in Germany Science and technology museums are split from ethnology museums
10) Italy: Data on state-owned museums (managed directly by the Ministry) are collected every year by the Ministry of Culture. Data on other public and private museums are collected by the Italian National Institute of Statistics
11) Latvia: 180.575 (in groups only)
12) Latvia: 7,1% (in groups only)
13) Luxembourg: out of 55 museums
14) Luxembourg: survey on cultural participation 2009
15) Norway: Museums that were open to the public and had at least one full-time employee in 2011
16) Norway: only regular staff, number of persons
17) Norway: includes museum directors, archivists and librarians
18) Norway: excluding the director of the museum, but including archivists, educationalists, librarians, guides as well as staff with museum education
19) Portugal: Data presented to museums on national criteria, fulfilled 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
20) Portugal: Museums that had answered to the INE
21) Portugal: The number of visits are from the museum on national criteria.
22) Portugal: The paid staff are from the museums on national criteria.
23) Portugal: some museums (on national criteria) have only free entrance and others have free and paid entrances.
24) Portugal: It reports to the museums (on national criteria) that have organized temporary exhibitions and not the number of them.
25) Portugal: It reports to the museums on national criteria.
26) Portugal: Number of museums on national criteria with at least one special museum education program.
27) Portugal: on national criteria, the third criteria is that museum employ at least 1 specialised staff.
28) Portugal: data collected every 3 years.
29) Netherlands: 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.
30) Netherlands: this question is no longer asked because all museums are supposed to use computers, access to internet and websites
31) Estonia: Adult Education Survey 2011
32) Bulgaria: Other public museum is understood here as a museum run by a foundation or association.