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

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

Periods Museums Number of museums (number) Museums Open during the whole year (in % of all museums) Museums Open during part of the year (in % of all museums) Museums Nature of the collection Arts museums (number) Museums Nature of the collection History museums (number) Museums Nature of the collection Natural history museums (number) Museums Nature of the collection Ethnology museums (number) Museums Nature of the collection Science and engineering museums (number) Museums Nature of the collection Museums with a miscellaneous collection (number) Average entrance fees museums Adults (euro) Average entrance fees museums Children (euro) Costs & revenues museums Financial balance (mln euro)
2009* 810 67 33 126 388 55 21 195 25 4.49 2.20 28
Source: CBS.
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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.

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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.
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
Costs & revenues museums
Overview of the total costs and revenues.
Financial balance
The difference between the total costs and revenues.