Country | Czech Republic | Estonia | Finland | Germany | Hungary | Latvia | Lithuania | Poland | Romania | Serbia | Slovenia | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | The Netherlands | |||
Year | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | |||
Definition | Working group definition | 1a | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
National criteria | 1b | X 2) | X | X | X | X | X | X 10) | X | X | X | |||||||
Number of museums according to type of collection | total | 2a | 483 | 250 | 325 2) | 6.741 | 732 | 153 | 104 | 945 | 787 | 149 15) | 93 | 1.461 | 370 | 1.130 | 616 | |
of which | 2b | Art, archaeology and history museums | 106 | 58 | 1.229 | 286 | 266 | 64 16) | 678 | 113 | 320 | 512 | ||||||
2c | Science and technology museums, ethnology museums | 53 | 23 | 7) | 105 | 211 | 12 17) | 407 | 28 | 226 | 97 | |||||||
2d | Other museums | 324 | 169 | 5.512 | 554 | 272 | 73 18) | 376 | 229 | 584 | 7 | |||||||
Ownership | state-owned museums | 3a | Total | 30 | 72 | 16 3) | 429 | 104 | 39 | 19 | 83 | 76 | 13 | 169 | 28 | |||
local-, regional-owned museums | 3b | Total | 348 | 90 | 214 3) | 2.596 | 476 | 97 | 55 | 598 | 585 | 123 | 873 | 93 | ||||
other public-owned museums | 3c | Total | 48 | 7 3) | 438 | 11 | 22 | 59 | 8 | 32 | 34 | |||||||
private-owned museums | 3d | Total | 57 | 88 | 88 3) | 3.020 | 152 | 6 | 8 | 205 | 104 | 4 | 387 | 45 | ||||
3e | Of which ppp |
258 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||||||||
Management | state-managed museums | 4a | Total | 30 | 65 | 16 3) | 104 | 39 | 19 | 13 | 97 | 41 | ||||||
local-, regional-managed museums | 4b | Total | 348 | 90 | 214 3) | 476 | 97 | 55 | 123 | 884 | 128 | |||||||
other public-managed museums | 4c | Total | 48 | 7 | 7 3) | 11 | 22 | 8 | 55 | |||||||||
private-managed museums | 4d | Total | 57 | 88 | 88 3) | 152 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 425 | 201 | |||||||
4e | Of which ppp |
1 | 35 | |||||||||||||||
Ownership of permanent collection | Public ≤ 50% | 5a | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Public > 50% | 5b | 732 | 144 | |||||||||||||||
Number of visits | Total | 6a | 14.298.914 | 3.384.322 | 7.127.513 | 111.662.229 | 10.955.141 | 3.759.791 | 5.026.217 | 38.124.393 | 17.610.029 | 2.272.623 | 2 | 65.402.970 | 26.212.435 | 13.331.105 12) | 33.646.000 | |
Of which | 6b | free admissions Total |
4.399.458 | 556.968 | 3.644.188 | 4.042.693 | 1.503.955 | 14.978.434 | 3.621.158 | 926.076 | 40.419.035 | 6.224.000 | ||||||
6c | free admissions % |
30,80 | 16,00 | 51,10 | 36,90 | 40,00 | 39,00 | 40,70 | 61,80 | 18,00 | ||||||||
6d | foreigners Total |
2.572.924 | 1.222.666 | 2.215.182 | 348.341 8) | 817 | 9.221.819 | 10.614.000 | ||||||||||
6e | foreigners % |
17,99 | 36,00 | 20,22 | 9,30 9) | 6,00 | 14,10 | 32,00 | ||||||||||
6f | temporary exhibitions Total |
4.477.879 | ||||||||||||||||
6g | temporary exhibitions % |
40,87 | ||||||||||||||||
Staff | Paid staff | 7a | Number Total |
6.081 | 2.381 | 7.233 | 2.047 | 3.404 | 16.271 | 7.412 | 2 | 15.036 | 9.434 | |||||
7b | Number Of which specialised |
3.173 | 1.687 | 4.263 | 962 | 1.320 | 7.069 | 3.762 | 4.836 | |||||||||
7c | FTES a year Total |
6.081 | 2.520 | 5.793 | 6.654 | |||||||||||||
7d | FTES a year Of which specialised |
3.173,00 | 1.232,00 | |||||||||||||||
Volunteers | 7e | Number Total |
1.044 | 440 | 1.985 | 867 | 4.216 | 281 | 1.098 | 32.324 | ||||||||
7f | Number Of which specialised |
237 | 353 | |||||||||||||||
7g | FTES a year Total |
31 | 3.534 | |||||||||||||||
7h | FTES a year Of which specialised |
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Admissions | Total number of museums with paid admissions with a price of tickets (in EUR) | 8a | < 2,5,- | 3 4) | 808 | 76 | 307 | |||||||||||
8b | 2,5 - 5,- | 31 4) | 1.529 | 26 | 379 | |||||||||||||
8c | > 5,- | 92 4) | 758 | 12 | 126 | |||||||||||||
Number of museums | 8d | with free entrance | 28 4) | 1.695 | 37 | 649 | 187 | |||||||||||
8e | with museum card | 400 | ||||||||||||||||
Temporary exhibitions | Total | 9a | 4.041 | 1.606 | 1.008 | 8.750 | 1.658 | 1.100 | 1.964 | 5.626 | 4.101 | 900 | 1 | 4.622 | 1.616 13) | 1.965 | ||
Of which | 9b | Own production | 2.853 | 1.273 | 482 | 3.360 | 2.595 | 576 | ||||||||||
