Country     Austria Czech Republic Finland Hungary Lithuania Poland Serbia Slovak Republic Switzerland The Netherlands
Year     2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021
Definition Working group definition 1a   X X                
National criteria 1b       X 13)  X X X X X 20)  X X
Number of museums according to type of collection total 2a   510 2)  480 328 13)  773 106 939 147 137 21)  1.081 629
of which 2b Art, archaeology and history museums 168 106       515 65 29)  132 22)  308 527
  2c Science and technology museums, ethnology museums 60 53       159 11 30)  5 221 102
  2d Other museums 282 321       265 71 31)    552  
Ownership state-owned museums 3a Total 31 30 14 14)  114 20 90 13 42    
local-, regional-owned museums 3b Total 225 354 214 14)  501 53 564 122 80    
other public-owned museums 3c Total 5 45 10 14)    23 8 8      
private-owned museums 3d Total 249 51 90 14)  158 10 277 3 15    
  3e Of which
ppp		             1      
Management state-managed museums 4a Total 1 30 14 14)  114 20   13 42    
local-, regional-managed museums 4b Total 135 354 214 14)  501 53   122 80    
other public-managed museums 4c Total 52 45 10 14)    23   8      
private-managed museums 4d Total 322 51 90 14)  158 10   3 15    
  4e Of which
ppp		             1      
Ownership of permanent collection Public ≤ 50% 5a               5      
Public > 50% 5b         773     142      
Number of visits Total 6a   7.896.846 6.654.329 4.357.345 5.725.457 3.186.401 25.251.557 1.037.788 6.279.883 10.254.392 23)  12.340.000
Of which 6b free admissions
Total		 1.261.498 1.915.657 1.865.666 1.947.560   10.203.527 476.434 658.227   1.962.000
  6c free admissions
%		 18,40 3)  28,80 42,80 34,02   40,00 45,90 24,00   16,00
  6d foreigners
Total		   270.717   721.478       120.281   1.501.000
  6e foreigners
%		   4,10   12,60   5,00       12,00
  6f temporary exhibitions
Total		       2.262.669            
  6g temporary exhibitions
%		       39,52            
Staff Paid staff 7a Number
Total		 7.259 4)  6.205   7.386 3.357 16.460   2.290 11.427 24)  9.849
  7b Number
Of which
specialised		 2.259 3.079   4.004 1.512 6.817   1.234    
  7c FTES a year
Total		   6.205 2.545         2.232 6.162 25)  6.614
  7d FTES a year
Of which
specialised		   3.079,00 1.369,00         1.234,00    
Volunteers 7e Number
Total		 3.555 612 1.765 476         7.465 26)  25.091
  7f Number
Of which
specialised		 525     251            
  7g FTES a year
Total		     15             2.514
  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,- 15     15)               
  8b 2,5 - 5,- 85   23 16)               
  8c > 5,- 294   98 17)               
Number of museums 8d with free entrance 98   26 17)               
  8e with museum card                   428
Temporary exhibitions Total 9a   653 2.691 824 1.030 1.665 3.632 1.041 711 1.346 27)  1.247
Of which 9b Own production   2.023 440     2.221 863 399    
  9c Joined productions   668 183     745 178 176    
Expenditure (of museums) Total (In EUR) 10a   439.706.620 5)  264.321.648 278.892.630         64.136.589   1.008.000.000
Of which 10b Ordinary expenditures
Total		     278.892.630         64.136.589    
  10c Ordinary expenditures
Of which
Staff		     121.856.608         25.253.716   451.000.000
  10d Extraordinary expenditures
Total		                    
  10e Extraordinary expenditures
Of which
for new Collections		   4.655.772 6.173.530 18)          303.679   34.000.000
Income (of museums) Total (in EUR) 11a   401.518.996 6)  253.481.400 278.892.630   1.082.027.343     65.760.843   1.105.000.000
Of which 11b Entry fees 38.893.807 7)    20.751.698         7.497.268   99.000.000
  11c Public subsidies 258.301.336 8)    210.732.577             562.000.000
Public expenditure (for museums) Total (in EUR) 12a     278.618.996 210.732.577     165.924.347   64.136.589   729.000.000
Of which 12b Investments   55.062.300       37.336.956        
Number of museums making use of computers Total number of museums equipped with at least one computer 13a   381   151 19)          137    
Of which 13b for administrative purpose 349   151 19)          57    
  13c for visitor's information purposes (e.g. interactive gallery system) 229 101   277       12    
  13d having a database for electronic inventory 255     249       80    
  13e having an Internet access 310   151 19)  476       137    
Information - Diffusion - Education Number of museums possessing a web-site 14 Total 413   151 19)  346   702   137   629
Number of museums possessing an own web-site 15a Total 344 456           86   629
  15b Of wich
are updating themselves their web-site		               18    
Number of museums 16a connected to a museum portal
Total		     151 19)          82    
  16b connected to a museum portal
Of which
connected to more than one museum portal		               17    
  16c connected to (an)other portal(s)                    
Number of museums with at least one special museum education programme 17a Total 413 267   562 100 574   32   478
  17b Of which
for school children		   189   429           449
  17c Of which
for ethnic minorities		   9   76           67
  17d for senior citizens   97                
  17e for others   133   557            
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on working group definition		 18   8,10 4,60           2,52    
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on natioinal criteria		   19       5,90 14)  7,90 3,80 2,48 21,51 2,52 12,40 3,60
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
including free entries		   20   88.217,93 63.280,00 78.536,00 58.839,00 114.005,00 66.627,00 15.186,00 57.774,59   70.613,00
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
excluding free entries		   21   74.125,38 9)    44.909,00 38.824,00   39.705,00 8.214,00 16.095,67   59.386,00
Average number of visits per museum
according to working group definition		   22   15.762,17 10)  13.863,00           20.376,00    
