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Definition Working group definition 1a   X X       X     X            
National criteria 1b       X 2)  X X     X   X X X 10)  X X X
Number of museums according to type of collection total 2a   483 250 325 2)  6.741 732 153 104 945 787 149 15)  93 1.461 370 1.130 616
of which 2b Art, archaeology and history museums 106 58   1.229       286 266 64 16)    678 113 320 512
  2c Science and technology museums, ethnology museums 53 23     7)        105 211 12 17)    407 28 226 97
  2d Other museums 324 169   5.512       554 272 73 18)    376 229 584 7
Ownership state-owned museums 3a Total 30 72 16 3)  429 104 39 19 83 76 13   169 28    
local-, regional-owned museums 3b Total 348 90 214 3)  2.596 476 97 55 598 585 123   873 93    
other public-owned museums 3c Total 48   7 3)  438   11 22 59   8   32 34    
private-owned museums 3d Total 57 88 88 3)  3.020 152 6 8 205 104 4   387 45    
  3e Of which
ppp
      258           1   28      
Management state-managed museums 4a Total 30 65 16 3)    104 39 19     13   97 41    
local-, regional-managed museums 4b Total 348 90 214 3)    476 97 55     123   884 128    
other public-managed museums 4c Total 48 7 7 3)      11 22     8   55      
private-managed museums 4d Total 57 88 88 3)    152 6 8     4   425 201    
  4e Of which
ppp
                  1   35      
Ownership of permanent collection Public ≤ 50% 5a                     5          
Public > 50% 5b           732         144          
Number of visits Total 6a   14.298.914 3.384.322 7.127.513 111.662.229 10.955.141 3.759.791 5.026.217 38.124.393 17.610.029 2.272.623 2 65.402.970 26.212.435 13.331.105 12)  33.646.000
Of which 6b free admissions
Total
4.399.458 556.968 3.644.188   4.042.693 1.503.955   14.978.434 3.621.158 926.076   40.419.035     6.224.000
  6c free admissions
%
30,80 16,00 51,10   36,90 40,00   39,00   40,70   61,80     18,00
  6d foreigners
Total
2.572.924 1.222.666     2.215.182 348.341 8)          817 9.221.819     10.614.000
  6e foreigners
%
17,99 36,00     20,22 9,30 9)    6,00       14,10     32,00
  6f temporary exhibitions
Total
        4.477.879                    
  6g temporary exhibitions
%
        40,87                    
Staff Paid staff 7a Number
Total
6.081 2.381     7.233 2.047 3.404 16.271 7.412   2 15.036     9.434
  7b Number
Of which
specialised
3.173 1.687     4.263 962 1.320 7.069 3.762     4.836      
  7c FTES a year
Total
6.081   2.520                   5.793   6.654
  7d FTES a year
Of which
specialised
3.173,00   1.232,00                        
Volunteers 7e Number
Total
1.044 440 1.985   867     4.216     281 1.098     32.324
  7f Number
Of which
specialised
        237             353      
  7g FTES a year
Total
    31                       3.534
  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,-     3 4)  808   76           307      
  8b 2,5 - 5,-     31 4)  1.529   26           379      
  8c > 5,-     92 4)  758   12           126      
Number of museums 8d with free entrance     28 4)  1.695   37           649 187    
  8e with museum card                             400
Temporary exhibitions Total 9a   4.041 1.606 1.008 8.750 1.658 1.100 1.964 5.626 4.101 900 1 4.622   1.616 13)  1.965
Of which 9b Own production 2.853 1.273 482         3.360 2.595 576          
  9c Joined productions 1.188 333 208         1.150 1.506 324          
Expenditure (of museums) Total (In EUR) 10a   226.444.330 68.238.314 248.455.379     44.111.019 75.307.603       50.493.673   593.100.000   1.029.000.000
Of which 10b Ordinary expenditures
Total
  67.606.608 248.455.379     38.287.420                  
  10c Ordinary expenditures
Of which
Staff
  30.399.954 106.706.182     23.157.260         26.594.481       442.000.000
  10d Extraordinary expenditures
Total
  631.706       5.823.599                  
  10e Extraordinary expenditures
Of which
for new Collections
  631.706 4.484.331     1.063.440                 35.000.000
Income (of museums) Total (in EUR) 11a   226.392.686 84.042.921 248.455.379     46.484.936 75.307.603       51.709.818   580.300.000   1.041.000.000
Of which 11b Entry fees   9.770.800 23.757.850     5.649.970         7.614.727   63.833.000   237.000.000
  11c Public subsidies   45.048.558 183.291.293     34.765.903         42.331.250       512.000.000
Public expenditure (for museums) Total (in EUR) 12a   233.064.361 45.048.558 183.291.293     34.765.903   138.279.577             527.000.000
