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CULT16: Museums by reporting country, content and time

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6/19/2024
Number and number per 100 inhabitants
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9/25/2018
Statistics Denmark [MUS1].
Statistics Faroe Islands [MM01040].
Delivered by National Statistics Institutes (Greenland).
Ålands statistik- och utredningsbyrå (ÅSUB) [Museibesök 1998-2022].
Statistics Iceland [MEN07002].
Statistics Norway [09538], [09539].
The Swedish Agency for Cultural Policy Analysis (Kulturanalys) [Museer 2021].
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Denmark

Museums with less than one full-time employed are included.

Both activity- and facility visits are included.

Types of operations included in the statistics: National museums and affiliated institutions, local museums, scientific museums and zoo's.

Faroe Islands

Definitions unclear, information to be added.

Greenland

Museums that have been temporarily closed during the reference year are not included in the statistics.

Types of operations included in the statistics: National museums.

Finland

The museum population for Finland meets the ICOM definition, but the annually collected Finnish museum statistics only collect statistics for professional museums. In Finland museums that are included in the Museum Statistics must fulfill the definition of museum activities in the Museum Act (2 § 314/2019).

Types of operations included in the statistics: National museums and affiliated institutions, local museums and scientific museums. Includes Åland.

Åland

There is a (small) unspecified number of museums included in the statistics that likely have less than one full-time employed.

Types of operations included in the statistics: National museums and affiliated institutions, local museums, natural, archaeological and ethnographic monuments as well as historical monuments and sites.

Iceland

The definition of museum used by Statistics Iceland does not meet the ICOM definition.

Museums with less than one full-time employed are included.

Types of operations included in the statistics: National museums and affiliated institutions, local museums, scientific museums, botanical gardens and zoo's.

Norway

Museums that have been temporarily closed during the reference year are not included in the statistics.

Types of operations included in the statistics: National museums and affiliated institutions, local museums, scientific museums and galleries. Natural, archaeological and ethnographic monuments, historical monuments and sites and botanical gardens are also included in the museum population when they are a part of an institution that have a visitor centre or museum arena, which comply with the ICOM museum definition.

Number of visits are reported as tickets sold, by single or group visit. Visitors on the sites are not otherwise counted.

The Norwegian museum statistics goes back to 1994, and has been through several changes, mostly caused by changes in government museum policy. More information can be found in the article: Svingninger I museumsstatistikken (Norwegian only).

Sweden

From 2017 the definition of Swedish museums follows The Museum Act (Museilag 2017:563), which states that (translated from Swedish): A museum is an institution that is open to the public, and which acquires, preserves, investigates, mediates, and exhibits material and intangible testimonies about mankind, and her environment.

Museums that have been temporarily closed during the reference year are not included in the statistics. An average year about 30 museums are tempararily closed.

Both activity- and facility visits are included.

Types of facilities included in the statistics: National museums and affiliated institutions, local museums and scientific museums.

Museums 2006: the number of institutions has increased because another 27 institutions are included in the statistics about museums and art galleries.

Visitors 2005 and 2006: the number of visitors has increased due to free admission to 19 museums.

Values earlier than 2003 are not updated.

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Number of museums

The definition of a museum follows the International Council of Museums (ICOM) definition unless stated otherwise: A museum is a not-for-profit, permanent institution in the service of society that researches, collects, conserves, interprets and exhibits tangible and intangible heritage. Open to the public, accessible and inclusive, museums foster diversity and sustainability. They operate and communicate ethically, professionally and with the participation of communities, offering varied experiences for education, enjoyment, reflection and knowledge sharing. For more information, see ICOM.

Museums included have at least one full-time employed unless stated otherwise.

A museum that has been temporarily closed during the reference year is included in the figures unless stated otherwise.

Number of visits

Unless stated otherwise, visits refer to activity visits (the core establishment, e.g., an exhibition), not to the facility itself (e.g., the museum shop or restaurant).

Number of visits per 100 inhabitants

The ratio between the sum of all visits to museums and the mean population during each year. The mean population is calculated from POPU02 and shows the number of persons 1 January plus number of persons 31 December divided by 2.