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

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 Visits Total visits (x 1000) Museum staff Employees On the payroll (number) Museum staff Full-time equivalents On the payroll (fte's)
All types of museums 2009* 810 31 32 17 9 5 6 22,037 6,938 5,284
Art museums 2009* 126 16 31 16 14 10 14 7,459 2,401 1,953
History museums 2009* 388 36 34 18 7 4 3 7,069 1,891 1,365
Natural history museums 2009* 55 26 29 16 15 7 7 1,790 549 414
Ethnology museums 2009* 195 31 34 18 9 4 4 3,293 868 610
Science and engineering museums 2009* 21 29 19 19 10 14 10 1,051 560 391
Museums with a miscellaneous collection 2009* 25 48 4 8 8 12 20 1,376 669 551
Museums without employees on payroll 2009* 385 54 35 8 1 1 1 2,368
Museums with volunteers only 2009* 253 54 35 10 1 - 0 1,605
Museums with other employees only 2009* 41 51 32 7 5 2 2 395
Museums with 0-5 FTEs 2009* 637 39 39 17 4 1 0 5,358 716 416
Museums with 5-10 FTEs 2009* 57 2 14 40 33 7 4 1,960 515 335
Museums with 10-25 FTEs 2009* 52 2 - 10 42 31 15 3,117 1,051 753
Museums with 25 + FTEs 2009* 64 - 2 3 13 28 55 11,603 4,656 3,780
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

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

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.
Total visits
Museum staff
Employees on the payroll at a museum and (possibly) other paid staff.
The employees are counted as persons and in full-time equivalents.
Reference date: the end of the year.
Volunteers are not included.
Employees
Employees on the payroll at a museum and (possibly) other paid staff.
On the payroll
Full-time equivalents
Working hours converted to full-time equivalents, measured by the
current collective agreement in the sector.
On the payroll