Of which 12b Investments 52.669.821 17.552.815       266.571   41.141.549              
Number of museums making use of computers Total number of museums equipped with at least one computer 13a     180 154 6)      147         93 1.445      
Of which 13b for administrative purpose   180 154 6)      143         93 1.221      
  13c for visitor's information purposes (e.g. interactive gallery system) 117 50     219 89           571      
  13d having a database for electronic inventory         217 129         93 713      
  13e having an Internet access   172 154 6)    441 147         93 833      
Information - Diffusion - Education Number of museums possessing a web-site 14 Total   218 154 6)    312   102 784     93 1.347     616
Number of museums possessing an own web-site 15a Total 443                   93 776     616
  15b Of wich
are updating themselves their web-site
                             
Number of museums 16a connected to a museum portal
Total
    154 6)                  242      
  16b connected to a museum portal
Of which
connected to more than one museum portal
                      100      
  16c connected to (an)other portal(s)                              
Number of museums with at least one special museum education programme 17a Total 246 164     596 131 100 645       947     499
  17b Of which
for school children
216 157     510             947     469
  17c Of which
for ethnic minorities
17                     101     65
  17d for senior citizens 119                     443      
  17e for others 87 130     580             655      
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on working group definition
18   4,50 18,91       7,90                  
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on natioinal criteria
  19       5,90   7,50 7,90 3,70 2,46   2,12 4,47 3,10   13,20 3,60
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
including free entries
  20   134.560,00 256.004,61 129.170,00   112.034,00 194.367,00 178.939,00 99.282,00   32,37 131.365,59 140.174,00     195.832,00
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
excluding free entries
  21     213.873,16 63.128,00   70.691,00 116.618,00   60.276,00   19,18   53.546,00     159.606,00
Average number of visits per museum
according to working group definition
  22   29.604,00 13.537,29       24.574,00                  
Average number of visits per museum
according to national criteria
  23       22.555,00 3)    14.966,00 24.602,00 48,33 40.343,00   15,25 29.393,52 44.766,00   11.797,00 14)  54.620,00
Staff per 100.000 inhabitants   24   57,20 180,11 45,70   74,00 106,00 121,00 42,37     133,00 32,20     55,00
Expenditure per capita (in EUR)   25   21,31 51,62 45,00     22,80         24,30       60,00
Public Expenditure per 100.000 inhabitants (in EUR)   26   2.193.252,00 3.407.665,79 3.321.747,00     1.797.264,00   242.809.446,50             3.067.327,00
Number of museums opened 200 days and more a year   27   378 165 167 5)    551 128       149   1.293      
Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year
including free entries
  28   254 96 198 5)  2.125 264 87 81 578       847   312  
Number of museums necessary to reach 50 % of total visits (including free entries) 29a       24 5)    24         74   44      
75 % of total visits (including free entries) 29b       71 5)    80         111   154      
Number of museums employing at least 1 specialised staff 30   341 153 154 6)    430 129 95         1.447      
Average price paid
(in EUR)
  31     3,07 7,87     2,50   1,94     4,02   7,00   8,64
Number of museums with at least one publication   32   160 109 63 6)    192 79 69 414   69   1.043      
Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier   33   1             69       225      
Museum participation
Source: Eurobarometer 1)
  34                         46,70 11)       
Population
Source: Eurostat
  35   10.626.430 1.321.977 5.517.919 82.792.351 9.778.371 1.934.379 2.808.901 38.433.558 19.530.631   2.080.908 46.658.447 10.120.242 8.544.527 17.181.084
Density inhabitants/km²
Source: Eurostat
  36   134,70 29,20 18,00 234,70 105,10 30,40 43,00 123,00         27,70 213,60 510,00
Purchasing Power Parity in EUR
Source: Eurostat
  37         123,000   70,000   71,000 64,000   77,000   121,000 156,000  


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