Museums; size, visits and personnel, per region and province 1995-2009

Museums; size, visits and personnel, per region and province 1995-2009

Regions Periods Visits to museums Foreign visits (x 1000) Museum staff Employees Total employees (number) Museum staff Employees On payroll (number) Museum staff Employees Other paid staff (number)
The Netherlands 2009* 3,304 9,146 6,938 2,208
Northern Netherlands 2009* 43 787 552 235
Eastern Netherlands 2009* 239 1,599 1,326 273
Western Netherlands 2009* 2,958 5,834 4,452 1,382
Southern Netherlands 2009* 64 927 608 319
Groningen 2009* 28 272 171 101
Friesland 2009* 11 335 228 107
Drenthe 2009* 4 180 153 27
Overijssel and Flevoland 2009* 25 386 303 83
Gelderland 2009* 214 1,213 1,023 190
Utrecht 2009* 18 640 490 150
North-Holland 2009* 2,708 2,837 2,247 590
South-Holland 2009* 221 2,259 1,658 601
Zeeland 2009* 11 97 57 40
North-Brabant 2009* 39 653 393 260
Limburg 2009* 25 274 215 59
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: 1995-2009

Status of the figures: all figures are definite.

Changes as of 14 March 2014:
This table has been discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
No longer applicable.

Region
- Northern Netherlands: Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe;
- Eastern Netherlands: Overijssel en Flevoland, Gelderland;
- Western Netherlands: Utrecht, North-Holland, South-Holland, Zeeland;
- Southern Netherlands: North-Brabant, Limburg.

Description topics

Visits to museums
The number of visits to museums in the Netherlands.
Foreign visits
The number of visits (paid and free) to museums by persons residing in a
foreign country.
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.
Total employees
On payroll
Other paid staff
Temporary workers, participants in a work programme, workers send on
secondment and so on.
Also managers/owners and collaborating members of the family (as far as
not on the payroll) are included.