Country     Romania
Year     2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2002 2000
Definition Working group definition 1a   X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X  
National criteria 1b                                  
Number of museums according to type of collection total 2a   787 762 761 738 739 750 663 709 687 694 688 748 6)  742 4)  742 548 519
of which 2b Art, archaeology and history museums 266 260 262 258 754 257           446 7)  333 333 211 209
  2c Science and technology museums, ethnology museums 211 209 242 233 237 241           125 8)  175 175 113 144
  2d Other museums 272 255 257 247 248 252           177 9)  342 342 200 166
Ownership state-owned museums 3a Total 76 74 77 74 73             54        
local-, regional-owned museums 3b Total 585 593 592 574 577             568        
other public-owned museums 3c Total                       32        
private-owned museums 3d Total 104 92 92 90 89 82           94 57 57    
  3e Of which
ppp		                                
Management state-managed museums 4a Total                       54        
local-, regional-managed museums 4b Total                       568        
other public-managed museums 4c Total                       32        
private-managed museums 4d Total                       94 57 57   50
  4e Of which
ppp		                                
Ownership of permanent collection Public ≤ 50% 5a                                  
Public > 50% 5b                                  
Number of visits Total 6a   17.610.029 15.940.666 14.196.944 13.051.886 10.823.706 10.927.765 10.076.330 9.527.938 8.900.425 10.169.087 10.687.056 3.633.443 11)  2.711.604 27.111.604 11.114.000 1.615.000
Of which 6b free admissions
Total		 3.621.158 3.759.380 3.954.295 4.106.357 3.374.600 4.015.800           995.548 667.804 667.804    
  6c free admissions
%		                         26,52 26,52    
  6d foreigners
Total		                       291.344 225.396 225.396    
  6e foreigners
%		                         8,95 8,95    
  6f temporary exhibitions
Total		                       2.346.551 1.729.000 1.729.000 1.729.000  
  6g temporary exhibitions
%		                                
Staff Paid staff 7a Number
Total		 7.412 6.989 6.915 6.589 6.554 6.350           4.886 12)  4.934 4.934    
  7b Number
Of which
specialised		 3.762 3.654 3.683 3.505 3.601 3.522           3.312 2.946 2.946 3.760 3.545
  7c FTES a year
Total		                       240 348 348    
  7d FTES a year
Of which
specialised		                       240,00        
Volunteers 7e Number
Total		                                
  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,-                       428 428 428 548 519
  8b 2,5 - 5,-                       7 8 8   -  
  8c > 5,-                       1       -  
Number of museums 8d with free entrance                       312 306 306   -  
  8e with museum card                               -  
Temporary exhibitions Total 9a   4.101 3.612 3.088 3.061 3.088 3.136                 813 2)   
Of which 9b Own production 2.595 2.353 2.087 2.128 2.161 2.145                    
  9c Joined productions 1.506 1.259 1.001 933 927 991                    
Expenditure (of museums) Total (In EUR) 10a                                  
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                                  
Of which 11b Entry fees                                
  11c Public subsidies                                
Public expenditure (for museums) Total (in EUR) 12a                                  
Of which 12b Investments                                
Number of museums making use of computers Total number of museums equipped with at least one computer 13a                         464 13)  347 347    
Of which 13b for administrative purpose                                
  13c for visitor's information purposes (e.g. interactive gallery system)                                
  13d having a database for electronic inventory                       138 14)  115 115    
  13e having an Internet access                       213 306 306    
Information - Diffusion - Education Number of museums possessing a web-site 14 Total                       236 16)  238 238    
Number of museums possessing an own web-site 15a Total                       170 16)  148 148    
  15b Of wich
are updating themselves their web-site		                                
Number of museums 16a connected to a museum portal
Total		                       58 16)  238 238    
  16b connected to a museum portal
Of which
connected to more than one museum portal		                                
  16c connected to (an)other portal(s)                       8        
Number of museums with at least one special museum education programme 17a Total                                
  17b Of which
for school children		                                
  17c Of which
for ethnic minorities		                                
  17d for senior citizens                                
