Country     France
Year     2017 2010 2003 2000
Definition Working group definition 1a          
National criteria 1b     X X 4)  X
Number of museums according to type of collection total 2a   1.224 10)  330 1.173 4)  1.300 2) 
of which 2b Art, archaeology and history museums 805   780 5)  350
  2c Science and technology museums, ethnology museums 341   400 5)  300
  2d Other museums 78   90 5)  650
Ownership state-owned museums 3a Total 70 36 80 6)   
local-, regional-owned museums 3b Total 994 214 780 6)   
other public-owned museums 3c Total 26 2    
private-owned museums 3d Total 134 11)  78 120 6)   
  3e Of which
ppp
       
Management state-managed museums 4a Total 59 36 30 7)   
local-, regional-managed museums 4b Total 983 214 770 7)   
other public-managed museums 4c Total 55 2 30 7)   
private-managed museums 4d Total 23 11)  78 140 7)   
  4e Of which
ppp
       
Ownership of permanent collection Public ≤ 50% 5a     78    
Public > 50% 5b     252    
Number of visits Total 6a   63.199.181 12)  4.869.035 40.469.600 65.000.000 3) 
Of which 6b free admissions
Total
25.061.274 12)  2.502.978 16.468.600  
  6c free admissions
%
40,00 51,40 41,00  
  6d foreigners
Total
  401.253    
  6e foreigners
%
  8,20    
  6f temporary exhibitions
Total
       
  6g temporary exhibitions
%
       
Staff Paid staff 7a Number
Total
    22.300  
  7b Number
Of which
specialised
       
  7c FTES a year
Total
  2.644    
  7d FTES a year
Of which
specialised
  1.276,00    
Volunteers 7e Number
Total
    2.200  
  7f Number
Of which
specialised
       
  7g FTES a year
Total
  18    
  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,-   13)  19 176  
  8b 2,5 - 5,-   14)  62 633  
  8c > 5,-   15)  58 94  
Number of museums 8d with free entrance   16)  18 153  
  8e with museum card        
Temporary exhibitions Total 9a     1.134    
Of which 9b Own production   559    
  9c Joined productions   206    
Expenditure (of museums) Total (In EUR) 10a     199.645.883    
Of which 10b Ordinary expenditures
Total
  199.645.883    
  10c Ordinary expenditures
Of which
Staff
  95.818.576    
  10d Extraordinary expenditures
Total
       
  10e Extraordinary expenditures
Of which
for new Collections
  2.746.841    
Income (of museums) Total (in EUR) 11a     199.645.883    
Of which 11b Entry fees   10.158.536    
  11c Public subsidies   157.484.240    
Public expenditure (for museums) Total (in EUR) 12a     157.848.240   543.000.000 3) 
Of which 12b Investments        
Number of museums making use of computers Total number of museums equipped with at least one computer 13a     158    
Of which 13b for administrative purpose   158    
  13c for visitor's information purposes (e.g. interactive gallery system)   57    
  13d having a database for electronic inventory   147 660 8)   
  13e having an Internet access   158 690  
Information - Diffusion - Education Number of museums possessing a web-site 14 Total   158 730  
Number of museums possessing an own web-site 15a Total   17)    210  
  15b Of wich
are updating themselves their web-site
       
Number of museums 16a connected to a museum portal
Total
  158    
  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   103 1.000  
  17b Of which
for school children
  18)  103 940  
  17c Of which
for ethnic minorities
  22    
  17d for senior citizens   35    
  17e for others   36    
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on working group definition
18          
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on natioinal criteria
  19     6,10 1,90  
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
including free entries
  20     90.502,00 67.241,00 111.000,00
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
excluding free entries
  21     43.979,00 39.878,00  
Average number of visits per museum
according to working group definition
  22          
Average number of visits per museum
according to national criteria
  23   62.450,00 15.408,00 36.984,00 50.000,00
Staff per 100.000 inhabitants   24     49,10 42,00  
Expenditure per capita (in EUR)   25     37,10    
Public Expenditure per 100.000 inhabitants (in EUR)   26     2.933.982,00   912.000,00
Number of museums opened 200 days and more a year   27     179 780  
Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year
including free entries
  28   714 185 680  
Number of museums necessary to reach 50 % of total visits (including free entries) 29a     34 30  
75 % of total visits (including free entries) 29b     86 160  
Number of museums employing at least 1 specialised staff 30     158    
Average price paid
(in EUR)
  31     5,30    
Number of museums with at least one publication   32     88    
Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier   33     7    
Museum participation
Source: Eurobarometer 1)
  34       23,50 23,00
Population
Source: Eurostat
  35     64.694.497 61.864.088 59.635.000
Density inhabitants/km²
Source: Eurostat
  36     102,50 98,10 96,00
Purchasing Power Parity in EUR
Source: Eurostat
  37     108,000 111,000 115,000


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