Country     Croatia
Year     2014 2009 2007 2006 2005 2003
Definition Working group definition 1a              
National criteria 1b   X 61)  X 39)  X 18)  X 18)  X 10)  X 2) 
Number of museums according to type of collection total 2a   284 62)  221 40)  222 19)  200 19)  189 8)  206 3) 
of which 2b Art, archaeology and history museums 114 63)  65 41)  64 20)  56 20)  58 10)  67
  2c Science and technology museums, ethnology museums 61 28 25 21)  23 21)  19 10)  25
  2d Other museums 109 63)  128 41)  133 22)  121 22)  112 10)  104
Ownership state-owned museums 3a Total 33 64)  33 42)  33 23)  33 23)  31  
local-, regional-owned museums 3b Total 167 65)  159 43)  155 145 134  
other public-owned museums 3c Total 83 65)  28 43)  33 21 23  
private-owned museums 3d Total 1 65)  1 43)  1 1 1  
  3e Of which
ppp		            
Management state-managed museums 4a Total 33 66)  33 44)  33 24)  33 24)  31  
local-, regional-managed museums 4b Total 167 67)  159 45)  155 145 134  
other public-managed museums 4c Total 83 67)  28 45)  33 21 23  
private-managed museums 4d Total 1 68)  1 45)  1 1 1  
  4e Of which
ppp		            
Ownership of permanent collection Public ≤ 50% 5a   1 1 1 1    
Public > 50% 5b   283 220 221 199    
Number of visits Total 6a   4.771.230 69)  2.427.703 2.563.700 2.505.700 2.256.250 1.901.000
Of which 6b free admissions
Total		 1.087.271 69)           
  6c free admissions
%		 23,00          
  6d foreigners
Total		            
  6e foreigners
%		            
  6f temporary exhibitions
Total		 729.911 69)           
  6g temporary exhibitions
%		 15,00          
Staff Paid staff 7a Number
Total		 1.673 1.589 1.383 25)  1.383 25)  1.350 11)  1.400 4) 
  7b Number
Of which
specialised		 1.073 1.018 961 907 878 811
  7c FTES a year
Total		 1.673 1.589 46)    907   1.400 4) 
  7d FTES a year
Of which
specialised		 1.073,00 1.018,00 46)  961,00 88,00   811,00
Volunteers 7e Number
Total		   13 47)  90 30)    26)     
  7f Number
Of which
specialised		            
  7g FTES a year
Total		            
  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,- 110 81 48)  55 32)      190
  8b 2,5 - 5,- 55 34 48)  28 32)      16
  8c > 5,- 5 9 48)  2 32)       
Number of museums 8d with free entrance 65 36 49)  80 33)    165 12)   
  8e with museum card 9          
Temporary exhibitions Total 9a   1.191 1.062 50)  1.089 34)    1.060 13)  873 5) 
Of which 9b Own production            
  9c Joined productions            
Expenditure (of museums) Total (In EUR) 10a       51)        14)   
Of which 10b Ordinary expenditures
Total		            
  10c Ordinary expenditures
Of which
Staff		            
  10d Extraordinary expenditures
Total		            
  10e Extraordinary expenditures
Of which
for new Collections		            
Income (of museums) Total (in EUR) 11a       51)         
Of which 11b Entry fees            
  11c Public subsidies            
Public expenditure (for museums) Total (in EUR) 12a       51)         
Of which 12b Investments            
Number of museums making use of computers Total number of museums equipped with at least one computer 13a     197 52)  176 35)  158   200 6) 
Of which 13b for administrative purpose     176 35)  20    
  13c for visitor's information purposes (e.g. interactive gallery system)   20 20 20   10
  13d having a database for electronic inventory 181 170 136 114   74
  13e having an Internet access 247 70)  189 179 162   110
Information - Diffusion - Education Number of museums possessing a web-site 14 Total 227 160 131 111 105 85
Number of museums possessing an own web-site 15a Total 121 70 45   69 24
  15b Of wich
are updating themselves their web-site		 121 70 45     85
Number of museums 16a connected to a museum portal
Total		 284 221 222 200 189 41
  16b connected to a museum portal
Of which
connected to more than one museum portal		     173 173    
  16c connected to (an)other portal(s) 101 46 53)  100 27)  100 27)     
Number of museums with at least one special museum education programme 17a Total 94 71)  125 54)  134 34)  130 30)  120 90
  17b Of which
for school children		 49 71)    130 30)  125 30)     
  17c Of which
for ethnic minorities		            
  17d for senior citizens 2 71)           
  17e for others            
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on working group definition		 18     5,00 55)  5,00 4,50 4,30  
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on natioinal criteria		   19   6,60 72)  5,00 55)  5,00 4,50 4,30  
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
including free entries		   20   111.350,00 72)  54.801,00 55)  57.740,00 56.434,00 50.816,00  
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
excluding free entries		   21   85.976,00 73)           
Average number of visits per museum
