Country | Czech Republic | Finland | Germany | Hungary | Latvia | Lithuania | Luxembourg | Poland | Serbia | Spain | Switzerland | The Netherlands | |||
Year | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | |||
Definition | Working group definition | 1a | X | X | |||||||||||
National criteria | 1b | X 7) | X | X | X | X 10) | X | X | X 11) | X | X | ||||
Number of museums according to type of collection | total | 2a | 483 | 326 7) | 6.854 | 759 | 156 | 106 | 932 | 146 | 1.474 | 1.053 | 625 | ||
of which | 2b | Art, archaeology and history museums | 106 | 1.271 | 25 | 488 | 65 16) | 683 | 303 | 524 | |||||
2c | Science and technology museums, ethnology museums | 53 | 6 | 140 | 12 17) | 406 | 218 | 101 | |||||||
2d | Other museums | 324 | 5.583 | 7 | 304 | 69 18) | 385 | 532 | |||||||
Ownership | state-owned museums | 3a | Total | 30 | 17 2) | 439 | 111 | 40 | 19 | 19 | 88 | 13 | 166 | ||
local-, regional-owned museums | 3b | Total | 353 | 213 3) | 2.613 | 484 | 99 | 54 | 11 | 559 | 121 | 883 | |||
other public-owned museums | 3c | Total | 45 | 7 3) | 447 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 39 | ||||
private-owned museums | 3d | Total | 55 | 89 3) | 3.095 | 164 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 279 | 3 | 386 | |||
3e | Of which ppp |
260 | 3 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||
Management | state-managed museums | 4a | Total | 30 | 17 3) | 111 | 40 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 97 | ||||
local-, regional-managed museums | 4b | Total | 353 | 213 3) | 484 | 99 | 54 | 12 | 121 | 900 | |||||
other public-managed museums | 4c | Total | 45 | 7 3) | 10 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 60 | ||||||
private-managed museums | 4d | Total | 55 | 89 3) | 164 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 417 | |||||
4e | Of which ppp |
13 | 1 | 33 | |||||||||||
Ownership of permanent collection | Public ≤ 50% | 5a | 22 | 5 | |||||||||||
Public > 50% | 5b | 759 | 16 | 141 | |||||||||||
Number of visits | Total | 6a | 6.855.453 | 4.481.044 | 70.113.727 | 4.394.991 | 1.725.927 | 2.837.798 | 241.325 | 16.628.603 | 655.507 | 20.365.712 | 8.141.169 13) | 14.411.000 | |
Of which | 6b | free admissions Total |
2.091.264 | 1.767.957 | 1.565.479 | 607.746 | 111.884 | 7.323.973 | 228.945 | 12.423.084 | 2.152.000 | ||||
6c | free admissions % |
30,50 | 39,50 | 35,62 | 35,20 | 0,46 | 44,00 | 34,90 | 61,00 | 15,00 | |||||
6d | foreigners Total |
463.581 | 430.436 | 35.703 8) | 9.749 | 2.016.205 | 1.891.000 | ||||||||
6e | foreigners % |
6,80 | 9,79 | 2,10 9) | 4,00 | 9,90 | 13,00 | ||||||||
6f | temporary exhibitions Total |
1.533.692 | 65.835 | ||||||||||||
6g | temporary exhibitions % |
34,90 | |||||||||||||
Staff | Paid staff | 7a | Number Total |
6.219 | 7.139 | 2.013 | 3.364 | 387 | 16.165 | 14.508 | 9.857 | ||||
7b | Number Of which specialised |
3.090 | 3.943 | 977 | 1.446 | 6.761 | 4.883 | ||||||||
7c | FTES a year Total |
6.219 | 2.551 | 309 | 6.747 | ||||||||||
7d | FTES a year Of which specialised |
3.090,00 | 1.328,00 | ||||||||||||
Volunteers | 7e | Number Total |
562 | 1.575 | 495 | 184 | 914 | 24.597 | |||||||
7f | Number Of which specialised |
263 | 275 | ||||||||||||
7g | FTES a year Total |
15 | 2.561 | ||||||||||||
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,- | 4) | 528 | 73 | 264 | ||||||||
8b | 2,5 - 5,- | 26 4) | 1.138 | 33 | 17 | 369 | |||||||||
8c | > 5,- | 97 4) | 681 | 12 | 6 | 137 | |||||||||
Number of museums | 8d | with free entrance | 25 4) | 1.216 | 36 | 15 | 704 | ||||||||
8e | with museum card | 12 | 425 | ||||||||||||
