Museums; public access, collection, visits, costs and revenues 1993-2009

Table explanation

Description topics

Museums

A museum is a permanent institution for the benefit of society and its
development, accessible to public, non-profit, that acquires, conserves,
scientifically researches and exhibits the material witnesses of mankind
and his environment and informs on this for purposes of study, education
and pleasure.

Open during the whole year

Open during part of the year

Due to e.g. seasons only open during a part of the year.

Nature of the collection

A museum collection is a collection of objects by which the museum is
justified.
The collection is (partly) made accessible in exhibition spaces. It
is possible that a part of the collection has been stored in a depot
or elsewhere because of a lack of exhibition space, vulnerability,
restoration, policy or for other reasons.

Arts museums

In 1999 a certain number of museums with a miscellaneous collection have
been moved to the category plastic arts museums.

History museums

Natural history museums

Ethnology museums

Science and engineering museums

Museums with a miscellaneous collection

In 1999 a certain number of museums with a miscellaneous collection have
been moved to the category plastic arts museums.

Exhibitions

Number of temporary expositions of a collection taking place in a museum
or organised by the museum on another location.

In museum in the Netherlands

Organised by museum

Number of exhibitions organised by a museum in another area, thus not in
own location, whether in the Netherlands or abroad. No 2001 nor 2003 data
available for this.

In other space in the Netherlands

Not in own museum.

Costs & revenues museums

Overview of the total costs and revenues.

Costs

Overview of the museums' expenditures to the staff, accommodation,
purchase of goods, purchase of catering, depreciation, interests,
exhibitions, insurance premiums and maintenance collections.

Revenues

Overview of the museums' revenue. These consist of amongst others: grants
and financial support from the government and sponsors, wage subsidies,
entrance fees, membership fees, museum cards, NS-pass, goods sales,
revenue from catering and from interests.

Grants and financial support

Revenue from grants and financial support from amongst others the
government, sponsors and wage subsidies.

Other subsidies and financial support

Gifts.

Other revenues

Revenue from the sales of goods, catering, interests and other activities.

Total other revenues

Sales goods

Revenue from the sale of reproduction, tour guides, cards, catalogues and
others which are sold at the cash desk or in the museum.

Catering

Revenues from the sale of beverages, snacks etc.
Also the revenue from catering accommodations, party service etc.

Interests

Other activities

This incorporates the revenues from lecturers, tours, child activities,
courses, rental of movable and immovable property and payments from
illness and damage insurances.

Staff costs

Consists of gross wages and salaries, employers' social contribution,
hired staff, other staff costs etc.

Other staff costs

Other staff costs consists of amongst others: commuter traffic, company
car, child care facilities, costs for unpaid internships, voluntary
workers, committee members, freelancers, education, amelioration of
labour conditions, work clothing, specialist literature, and recruitment
costs.

Accommodation costs

Costs for accommodation, excluding the interests and depreciation
on the accommodation.

Other accommodation costs

Cleaning (products), inventory, property tax, property insurance,
security devices.

Other costs

Consists of: office equipment, cost of automation, travel and stay costs,
costs of meetings, bank-, administration-, management-, board-,
accounting-, and publicity costs, telephone costs, costs of company cars
fuel, tax, fees etc. In 1999 inclusive the costs for water. The costs for
water are in other years added to the 'energy costs'.

Sales and purchase collection

The sale and purchase of the collection are not recorded
in the financial balance overview.

Sales from the collection

Purchase for the collection