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

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Museums; public access, collection, visits, exhibitions, costs & revenu
Museums; visits, costs & revenu
1993-2009
Changed on March 18 2014.
Frequency: Discontinued.

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.
Number of museums
Temporary closed museums excluded from 1997 on.
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.
Visits by entrance fee type
Number of visits per year by entrance fee type. Access to the
museum can be granted by paying the full entrance fee, with a discount
rate, with a museum card or for free.
Visits with museum cards
Inclusive NS-pass and/or Rabo-Europass.
Average entrance fees museums
The entrance fee is the entrance rate which has to be paid in order to
access the collection. The average admission fee has been calculated for
the non-free museums.
Adults
Children
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.
Abroad
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.
Revenue museum card
The amount a museum receives from the 'foundation museum card' based on
the number of visits by card owners.
Financial balance
The difference between the total costs and revenues.