Temporary exhibitions | Total | 9a | 2.693 | 773 | 4.643 | 959 | 816 | 1.508 | 42 | 3.052 | 623 | 1.912 | 1.125 14) | 1.379 | |
Of which | 9b | Own production | 1.996 | 445 | 1.986 | 497 | |||||||||
9c | Joined productions | 697 | 153 | 583 | 126 | ||||||||||
Expenditure (of museums) | Total (In EUR) | 10a | 238.001.958 | 261.598.330 | 50.163.009 | 38.298.869 | 979.000.000 | ||||||||
Of which | 10b | Ordinary expenditures Total |
261.598.330 | 40.285.421 | 33.453.379 | ||||||||||
10c | Ordinary expenditures Of which Staff |
113.845.812 | 25.003.416 | 19.825.605 | 458.000.000 | ||||||||||
10d | Extraordinary expenditures Total |
9.833.220 | 5.062.470 | ||||||||||||
10e | Extraordinary expenditures Of which for new Collections |
4.458.110 | 4.080.704 5) | 1.350.391 | 2.069.513 | 19.000.000 | |||||||||
Income (of museums) | Total (in EUR) | 11a | 236.376.853 | 261.598.330 | 48.560.025 | 94.771.686 | 23.616.645 | 1.022.000.000 | |||||||
Of which | 11b | Entry fees | 20.132.870 | 2.577.901 | 397.149 | 108.000.000 | |||||||||
11c | Public subsidies | 204.110.249 | 43.118.718 | 20.053.168 | 543.000.000 | ||||||||||
Public expenditure (for museums) | Total (in EUR) | 12a | 268.351.074 | 204.110.249 | 43.118.718 | 66.384.733 | 166.830.112 | 713.000.000 | |||||||
Of which | 12b | Investments | 47.188.472 | 893.172 | 42.291.910 | ||||||||||
Number of museums making use of computers | Total number of museums equipped with at least one computer | 13a | 150 6) | 156 | 1.468 | ||||||||||
Of which | 13b | for administrative purpose | 150 6) | 154 | 1.391 | ||||||||||
13c | for visitor's information purposes (e.g. interactive gallery system) | 109 | 246 | 99 | 600 | ||||||||||
13d | having a database for electronic inventory | 233 | 137 | 761 | |||||||||||
13e | having an Internet access | 150 | 459 | 153 | 944 | ||||||||||
Information - Diffusion - Education | Number of museums possessing a web-site | 14 | Total | 150 6) | 340 | 681 | 1.391 | 625 | |||||||
Number of museums possessing an own web-site | 15a | Total | 448 | 826 | 625 | ||||||||||
15b | Of wich are updating themselves their web-site |
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Number of museums | 16a | connected to a museum portal Total |
150 6) | 312 | |||||||||||
16b | connected to a museum portal Of which connected to more than one museum portal |
136 | |||||||||||||
16c | connected to (an)other portal(s) | ||||||||||||||
Number of museums with at least one special museum education programme | 17a | Total | 222 | 534 | 130 | 102 | 18 | 521 | 682 | 506 | |||||
17b | Of which for school children |
201 | 391 | 18 | 617 | 486 | |||||||||
17c | Of which for ethnic minorities |
10 | 109 | 71 | |||||||||||
17d | for senior citizens | 84 | 305 | ||||||||||||
17e | for others | 144 | 519 | 368 | |||||||||||
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants on working group definition |
18 | 4,50 | 8,20 | 6,00 | |||||||||||
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants on natioinal criteria |
19 | 5,90 6) | 7,80 | 8,20 | 3,80 | 2,43 | 2,08 | 3,10 | 12,10 | 3,60 | |||||
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants including free entries |
20 | 64.069,00 | 80.976,00 | 44.987,00 | 90.473,00 | 101.564,00 | 38.543,67 | 43.304,00 | 9.337,00 | 43.026,81 | 82.786,00 | ||||
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants excluding free entries |
21 | 49.028,00 | 28.963,00 | 58.645,00 | 20.673,91 | 24.231,00 | 6.076,00 | 16.780,45 | 70.423,00 | ||||||
Average number of visits per museum according to working group definition |
22 | 14.193,00 | 11.064,00 | 6.350,66 | |||||||||||
Average number of visits per museum according to national criteria |
