Museums; size, visits and personnel, per type of museum 1997-2009
| Categories | Periods | Number of museums (number) | 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 Museum card and free visits (x 1000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All types of museums | 2009* | 810 | 31 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 3,304 | 8,598 |
| Art museums | 2009* | 126 | 16 | 31 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 59 | 1,934 | 3,452 |
| History museums | 2009* | 388 | 36 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 1,042 | 2,413 |
| Natural history museums | 2009* | 55 | 26 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 65 | 488 |
| Ethnology museums | 2009* | 195 | 31 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 127 | 1,208 |
| Science and engineering museums | 2009* | 21 | 29 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 50 | 36 | 416 |
| Museums with a miscellaneous collection | 2009* | 25 | 48 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 55 | 99 | 618 |
| Museums without employees on payroll | 2009* | 385 | 54 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 74 | 1,195 |
| Museums with volunteers only | 2009* | 253 | 54 | 35 | 10 | 1 | - | 0 | 6 | 27 | 917 |
| Museums with other employees only | 2009* | 41 | 51 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 142 |
| Museums with 0-5 FTEs | 2009* | 637 | 39 | 39 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 165 | 2,254 |
| Museums with 5-10 FTEs | 2009* | 57 | 2 | 14 | 40 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 46 | 542 |
| Museums with 10-25 FTEs | 2009* | 52 | 2 | - | 10 | 42 | 31 | 15 | 60 | 169 | 1,325 |
| Museums with 25 + FTEs | 2009* | 64 | - | 2 | 3 | 13 | 28 | 55 | 181 | 2,923 | 4,478 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||||||
Dataset is not available.
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
- Number of 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.
Temporarily closed museums excluded from 1997 on. - 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.- 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.