Country     Czech Republic Lithuania Poland
Year     2023 2023 2023
Definition Working group definition 1a   X    
National criteria 1b     X X 10) 
Number of museums according to type of collection total 2a   477 110 974 11) 
of which 2b Art, archaeology and history museums 98   629
  2c Science and technology museums, ethnology museums 61   144
  2d Other museums 318   201
Ownership state-owned museums 3a Total 26 20 105
local-, regional-owned museums 3b Total 341 54 587
other public-owned museums 3c Total 5 36 8
private-owned museums 3d Total 105   274
  3e Of which
ppp		      
Management state-managed museums 4a Total 26 20   12) 
local-, regional-managed museums 4b Total 341 54  
other public-managed museums 4c Total 5 36  
private-managed museums 4d Total 105    
  4e Of which
ppp		      
Ownership of permanent collection Public ≤ 50% 5a        
Public > 50% 5b        
Number of visits Total 6a   12.824.201 5.757.057 42.321.919
Of which 6b free admissions
Total		 3.508.787   12.773.504
  6c free admissions
%		 27,40   30,00
  6d foreigners
Total		 1.166.370    
  6e foreigners
%		 9,10    
  6f temporary exhibitions
Total		      
  6g temporary exhibitions
%		      
Staff Paid staff 7a Number
Total		 6.615 3.549 17.519
  7b Number
Of which
specialised		 3.288 1.698 7.138 13) 
  7c FTES a year
Total		 6.615    
  7d FTES a year
Of which
specialised		 3.288,00    
Volunteers 7e Number
Total		 1.179    
  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,-     152 14) 
  8b 2,5 - 5,-     234 14) 
  8c > 5,-     93 14) 
Number of museums 8d with free entrance      
  8e with museum card      
Temporary exhibitions Total 9a   3.480 2.067 4.648
Of which 9b Own production 2.565   2.847
  9c Joined productions 915   988
Expenditure (of museums) Total (In EUR) 10a   356.934.359    
Of which 10b Ordinary expenditures
Total		      
  10c Ordinary expenditures
Of which
Staff		      
  10d Extraordinary expenditures
Total		      
  10e Extraordinary expenditures
Of which
for new Collections		 9.277.641    
Income (of museums) Total (in EUR) 11a   364.527.869 101.101.419  
Of which 11b Entry fees 45.474.996    
  11c Public subsidies 262.394.820    
Public expenditure (for museums) Total (in EUR) 12a       349.387.857
Of which 12b Investments 83.941.396   163.630.238
Number of museums making use of computers Total number of museums equipped with at least one computer 13a        
Of which 13b for administrative purpose      
  13c for visitor's information purposes (e.g. interactive gallery system)      
  13d having a database for electronic inventory      
  13e having an Internet access      
Information - Diffusion - Education Number of museums possessing a web-site 14 Total 455   759
Number of museums possessing an own web-site 15a Total 308    
  15b Of wich
are updating themselves their web-site		      
Number of museums 16a connected to a museum portal
Total		      
  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 255 102 658 15) 
  17b Of which
for school children		 255    
  17c Of which
for ethnic minorities		 26    
  17d for senior citizens 137    
  17e for others 88    
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on working group definition		 18   4,40    
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on natioinal criteria		   19     3,80 2,59
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
including free entries		   20   117.647,00 201.486,00 112.558,00
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
excluding free entries		   21       78.586,00
Average number of visits per museum
according to working group definition		   22   26.885,00    
Average number of visits per museum
according to national criteria		   23     52.337,00 43.452,00
Staff per 100.000 inhabitants   24   60,70 124,00 46,59
Expenditure per capita (in EUR)   25   27,80    
Public Expenditure per 100.000 inhabitants (in EUR)   26       417.671.283,60
Number of museums opened 200 days and more a year   27   303   466 14) 
Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year
including free entries		   28   244 84 536
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   302 100  
Average price paid
(in EUR)		   31        
Number of museums with at least one publication   32   164 65 302
Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier   33   65   114 16) 
Museum participation
Source: Eurobarometer 1)		   34        
Population
Source: Eurostat		   35   10.900.555 2.857.300 37.636.508 17) 
Density inhabitants/km²
Source: Eurostat		   36   138,20 43,80 120,00 17) 
Purchasing Power Parity in EUR
Source: Eurostat		   37       77,000 17) 


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nil or negligible
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provisional or estimated statistical information
1) Eurostat surveys 2001 and 2003, if not otherwise indicated
2) Austria: Not taking into account museums with unknown number of visits in the denominator.
3) The statistics cover 152 professionally-run museums (administrative units) maintaining 326 museum sites
4) Answers by museum sites (326)
5) Admission fees for the main site of a museum
6) Answers by administrative units (152)
7) Included in the ordinary expenditures
8) Answers by administrative units (151)
9) Answers by museum sites (326)
10) A museum is a non-profit organisational unit the aim of which is to collect and preserve natural and cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, to inform about the values and contents of its collections, to promote fundamental values of the Polish and world history, science and culture, to develop cognitive and aesthetic sensitivity and provide access to the collected holdings. (The Act on Museums of 21 November 1996)
11) Data refer to the museums that took part in the study of Central Statistical Office of Poland (including branches). Number of museums without branches at the end of 2023 according to the list of Ministry of Culture and National Heritage: 1045.
12) In Poland division is based on the type of governance. And governing authority is responsible for choosing head of institution - director. Directors report to the governing authority.
13) Given data is about professional staff, which doesn’t have to refer to formal education in the subject.
14) Data refer to the museums that took part in the Museum Statistics project in 2024. Number of museum that took part in the project: 667 museums with branches (395 without branches).
15) As there is no definition on education programme, number above refers to museums which conduct education lessons or workshops.
16) Since 2020, data collected concerns only titles available via the Internet
17) Source: Central Statistical Office of Poland