according to working group definition		   22     11.136,00 56)  11.548,00 36)  12.528,00 28)  17.906,00 15)  9,23 6) 
Average number of visits per museum
according to national criteria		   23   16.800,00 11.136,00 56)  11.548,00 36)  12.528,00 28)  17.906,00 16)  9,23 6) 
Staff per 100.000 inhabitants   24   25,00 74)  23,00 57)  31,14 37)  31,14 29)  19,77 17)   
Expenditure per capita (in EUR)   25              
Public Expenditure per 100.000 inhabitants (in EUR)   26              
Number of museums opened 200 days and more a year   27     200 30)  180 170 30)  138 200
Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year
including free entries		   28   77 75)  69 58)  70 65 64 57
Number of museums necessary to reach 50 % of total visits (including free entries) 29a              
75 % of total visits (including free entries) 29b              
Number of museums employing at least 1 specialised staff 30   184 197 176 158 150 171
Average price paid
(in EUR)		   31   2,75 2,30 2,24 1,70 30)    15,00
Number of museums with at least one publication   32   114 76)  122 59)  99 38)  96 31)    98
Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier   33   5 76)  13 59)  12 38)  13 31)    8
Museum participation
Source: Eurobarometer 1)		   34              
Population
Source: Eurostat		   35   4.246.809 4.435.056 4.441.238 4.442.884 4.443.901 4.442.744
Density inhabitants/km²
Source: Eurostat		   36     78,50 78,40 78,50 78,50 78,50 7) 
Purchasing Power Parity in EUR
Source: Eurostat		   37   59,000 62,000 60)  61,000 58,000 57,000 55,000


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provisional or estimated statistical information
1) Eurostat surveys 2001 and 2003, if not otherwise indicated
2) Croatian Museum Act defines museum activities rather than museum itself, cf page
3) Data are based mostly on the Register of Museums, Galleries and collections in RH. And include sites (main museums, collections, galleries possessing holdings, archæological sites…). The main criteria is: existence of museum holdings.
4) Estimation based on Statistical report for 2000 by the State Institute for Statistics
5) Data from Annual Reports for 2001
6) Estimation based on Annual Reports 2003
7) Estimation based on Statistical Report for 2001 by The State Institute for Statistics
8) Data are based mostly on the Register of Museums, Galleries and collections in RH and include sites (main museums, collections, galleries possessing holdings, archaeological sites, ...). The main criteria is: existence of museum holdings
9) Not applicable: science and technology museums are split from ethnology museums; 2c – most of the "other" museums are complex/local history museums which can be included in 2b category where we have put only specialized art, archaeology and history museums
10) Croatian Museum Act defines museum activities rather than museum itself
11) Estimation based on Statistical report for 2000 by State Institute of Statistics
12) Data from Annual Reports for 2001. All the museums open to public have free entrance for some categories of visitors (no museum-card is needed)
13) Estimation based on data from Museum Annual Reports for 2004 All the museums open to public have free entrance for some categories of visitors (no museum-card is needed)
14) Museums are funded by the Ministry of culture and local authorities and they are obliged to give financial reports to them. There is no institution that collects data on total income and expenditure(s) of all museums in Croatia.
15) Estimation based on Museum Annual Reports 2003
16) Estimation based on Museum Annual Reports 2005
17) Source: Central Bureau of Statistics – population – (estimation for 2004: 3.439.000 inhabitants); the figure refers to specialized staff only
18) 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.
19) Croatia: The main criteria is: existence of museum holdings, i.e. collection. It includes sites (main museums, collections, galleries possessing holdings, archaeological sites...)
20) 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.
21) Croatia: science and technology museums are split from ethnology museums
22) 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.
23) Croatia: in the category "Ownership" are included museums which founder is one of the mentioned entities in the a, b, c, d field.
24) Croatia: in the category "Management" are included museums which founder is one of the mentioned entities in the a, b, c, d field.
25) Croatia: Source: Statistical Information published by the Central Bureau of Statistics, 2006
26) Croatia: Source: First Releases - Education, Research And Development, Culture And Social Welfare, 2007 (research 2006)
27) Croatia: estimation (some museums are connected to local authorities portals, some on tourist boards portals, some on zhe Ministry of Culture portal etc.)