23 | 15.242,00 6) | 5.791,00 | 11.064,00 | 26.772,00 | 17.842,00 | 4.490,00 | 13.817,00 | 7.731,00 15) | 23.058,00 | |||||
Staff per 100.000 inhabitants | 24 | 58,10 | 46,10 | 73,00 | 106,00 | 120,00 | 61,81 | 42,10 | 30,70 | 57,00 | |||||
Expenditure per capita (in EUR) | 25 | 22,24 | 47,30 | 26,30 | 61,17 | 56,00 | |||||||||
Public Expenditure per 100.000 inhabitants (in EUR) | 26 | 2.507.918,00 | 3.688.433,00 | 2.260.275,90 | 10.602.760,73 | 297.295.934,60 | 4.095.916,00 | ||||||||
Number of museums opened 200 days and more a year | 27 | 383 | 108 3) | 378 | 96 | 19 | 1.302 | ||||||||
Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year including free entries |
28 | 188 | 157 3) | 1.175 | 147 | 53 | 76 | 14 | 323 | 535 | 257 | ||||
Number of museums necessary to reach | 50 % of total visits (including free entries) | 29a | 25 3) | 25 | 3 | 73 | 52 | ||||||||
75 % of total visits (including free entries) | 29b | 70 3) | 80 | 8 | 109 | 183 | |||||||||
Number of museums employing at least 1 specialised staff | 30 | 326 | 150 3) | 427 | 134 | 95 | 1.474 | ||||||||
Average price paid (in EUR) |
31 | 8,75 | 2,27 | 3,07 | 8,81 | ||||||||||
Number of museums with at least one publication | 32 | 155 | 56 7) | 211 | 70 | 71 | 381 | 59 | 756 | ||||||
Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier | 33 | 12 | 99 | 274 | |||||||||||
Museum participation Source: Eurobarometer 1) |
34 | 40,50 12) | |||||||||||||
Population Source: Eurostat |
35 | 10.700.155 | 5.533.793 | 9.769.526 | 1.907.675 | 2.794.100 | 38.382.576 | 47.332.614 | 8.670.300 | 17.407.585 | |||||
Density inhabitants/km² Source: Eurostat |
36 | 135,70 | 105,00 | 42,80 | 123,00 | 517,00 | |||||||||
Purchasing Power Parity in EUR Source: Eurostat |
37 | 75,000 | 70,000 | 76,000 |
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 Answers by museum sites (326).
3) Finland: Answers by museum sites (326).
4) Finland: Admission fees for the main site of a museum. Answers by administrative units (150).
5) Finland: Included in the ordinary expenditures.
6) Finland: Answers by administrative units (150).
7) Finland: The statistics cover 150 professionally-run museums (administrative units) maintaining 326 museum sites.
8) Latvia: 35.703 (in groups only).
9) Latvia: 2,1 % (in groups only).
10) Luxembourg: Response rate 77,6%
11) Spain: Definition National criteria. Both for-profit and non-for-profit institutions are considered. Museum Collections are included. See Spain National Report. February 2023 for further details.
12) Spain. Source: Survey of Cultural Habits and Practices in Spain 2018-2019. Ministry of Culture and Sport. Spain.
13) Switzerland: +/- 143112
14) Switzerland: +/-51
15) Switzerland: +/-136
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 Answers by museum sites (326).
3) Finland: Answers by museum sites (326).
4) Finland: Admission fees for the main site of a museum. Answers by administrative units (150).
5) Finland: Included in the ordinary expenditures.
6) Finland: Answers by administrative units (150).
7) Finland: The statistics cover 150 professionally-run museums (administrative units) maintaining 326 museum sites.
8) Latvia: 35.703 (in groups only).
9) Latvia: 2,1 % (in groups only).
10) Luxembourg: Response rate 77,6%
11) Spain: Definition National criteria. Both for-profit and non-for-profit institutions are considered. Museum Collections are included. See Spain National Report. February 2023 for further details.
12) Spain. Source: Survey of Cultural Habits and Practices in Spain 2018-2019. Ministry of Culture and Sport. Spain.
13) Switzerland: +/- 143112
14) Switzerland: +/-51
15) Switzerland: +/-136
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