9c | Joined productions | 1.188 | 333 | 208 | 1.150 | 1.506 | 324 | |||||||||||
Expenditure (of museums) | Total (In EUR) | 10a | 226.444.330 | 68.238.314 | 248.455.379 | 44.111.019 | 75.307.603 | 50.493.673 | 593.100.000 | 1.029.000.000 | ||||||||
Of which | 10b | Ordinary expenditures Total |
67.606.608 | 248.455.379 | 38.287.420 | |||||||||||||
10c | Ordinary expenditures Of which Staff |
30.399.954 | 106.706.182 | 23.157.260 | 26.594.481 | 442.000.000 | ||||||||||||
10d | Extraordinary expenditures Total |
631.706 | 5.823.599 | |||||||||||||||
10e | Extraordinary expenditures Of which for new Collections |
631.706 | 4.484.331 | 1.063.440 | 35.000.000 | |||||||||||||
Income (of museums) | Total (in EUR) | 11a | 226.392.686 | 84.042.921 | 248.455.379 | 46.484.936 | 75.307.603 | 51.709.818 | 580.300.000 | 1.041.000.000 | ||||||||
Of which | 11b | Entry fees | 9.770.800 | 23.757.850 | 5.649.970 | 7.614.727 | 63.833.000 | 237.000.000 | ||||||||||
11c | Public subsidies | 45.048.558 | 183.291.293 | 34.765.903 | 42.331.250 | 512.000.000 | ||||||||||||
Public expenditure (for museums) | Total (in EUR) | 12a | 233.064.361 | 45.048.558 | 183.291.293 | 34.765.903 | 138.279.577 | 527.000.000 | ||||||||||
Of which | 12b | Investments | 52.669.821 | 17.552.815 | 266.571 | 41.141.549 | ||||||||||||
Number of museums making use of computers | Total number of museums equipped with at least one computer | 13a | 180 | 154 6) | 147 | 93 | 1.445 | |||||||||||
Of which | 13b | for administrative purpose | 180 | 154 6) | 143 | 93 | 1.221 | |||||||||||
13c | for visitor's information purposes (e.g. interactive gallery system) | 117 | 50 | 219 | 89 | 571 | ||||||||||||
13d | having a database for electronic inventory | 217 | 129 | 93 | 713 | |||||||||||||
13e | having an Internet access | 172 | 154 6) | 441 | 147 | 93 | 833 | |||||||||||
Information - Diffusion - Education | Number of museums possessing a web-site | 14 | Total | 218 | 154 6) | 312 | 102 | 784 | 93 | 1.347 | 616 | |||||||
Number of museums possessing an own web-site | 15a | Total | 443 | 93 | 776 | 616 | ||||||||||||
15b | Of wich are updating themselves their web-site |
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Number of museums | 16a | connected to a museum portal Total |
154 6) | 242 | ||||||||||||||
16b | connected to a museum portal Of which connected to more than one museum portal |
100 | ||||||||||||||||
16c | connected to (an)other portal(s) | |||||||||||||||||
Number of museums with at least one special museum education programme | 17a | Total | 246 | 164 | 596 | 131 | 100 | 645 | 947 | 499 | ||||||||
17b | Of which for school children |
216 | 157 | 510 | 947 | 469 | ||||||||||||
17c | Of which for ethnic minorities |
17 | 101 | 65 | ||||||||||||||
17d | for senior citizens | 119 | 443 | |||||||||||||||
17e | for others | 87 | 130 | 580 | 655 | |||||||||||||
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants on working group definition |
18 | 4,50 | 18,91 | 7,90 | ||||||||||||||
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants on natioinal criteria |
19 | 5,90 | 7,50 | 7,90 | 3,70 | 2,46 | 21,20 | 4,47 | 3,10 | 13,20 | 3,60 | |||||||
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants including free entries |
20 | 134.560,00 | 256.004,61 | 129.170,00 | 112.034,00 | 194.367,00 | 178.939,00 | 99.282,00 | 32.370,00 | 131.365,59 | 140.174,00 | 195.832,00 | ||||||
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants excluding free entries |
21 | 213.873,16 | 63.128,00 | 70.691,00 | 116.618,00 | 60.276,00 | 19.180,00 | 53.546,00 | 159.606,00 | |||||||||
Average number of visits per museum according to working group definition |
22 | 29.604,00 | 13.537,29 | 24.574,00 | ||||||||||||||
Average number of visits per museum according to national criteria |
23 | 22.555,00 3) | 14.966,00 | 24.602,00 | 48,33 | 40.343,00 | 15.250,00 | 29.393,52 | 44.766,00 | 11.797,00 14) | 54.620,00 | |||||||
Staff per 100.000 inhabitants | 24 | 57,20 | 180,11 | 45,70 | 74,00 | 106,00 | 121,00 | 42,37 | 133,00 | 32,20 | 55,00 | |||||||
Expenditure per capita (in EUR) | 25 | 21,31 | 51,62 | 45,00 | 22,80 | 24,30 | 60,00 | |||||||||||
