Country Year Definition
    Working group definition National criteria
    1a 1b
       
United Kingdom 2012   X
1999   X
 
Country Year Number of museums according to type of collection
    total of which
    2a 2b 2c 2d
      Art, archaeology and history museums Science and technology museums, ethnology museums Other museums
United Kingdom 2012 1.732      
1999 1.850 2)       
 
Country Year Ownership
    state-owned museums local-, regional-owned museums other public-owned museums private-owned museums
    3a 3b 3c 3d 3e
    Total Total Total Total Of which
ppp
United Kingdom 2012 58 581 83 910  
1999          
 
Country Year Management
    state-managed museums local-, regional-managed museums other public-managed museums private-managed museums
    4a 4b 4c 4d 4e
    Total Total Total Total Of which
ppp
United Kingdom 2012          
1999          
 
Country Year Ownership of permanent collection
    Public ≤ 50% Public > 50%
    5a 5b
       
United Kingdom 2012    
1999    
 
Country Year Number of visits
    Total Of which
    6a 6b 6c 6d 6e 6f 6g
      free admissions
Total		 free admissions
%		 foreigners
Total		 foreigners
%		 temporary exhibitions
Total		 temporary exhibitions
%
United Kingdom 2012 87.624.176            
1999 74.600.000 3)        24,00    
 
Country Year Staff
    Paid staff Volunteers
    7a 7b 7c 7d 7e 7f 7g 7h
    Number
Total		 Number
Of which
specialised		 FTES a year
Total		 FTES a year
Of which
specialised		 Number
Total		 Number
Of which
specialised		 FTES a year
Total		 FTES a year
Of which
specialised
United Kingdom 2012                
1999 16.777 4)    14.336 5)    28.085      
 
Country Year Admissions
    Total number of museums with paid admissions with a price of tickets (in EUR) Number of museums
    8a 8b 8c 8d 8e
    < 2,5,- 2,5 - 5,- > 5,- with free entrance with museum card
United Kingdom 2012       416  
1999 156 6)  191 326 640  
 
Country Year Temporary exhibitions
    Total Of which
    9a 9b 9c
      Own production Joined productions
United Kingdom 2012      
1999 785 7)     
 
Country Year Expenditure (of museums)
    Total (In EUR) Of which
    10a 10b 10c 10d 10e
      Ordinary expenditures
Total		 Ordinary expenditures
Of which
Staff		 Extraordinary expenditures
Total		 Extraordinary expenditures
Of which
for new Collections
United Kingdom 2012          
1999          
 
Country Year Income (of museums)
    Total (in EUR) Of which
    11a 11b 11c
      Entry fees Public subsidies
United Kingdom 2012      
1999 491.000.000    
 
Country Year Public expenditure (for museums)
    Total (in EUR) Of which
    12a 12b
      Investments
United Kingdom 2012    
1999    
 
Country Year Number of museums making use of computers
    Total number of museums equipped with at least one computer Of which
    13a 13b 13c 13d 13e
      for administrative purpose for visitor's information purposes (e.g. interactive gallery system) having a database for electronic inventory having an Internet access
United Kingdom 2012          
1999         508 8) 
 
Country Year Information - Diffusion - Education
    Number of museums possessing a web-site Number of museums possessing an own web-site Number of museums Number of museums with at least one special museum education programme
    14 15a 15b 16a 16b 16c 17a 17b 17c 17d 17e
    Total Total Of wich
are updating themselves their web-site		 connected to a museum portal
Total		 connected to a museum portal
Of which
connected to more than one museum portal		 connected to (an)other portal(s) Total Of which
for school children		 Of which
for ethnic minorities		 for senior citizens for others
United Kingdom 2012                      
1999                      
 
Country Year
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on working group definition
     
    18
     
United Kingdom 2012  
1999  
 
Country Year
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on natioinal criteria
     
    19
     
United Kingdom 2012  
1999  
 
Country Year
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
including free entries
     
    20
     
United Kingdom 2012  
1999  
 
Country Year
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
excluding free entries
     
    21
     
United Kingdom 2012  
1999  
 
Country Year
Average number of visits per museum
according to working group definition
     
    22
     
United Kingdom 2012  
1999  
 
Country Year
Average number of visits per museum
according to national criteria
     
    23
     
United Kingdom 2012  
1999 50.400,00
 
Country Year
Staff per 100.000 inhabitants
     
    24
     
United Kingdom 2012  
1999  
 
Country Year
Expenditure per capita (in EUR)
     
    25
     
United Kingdom 2012  
1999  
 
Country Year
Public Expenditure per 100.000 inhabitants (in EUR)
     
    26
     
United Kingdom 2012  
1999  
 
Country Year
Number of museums opened 200 days and more a year
     
    27
     
United Kingdom 2012  
1999 1.102 9) 
 
Country Year
Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year
including free entries
     
    28
     
United Kingdom 2012  
1999  
 
Country Year Number of museums necessary to reach
    50 % of total visits (including free entries) 75 % of total visits (including free entries)
    29a 29b
       
United Kingdom 2012    
1999    
 
Country Year
Number of museums employing at least 1 specialised staff
     
    30
     
United Kingdom 2012  
1999  
 
Country Year
Average price paid
(in EUR)
     
    31
     
United Kingdom 2012  
1999  
 
Country Year
Number of museums with at least one publication
     
    32
     
United Kingdom 2012  
1999  
 
Country Year
Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier
     
    33
     
United Kingdom 2012  
1999  
 
Country Year
Museum participation
Source: Eurobarometer 1)
     
    34
     
United Kingdom 2012  
1999 42,00
 
Country Year
Population
Source: Eurostat
     
    35
     
United Kingdom 2012 62.989.550
1999 59.328.900
 
Country Year
Density inhabitants/km²
Source: Eurostat
     
    36
     
United Kingdom 2012 256,80 11) 
1999 240,70
 
Country Year
Purchasing Power Parity in EUR
Source: Eurostat
     
    37
     
United Kingdom 2012 110,000
1999 118,000
 
1) Eurostat surveys 2001 and 2003, if not otherwise indicated
2) The answers provided below have been taken from the Digest of Museum Statistics or DOMUS. DOMUS is both a questionnaire and a database which contains data on over 1.700 museums in the Registration Scheme that was run by the Museums & Galleries Commission (NGC). Questionnaires were sent annually to museums within the UK between 1994 and 1999. The museum population, to which the questionnaires were sent, consisted mostly of those museums applying or having applied to join the Registration Scheme. Questions asked ranged from contact details, plans and policies, collections held, opening periods and times, staff numbers, facilities to number of visits. Answers were entered onto the DOMUS database held at the Museums & Galleries Commission. In 2000 MGC was dissolved and Resource “The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries” was created. The database is currently held by Resource. For 2005, the total number of museums is 1.984.
3) Total number of visits to 1.182 responding museums.
4) This figure is the actual number of staff and includes permanent, temporary and freelance staff.
5) The figure for FTE staff is for permanent and temporary staff.
6) The question asked in DOMUS is the charge for entering the core collection. Therefore, figures given as the answers to column 8 are the number of museums asking for an admission fee to the core collection.
7) The figure given is the number for museums that indicated having a temporary exhibition program.
8) There was a considerable amount of data collected on IT in Museums. However, much of the data do not tie-up with the wording of the columns. For more details of the use of computer in museums, contact Resource.
9) This is the number of museums open for more months a year.
10) United Kingdom: The only data concerning year 2005, all the other data concern year 1999
11) United Kingdom: This figure concerns year 2010