Museums; size, visits and personnel, per type of museum 1997-2009

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Categories Museums by number of visits Up to 2 500 visits (% of all museums) Museums by number of visits 2 500 - 10 000 visits (% of all museums) Museums by number of visits 10 000 - 25 000 visits (% of all museums) Museums by number of visits 25 000 - 50 000 visits (% of all museums) Museums by number of visits 50 000 - 100 000 visits (% of all museums) Museums by number of visits 100 000 and more visits (% of all museums) Visits to museums Average number of visits per museum (x 1 000) Visits to museums Foreign visits (x 1 000) Visits to museums Visits Total visits (x 1000) Visits to museums Visits Paid visits (x 1000) Visits to museums Visits Museum card and free visits (x 1000)
All types of museums 31 32 17 9 5 6 27 3,304 22,037 13,439 8,598
Art museums 16 31 16 14 10 14 59 1,934 7,459 4,005 3,452
History museums 36 34 18 7 4 3 18 1,042 7,069 4,656 2,413
Natural history museums 26 29 16 15 7 7 33 65 1,790 1,302 488
Ethnology museums 31 34 18 9 4 4 17 127 3,293 2,085 1,208
Science and engineering museums 29 19 19 10 14 10 50 36 1,051 635 416
Museums with a miscellaneous collection 48 4 8 8 12 20 55 99 1,376 757 618
Museums without employees on payroll 54 35 8 1 1 1 6 74 2,368 1,173 1,195
Museums with volunteers only 54 35 10 1 - 0 6 27 1,605 688 917
Museums with other employees only 51 32 7 5 2 2 10 28 395 253 142
Museums with 0-5 FTEs 39 39 17 4 1 0 8 165 5,358 3,104 2,254
Museums with 5-10 FTEs 2 14 40 33 7 4 34 46 1,960 1,418 542
Museums with 10-25 FTEs 2 - 10 42 31 15 60 169 3,117 1,793 1,325
Museums with 25 + FTEs - 2 3 13 28 55 181 2,923 11,603 7,125 4,478
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


The statistics on museums provide information on companies and
institutions in the Netherlands which acquire, conserve and exhibit the
material witnesses of mankind and his environment.
This includes not only the companies and institutions for which
exploiting a museum is the main activity but also the museums which
are a sideline of the company or institution (for example being part of
a municipality, university or hospital).

This table presents figures on
- the number of museums;
- the number of museums by size according to number of visits;
- the total number of visits broken down by paid visits and free visits;
- the average number of visits per museum and the number of visits of
foreigners;
- employees (in number of persons as well as full-time equivalents) on the
payroll, other employees and volunteers.

These figures are further specified by type of museum, the composition of
the staff and size category according to full-time equivalents of
employees.

Data available from 1997-2009.

Status of the figures:
The figures are definite.

Changes as of 14-03-2014:
Non, this table has been stopped.

When will new figures be published?
Table has been discontinued.

Description topics

Museums by number of visits
The breakdown of the total number of museums by size according to the
number of visits.
Up to 2 500 visits
2 500 - 10 000 visits
10 000 - 25 000 visits
25 000 - 50 000 visits
50 000 - 100 000 visits
100 000 and more visits
Visits to museums
The number of visits to museums in the Netherlands.
Visits
The number of visits to museums, including visits of foreigners.
The total number of visits is broken down by paid visits and free visits.
Total visits
Paid visits
The number of visits to museums for which an entrance fee has been paid
(possibly with discount).
Museum card and free visits
The number of visits to museums without paying an entrance fee or with
entrance by showing the Museum card, or 'NS-pas'.
Average number of visits per museum
Foreign visits
The number of visits (paid and free) to museums by persons residing in a
foreign country.