Average number of visits per museum
according to national criteria		   23       4.333,00 14)  7.407,00 30.060,00 26.892,00 7.060,00   9.486,00 28)  19.618,00
Staff per 100.000 inhabitants   24   128,44 59,00 45,90 76,00 120,00 42,86   42,13   56,00
Expenditure per capita (in EUR)   25   49,12 25,14 50,30         5.067,00   58,00
Public Expenditure per 100.000 inhabitants (in EUR)   26     2.649.560,00 3.798.187,00     300.271.231,50       4.171.575,00
Number of museums opened 200 days and more a year   27   236 253 117 14)  371            
Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year
including free entries		   28   170 192 167 14)  184 77 415   69 289  
Number of museums necessary to reach 50 % of total visits (including free entries) 29a   16   30 14)  26     73      
75 % of total visits (including free entries) 29b   51   77 14)  79     110      
Number of museums employing at least 1 specialised staff 30   185 11)  305 151 14)  438 95     121    
Average price paid
(in EUR)		   31   9,30 12)    9,11         1,20   9,54
Number of museums with at least one publication   32   180 149 46 19)  215 67 397 47 55    
Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier   33     5       111   19    
Museum participation
Source: Eurobarometer 1)		   34                      
Population
Source: Eurostat		   35     10.515.669 5.548.241 9.730.772 2.794.961 37.907.704   5.434.712 8.738.791 17.475.415
Density inhabitants/km²
Source: Eurostat		   36     133,30   105,00 42,80 121,00   113,30   519,00
Purchasing Power Parity in EUR
Source: Eurostat		   37         75,000   77,000   68,000    


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1) Eurostat surveys 2001 and 2003, if not otherwise indicated
2) Austria: The number of extant units (registered museums) in 2021 is 728. However, 218 units did not participate in the survey.
3) Austria: Not taking into account unknown admission status in the denominator.
4) Austria: plus 683 freelancers.
5) Austria: Units (which may comprise more than one museum): 213 out of 234.
6) Austria: Units (which may comprise more than one museum): 222 out of 234.
7) Austria: Units (which may comprise more than one museum): 197 out of 234.
8) Austria: Units (which may comprise more than one museum): 192 out of 234.
9) Austria: Inclusive visits with unknown admission status.
10) Austria: Not taking into account museums with unknown number of visits in the denominator.
11) Austria: Out of 249 units which reported on specialised staff.
12) Austria: The ratio is based only on units, for which both 'income from entries' and 'payment status of visitors' is known.
13) Finland: The statistics cover 150 professionally-run museums (administrative units) maintaining 326 museum sites.
14) Finland: Answers by museum sites (328)
15) Finland: Admission fees for the main site of a museum. Answers by administrative units (151)
16) Finland: Admission fees for the main site of a museum. Answers by administrative units (151)
17) Finland: Admission fees for the main site of a museum. Answers by administrative units (151)
18) Finland: Included in the ordinary expenditures
19) Finland: Answers by administrative units (151)
20) Slovak Republic: The definition of the museum in the Slovak Republic used by members of the museum profession is identical with that defined by ICOM. Moreover, the Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 206/2009 of the Code defines the museum in Article 2, Section 5 as follows: „The museum is a specialised corporate entity or an organisational body of the corporate entity, which based on its exploration and scientific research, acquires objects of cultural value, which it professionally manages as a collection items. These items are scientifically researched and make available to the public especially for the purposes of study, cognition, education and aesthetic experience through specific means of museum communication.“ In Slovakia there are museums and museum facilities. Museum facility by law is "A museum facility or gallery facility is a specialized legal entity or an organizational unit of a legal entity or a specialized facility that acquires objects of cultural value and makes them available to the public for the purpose of knowledge and aesthetic experience through specific means of museum presentation or gallery presentation." It´s like lower grade of museums, they have to present cultural objects, but they don´t need to do for example scietific research. In this statistics are information only about museums and galleries from Register of Museums anf Galleries of Slovak Republic.
21) Slovak Republic: In statistics in Slovakia museums and galleries are two separate groups, inspite of for both groups one law is mandatory. There are 94 museums registered in the Register of Museums and Galleries of the Slovak Republic, but National Slovak Museum has 18 specialized museums, which are reported separately in the statistics. That´s why here is the number of the museums 112 plus 25 galeries.
22) Slovak Republic: Categories 2b, 2c and 2d, especially 2c in Slovakia are not applicable: science and technology museums are split from ethnology museums; 2c – most of the "other" museums are complex/local or regional history museums which can be included in 2b category where we have enlisted only specialized art, archaeology and history museums. The complex museums are very important and numerous in the national museum structure.
23) Switzerland: +/- 168637
24) Switzerland: +/- 396
25) Switzerland: +/- 219
26) Switzerland: +/- 526
27) Switzerland: +/-60
28) Switzerland: +/-156
29) Serbia: Types in Serbian classification: 1. Speciial (art) 2. Special (socio-historical)
30) Serbia: Types in Serbian classification: 1. Special (economic - technical) 2. Special (natural history)
31) Serbia: Types in Serbian classification: Complex museums