  17e for others                                
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on working group definition		 18                         3,46 17)  2,50 2,50 2,00 3)   
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on natioinal criteria		   19                         3,46 17)  3,42 3,42    
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
including free entries		   20                         16.803,94 17)  3.081,27 3.081,27 50.993,00 7.340,00
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
excluding free entries		   21                         12.199,01 17)  8.534,47 8.534,47    
Average number of visits per museum
according to working group definition		   22                         20.281,00 17)  20.281,00 20.281,00 20.281,00 3.111,00
Average number of visits per museum
according to national criteria		   23                         4.857,54 17)  3.654,45 3.654,45    
Staff per 100.000 inhabitants   24                         22,59 18)  22,76 22,76 17,00 3)   
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                         695 19)  742 742 548 519
Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year
including free entries		   28                         31 59 59    
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                                  
Average price paid
(in EUR)		   31                                  
Number of museums with at least one publication   32                         78 74 74    
Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier   33                                  
Museum participation
Source: Eurobarometer 1)		   34                         10,00 10,00 10,00 10,00  
Population
Source: Eurostat		   35   19.530.631 19.644.350 19.760.314 19.870.647 19.947.311 20.020.074 20.095.996 20.199.059 20.294.683 20.440.290 20.635.460 21.565.119 20)  21.610.213 21.658.528 21.833.483 22.455.485
Density inhabitants/km²
Source: Eurostat		   36     83,60 85,70 86,10 86,50 86,90 87,10 93,00 93,20 93,40 93,60 93,70 21)  93,90 94,10 94,80 97,60
Purchasing Power Parity in EUR
Source: Eurostat		   37   64,000 63,000 59,000 57,000 55,000 55,000 54,000 52,000 52,000 50,000 49,000 42,000 5)  38,000 5)  35,000 29,000 26,000


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1) Eurostat surveys 2001 and 2003, if not otherwise indicated
2) It represents the total number of exhibitions organized in museums in Romania in 2002. There are no specific data concerning the period of time for which the exhibitions were organized.
3) Romania had a general census on the 18th of March, 2002. The data of this chapter refers to those considered at the 1st of July, 2002. However, the number of museums, visits and staff was by the end of the year. Concerning staff, only the specialized staff was considered.
4) According to the statistics museal collections and museum from Romania, held by the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs and administrated by cIMeC - Institute for Culture Memory
5) Romania: forecast
6) According to the statistics museal collections and museum from Romania, held by the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs and administrated by cIMeC- Institute for Culture Memory
7) include: Art, history, numismatics, archaeology, memorials, rare books, military history
8) include: Science and technology, ethnography
9) include: Local rural collections, Natural Sciences
10) According to the information received from 96 institutions between 2003 – 2006 (16.10.2006)
11) according to the information received from 109 institutions until 2007 (03.03.2008); other source: total number of visits: 5.053.996
12) according to the information received from 109 museums until 2007 (03.03.2008)
13) museums have received for free from cIMeC the software application for recording the cultural movable heritage DOCPAT (Programme financed by the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs)
14) Museums that have received the software application for recording the cultural movable heritage DOCPAT (Programme financed by Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs)
15) according to the statistics for collections and museums held by the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs and administrated by cIMeC - Institute for Culture Memory
16) According to the information received from 96 institutions between 2003 – 2006 (16.10.2006)
17) Romania had a general census on the 18th of March, 2002. The data of this chapter refers to those considered at the 1st of July, 2002. However, the number of museums visits and staff was by the end of the year. Concerning staff, only the specialized staff was considered
18) Only the specialized staff is considered
19) according to informations received from 109 institutions between 2003 - 2007 (03.03.2008)
20) From "Romania by figures issued by the National Institute of Statistics", 1 July 2005, population density in 2002
21) Figures issued by the National Institute of Statistics, June 2005