Country Year Definition
    Working group definition National criteria
    1a 1b
       
Ireland 2014   X
2005   5)  X 6) 
2002   X 2) 
 
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
Ireland 2014 230 8)       
2005 258 3)       
2002 218 3)       
 
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
Ireland 2014          
2005          
2002 30 30 19 74 65
 
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
Ireland 2014 15 23 10 48 5
2005 11 25 7 49 8
2002 30 16 25 59 88
 
Country Year Ownership of permanent collection
    Public ≤ 50% Public > 50%
    5a 5b
       
Ireland 2014    
2005    
2002    
 
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
%
Ireland 2014 6.108.480            
2005              
2002              
 
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
Ireland 2014   162            
2005 1.405 7)  250     342 133    
2002 528 4)    528 4)           
 
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
Ireland 2014          
2005 47        
2002 47        
 
Country Year Temporary exhibitions
    Total Of which
    9a 9b 9c
      Own production Joined productions
Ireland 2014      
2005      
2002      
 
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
Ireland 2014          
2005          
2002          
 
Country Year Income (of museums)
    Total (in EUR) Of which
    11a 11b 11c
      Entry fees Public subsidies
Ireland 2014      
2005      
2002      
 
Country Year Public expenditure (for museums)
    Total (in EUR) Of which
    12a 12b
      Investments
Ireland 2014    
2005    
2002    
 
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
Ireland 2014          
2005          
2002          
 
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
Ireland 2014                      
2005                      
2002                      
 
Country Year
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on working group definition
     
    18
     
Ireland 2014  
2005  
2002  
 
Country Year
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on natioinal criteria
     
    19
     
Ireland 2014  
2005  
2002  
 
Country Year
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
including free entries
     
    20
     
Ireland 2014  
2005  
2002  
 
Country Year
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
excluding free entries
     
    21
     
Ireland 2014  
2005  
2002  
 
Country Year
Average number of visits per museum
according to working group definition
     
    22
     
Ireland 2014  
2005  
2002  
 
Country Year
Average number of visits per museum
according to national criteria
     
    23
     
Ireland 2014  
2005  
2002  
 
Country Year
Staff per 100.000 inhabitants
     
    24
     
Ireland 2014  
2005  
2002  
 
Country Year
Expenditure per capita (in EUR)
     
    25
     
Ireland 2014  
2005  
2002  
 
Country Year
Public Expenditure per 100.000 inhabitants (in EUR)
     
    26
     
Ireland 2014  
2005  
2002  
 
Country Year
Number of museums opened 200 days and more a year
     
    27
     
Ireland 2014 106
2005  
2002  
 
Country Year
Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year
including free entries
     
    28
     
Ireland 2014 56
2005  
2002  
 
Country Year Number of museums necessary to reach
    50 % of total visits (including free entries) 75 % of total visits (including free entries)
    29a 29b
       
Ireland 2014    
2005    
2002    
 
Country Year
Number of museums employing at least 1 specialised staff
     
    30
     
Ireland 2014  
2005  
2002  
 
Country Year
Average price paid
(in EUR)
     
    31
     
Ireland 2014  
2005  
2002  
 
Country Year
Number of museums with at least one publication
     
    32
     
Ireland 2014  
2005  
2002  
 
Country Year
Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier
     
    33
     
Ireland 2014  
2005  
2002  
 
Country Year
Museum participation
Source: Eurobarometer 1)
     
    34
     
Ireland 2014  
2005 24,50
2002 24,50
 
Country Year
Population
Source: Eurostat
     
    35
     
Ireland 2014 4.628.949
2005 4.111.672
2002 3.899.702
 
Country Year
Density inhabitants/km²
Source: Eurostat
     
    36
     
Ireland 2014  
2005 61,20
2002 57,70
 
Country Year
Purchasing Power Parity in EUR
Source: Eurostat
     
    37
     
Ireland 2014 177,000
2005 145,000
2002 139,000
 
1) Eurostat surveys 2001 and 2003, if not otherwise indicated
2) The National Museum of Ireland is under the ægis of the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism and regularly advises the Minister concerning museum issues. The Director of the National Museum of Ireland has a comprehensive range of legal powers and functions under Statute law which are relevant to museum operation in Ireland. There is statutory provision for the designation of museums in the ownership and control of local authorities under the terms of the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997. Curators may also be designed to carry out certain functions of the Director of the National Museum under the terms of the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 1994. The representative body for the museum sector in Ireland id the Irish Museums Association. The Museums and Archives Committee of the Heritage Council is (the only body) charged with proposing policy, providing advice and providing grant aid and funding to the sector. The Council of National Cultural Institutions is a recent formed body (1997) which includes the Heritage Council, The national Museums, The National Gallery, The Arts Council, The Irish Museum of Modern Art and two others. The Local Authority Curators Group represents museum curators in this particular sector of the museum profession. The Designated Museums Liaison Committee meets regularly to provide dialogue and exchange of ideas and information between designated museums, the National Museum of Ireland and the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism.
3) Referring to criteria sub 1a)
4) Number of full-staff is 1.724 including full-time, part-time, community employment schemes and voluntary workers.
5) The definition currently being applied by the museum sector is the definition devised by the sector for the purposes of developing a national museum policy framework. This framework was developed by the Heritage Council in consultation with the sector. The definition is follows: “Museums are not for profit institutions that collect, safeguard, hold in trust, research, develop and interpret collections of original objects and original objects on loan, for the public benefit. They function publicly as places where people learn from and find inspiration and enjoyment through the display and research of original objects.
6) The National Museum of Ireland is under the ægis of the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism and regularly advises the Minister concerning national museum issues. The Director of the National Museum of Ireland has a comprehensive range of legal powers and functions under Statute law which are relevant to the national museum’s operation in Ireland. There is statutory provision for the designation of museums in the ownership and control of local authorities under the terms of the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997. Curators may also be designed to carry out certain functions of the Director of the National Museum under the terms of the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 1994. The representative body for the museum sector in Ireland is the Irish Museums Association. The Heritage Council is (the only body) charged with proposing policy advice, providing advice and providing small-scale grant aid and funding to the sector. It operates an accreditation programme for Irish museums under its Museums Standards Programme: www.museumsireland.ie The Council of National Cultural Institutions was established in 1997 and includes the Heritage Council, The National Museum, The National Gallery, The Arts Council, The Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Crawford Arts Gallery (Cork) and the Chester Beatty Library, the National Theatre, National Concert Hall and National Library. The Local Authority Curators Group represents museum curators in this particular sector of the museum profession.
7) Number of full-staff is 1.724 including full-time, part-time, community employment schemes and voluntary workers
8) 118 museums responded to and participated in the survey.