28) Croatia: Source: MDC - Museum annual reports 2006
29) Croatia: the figure regarding total number of specialised staff would be 21,64
30) Croatia: estimation
31) Croatia: source: MDC - 25th exhibition of publication activity by Croatian museums and galleries - catalogue, 2006.
32) Croatia: available data for 85 (of 222 museums) - price for adults.
33) Croatia: estimation; all the museums have free entrance for some categories of visitors
34) Croatia: Source: MDC - Museum annual reports 2007 (include data by 145 museums)
35) Croatia: the figure is equivalent of the number of museums with at least 1 employee
36) Croatia: Source: MDC - Museum annual reports 2007 (include data regarding visits for 140 sites - the real average is 18.312)
37) Croatia: the figure regarding total number of specialized staff is 21,64.
38) Croatia: source: MDC - 26th exhibition of publication activity by Croatian museums and galleries - catalogue, 2007.
39) 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.
40) Croatia: The main criteria is: existence of museum holdings, i.e. collection. It includes sites (main museums, collections, galleries possessing holdings, archæological sites…).
41) Categories 2b, 2c and 2d, especially 2c in Croatia 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.
42) Croatia: in the category Ownership are included museums which founder is one of the mentioned entities in the a, b, c, d field. There are 22 institutions owned by the state with 33 sites.
43) Croatia: in the category Ownership are included museums which founder is one of the mentioned entities in the a, b, c, d field
44) Croatia: in the category Management are included museums which founder is one of the mentioned entities in the a, b, c, d field. There are 22 institutions owned by the state with 33 sites.
45) Croatia: in the category Management are included museums which founder is one of the mentioned entities in the a, b, c, d field
46) Croatia: the data refer to FTES
47) Croatia: the number refers to number of museums – no. of volunteers is estimation
48) Croatia: available data for 124 museums; the price refers to the price paid by an adult person (prices for children and students are usually 50% of regular price)
49) Croatia: the number refers to the museums that have free entrance for all visitors; all the museums have free entrance for some categories of visitors
50) Croatia: Source: MDC - Museum annual reports 2009 (include data by 133 museums i.e. sites)
51) Croatia: Museums are funded by the Ministry of Culture (which data are available) and local authorities; they are obliged to give financial reports to them. There is no institution that collects data on total income and expenditure of all museums in Croatia.
52) Croatia: the figure is equivalent of the number of museums with at least 1 professional (<20)
53) Croatia: 17 museums are connected to a regional museum association portal, 4 on tourist boards portals, 4 on Croatian Accademy of Arts and Sciences portal, 13 on local authorities portal, 8 on other portals
54) Croatia: estimation based on MDC - Museum annual reports 2009 (include data by 124 museums i.e. 133 sites)
55) Croatia: source: Central Bureau of Statistics - population est. for 2009: 4.430,000
56) Source: MDC - Museum annual reports 2009 (include data regarding visits for 116 sites – the real average is 20.298)
57) Croatia: source: Central Bureau of Statistics - population est. for 2009: 4.430,000; the figure referes to specialised staff only; the figure regarding total number of staff would be 35,9
58) Source: MDC - Museum annual reports 2009 (include data for 133 sites)
59) Croatia: source: MDC – 28th exhibition of publication activitiy by Croatian museums and galleries – catalogue, 2009
60) data from 2008
61) 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.
62) The main criteria is: existence of museum holdings, i.e. collection. It includes sites (main museums, collections, galleries possessing holdings, archæological sites…).
63) Categories 2b, 2c and 2d, especially 2c in Croatia 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.
64) in the category Ownership are included museums which founder is one of the mentioned entities in the a, b, c, d field. There are 22 institutions owned by the state with 33 sites.
65) in the category Ownership are included museums which founder is one of the mentioned entities in the a, b, c, d field
66) in the category Management are included museums which founder is one of the mentioned entities in the a, b, c, d field. There are 22 institutions owned by the state with 33 sites
67) in the category Management are included museums which founder is one of the mentioned entities in the a, b, c, d field
68) Management are included museums which founder is one of the mentioned entities in the a, b, c, d field
69) Source: MDC, table - number of visits to croatian museums and galleries, 2014.
70) museums which have access to the internet (e-mail)
71) estimation based on MDC - Museum annual reports 2014 (include data by 131 museum for 167 sites)
72) source: Central Bureau of Statistics - population est. for 2011: 4.284,889
73) source: Central Bureau of Statistics - population est. for 2011: 4.284,88
74) the figure refers to specialised staff only; the figure regarding total number of staff would be 39
75) Source: MDC - Museum annual reports 2014 (include data by 131 museum for 167 sites)
76) source: MDC - 33rd exhibition of publication activity by Croatian museums and galleries - catalogue, 2014.