Public Expenditure per 100.000 inhabitants (in EUR) | 26 | 2.193.252,00 | 3.407.665,79 | 3.321.747,00 | 1.797.264,00 | 242.809.446,50 | 3.067.327,00 | |||||||||||
Number of museums opened 200 days and more a year | 27 | 378 | 165 | 167 5) | 551 | 128 | 149 | 1.293 | ||||||||||
Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year including free entries |
28 | 254 | 96 | 198 5) | 2.125 | 264 | 87 | 81 | 578 | 847 | 312 | |||||||
Number of museums necessary to reach | 50 % of total visits (including free entries) | 29a | 24 5) | 24 | 74 | 44 | ||||||||||||
75 % of total visits (including free entries) | 29b | 71 5) | 80 | 111 | 154 | |||||||||||||
Number of museums employing at least 1 specialised staff | 30 | 341 | 153 | 154 6) | 430 | 129 | 95 | 1.447 | ||||||||||
Average price paid (in EUR) |
31 | 3,07 | 7,87 | 2,50 | 1,94 | 4,02 | 7,00 | 8,64 | ||||||||||
Number of museums with at least one publication | 32 | 160 | 109 | 63 6) | 192 | 79 | 69 | 414 | 69 | 1.043 | ||||||||
Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier | 33 | 1 | 69 | 225 | ||||||||||||||
Museum participation Source: Eurobarometer 1) |
34 | 46,70 11) | ||||||||||||||||
Population Source: Eurostat |
35 | 10.626.430 | 1.321.977 | 5.517.919 | 82.792.351 | 9.778.371 | 1.934.379 | 2.808.901 | 38.433.558 | 19.530.631 | 2.080.908 | 46.658.447 | 10.120.242 | 8.544.527 | 17.181.084 | |||
Density inhabitants/km² Source: Eurostat |
36 | 134,70 | 29,20 | 18,00 | 234,70 | 105,10 | 30,40 | 43,00 | 123,00 | 27,70 | 213,60 | 510,00 | ||||||
Purchasing Power Parity in EUR Source: Eurostat |
37 | 123,000 | 70,000 | 71,000 | 64,000 | 77,000 | 121,000 | 156,000 |
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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1) Eurostat surveys 2001 and 2003, if not otherwise indicated
2) Finland: The statistics cover 154 professionally-run museums (administrative units) maintaining 325 museum sites.
3) Finland: Answers by museum sites (325)
4) Finland: Admission fees for the main site of a museum / Answers by administrative units (154)
5) Finland: Answers by museum sites (325)
6) Finland: Answers by administrative units (154)
7) This category is not applicable; in Germany Science and technology museums are split from ethnology museums
8) Latvia: 348341 (visits in groups only)
9) Latvia: 9,3 % (visits in groups only)
10) 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.
11) Spain. Source: Survey of Cultural Habits and Practices in Spain 2018-2019. Ministry of Culture and Sport. Spain.
12) Switzerland: +/- 148070
13) Switzerland: +/-55
14) Switzerland: +/-131
15) Serbia: Note: There are still 152 museums in total as in 2017. Compared to data from 2017, there are additional five museums opened to public and included in this analysis.
16) Serbia: Types in Serbian classification: 1. Speciial (art) 2. Special (socio-historical)
17) Serbia: classification: 1. Special (economic - technical) 2. Special (natural history)
18) Serbia: Types in Serbian classification: Complex museums
2) Finland: The statistics cover 154 professionally-run museums (administrative units) maintaining 325 museum sites.
3) Finland: Answers by museum sites (325)
4) Finland: Admission fees for the main site of a museum / Answers by administrative units (154)
5) Finland: Answers by museum sites (325)
6) Finland: Answers by administrative units (154)
7) This category is not applicable; in Germany Science and technology museums are split from ethnology museums
8) Latvia: 348341 (visits in groups only)
9) Latvia: 9,3 % (visits in groups only)
10) 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.
11) Spain. Source: Survey of Cultural Habits and Practices in Spain 2018-2019. Ministry of Culture and Sport. Spain.
12) Switzerland: +/- 148070
13) Switzerland: +/-55
14) Switzerland: +/-131
15) Serbia: Note: There are still 152 museums in total as in 2017. Compared to data from 2017, there are additional five museums opened to public and included in this analysis.
16) Serbia: Types in Serbian classification: 1. Speciial (art) 2. Special (socio-historical)
17) Serbia: classification: 1. Special (economic - technical) 2. Special (natural history)
18) Serbia: Types in Serbian classification: Complex museums