The ICOM Secretariat does not maintain any statistical data and therefore cannot provide figures on museum attendance or on the number of museums in the world or in a specific country.

On an international level:

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics is able to provide statistics on education, science, culture and communication. Publication: Statistical yearbook = Annuaire statistique.

UNESCO Institute for Statistics
C.P. 6128
Succursale Centre-ville
Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3J7
Canada
Tel. +1 514 343 6880 Fax +1 514 343 6882
Email: uis@unesco.org
http://www.uis.unesco.org/

International Statistics Institute (ISI)
Permanent Office
P.O. Box 950 2270 AZ
Voorburg
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 70 337 5737 Fax +31 70 386 0025
Email: isi@cbs.nl
http://www.cbs.nl/isi/

European Group on Museum Statistics (EGMUS)

The European Group on Museum Statistics (EGMUS) was created in June 2002 as a result from the merging of two groups - the Eurostat Museum Working Group and the Institut für Museumskunde (IfM) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin-Preußischer Kulturbesitz group. EGMUS is coordinated by Germany, France, The Netherlands and Luxembourg. It consists of 25 countries and two international organisations – UNESCO and Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Communities) also participate in its projects.

For further information:
Ministère de la Culture, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche
Culture Department
Luxembourg
- Philippe Robin: Tel. + 352 478 6613
Email: philippe.robin@mcesr.etat.lu
- Guy Frank: Tel. +352 478 6623
Email: guy.frank@mc.etat.lu

On a national level:

National Central Statistical Offices
On a national level, national central statistical offices might be able to provide museum statistics. You may find a list of these offices and a link to their websites at: http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/gs_natstat.htm

AUSTRALIA

Cultural Ministers Council Statistics Working Group (SWG)
In 1985, the Cultural Ministers Council established the Statistics Working Group (SWG). SWG liaises with the Australian Bureau of Statistics on cultural statistics.
Contact: Val Hodgson
Statistics Working Group Secretariat
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
GPO Box 2154 Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Tel. + 61 (0)2 6271 1051 - Fax +61 (0)2 6271 1122
Email: val.hodgson@dcita.gov.au
http://www.dcita.gov.au/swg

AUSTRIA

Statistik Austria
Kulturstatistik - Museen und Austellungen http://www.statistik.at/fachbereich_03/kultur_txt14_03.shtml

BELGIUM

The Service d’information scientifique et technique (SIST) created a Belgian EGMUS group. Contact persons are:

Federal level: Olivier De Crem
Publieks Observatorium van de federale wetenschappelijke instellingen/ Observatoire du public des établissements scientifiques fédéraux
Rue Vautier, 29 B-1000 Bruxelles
Tel. +32 (0)2 627 4196 Fax +32 (0)2 627 45 71
Email: olivier.decrem@natuurwetenschappen.be

Flanders:
Tine Verhaert
Culturele Biografie Vlaanderen vzw Steunpunt voor archiefinstellingen, erfgoedcellen en musea
Huis Den Rhyn Hofstraat 15 B-2000 Antwerpen
Tel. +32 (0)3 224 15 40 Fax +32 (0)3 224 15 41
Email: tine.verhaert@erfgoednet.be

For museums in Brussels:
Dominique Warnotte
Conseil bruxellois des musées - Brusselse Museumraad
Rue des Bouchers, 46 B-1000 Bruxelles
Tel. +32 (0)2 512 77 80 Fax +32 (0)2 512 20 66
Email: dominique@brusselsmuseums.be

CROATIA

Muzejski dokumentacijski centar
Museum statistics Contact: Markita Franulić
Tel. + 385 (0)1 4817 043
Email: mfranulic@mdc.hr
http://www.mdc.hr/main.aspx?id=306

CZECH REPUBLIC

Centrum informací o kulture (CIK) provides statistics on culture.
For statistics regarding museums, call: +420 221 507 934
Fore more information: http://www.ipos-mk.cz/st_statistika.asp

FINLAND

Museovirasto / National Board of Antiquities
Nervanderinkatu 13, PL 913
00101 Helsinki, Finland
Tel. +358 09 40 501. Fax +358 09 4050 9300
http://www.nba.fi

FRANCE

The Direction des Musées de France maintains a data base "Muséostat" and publishes a bulletin Tendances.

Direction des musées de France
Département des publics - MUSÉOSTAT
6, rue des pyramides
75041 Paris cedex 01
Fax +33 (0)1 40 15 35 80

Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Délégation au développement et aux affaires internationales, Département des études et de la prospective,
182, rue Saint-Honoré,
75033 Paris cedex 01
Tel. +33 (0)1 40 15 79 17
Fax +33 (0)1 40 15 79 99
Email: jacqueline.boucherat@culture.gouv.fr
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/dep/

GERMANY

The Institut für Museumskunde publishes visitor statistics in German museums in "Materialien für Museumskunde".
This institute has set up an international statistical committee which aims to collect museum statistic figures all over Europe (Contact: Monika Hagedorn-Saupe).

Institut für Museumskunde
In der Halde 1
D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
Fax +49 30 831 81 62.
Email: m.hagedorn@smb.spk-berlin.de
http://www.smb.spk-berlin.de/ifm/

ITALY

Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali
Ufficio di statistica
Via Costanza Baudana Vaccolini, 14
00153 Roma, Italy
Tel. +39 06 581 2590 Fax +39 06 581 0846
Email: sistan@beniculturali.it
http://www.sistan.beniculturali.it/

NORWAY

ABM-Utvikling / Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority
Box 8145 Dep.
0033 Oslo, Norway
Tel. +47 23 11 75 00 Fax +47 23 11 75 01
Email : post@abm-utvikling.no
http://www.abm-utvikling.no

SPAIN

The Subdirección General de Museos of the Ministry of Culture of Spain can provide museum statistics concerning Spanish museums.

Ministerio de Cultura,
Subdirección General de Museos,
Plaza del Rey, 1
28071 Madrid, Spain.
Tel. +34 91 701 7156, 91 701 7157, 91 701 7159. Fax +34 701 73 52.
Email: museos.cultura@dgba.mcu.es
http://www.mcu.es/jsp/plantilla.jsp?id=42&area=estadisticas

SWEDEN

Statens Kulturråd/Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs
P.O. Box 7843
103 98 Stockholm, Sweden.
Tel. +46 8 679 3100. Fax +46 8 611 1349
Email: statens.kulturrad@kur.se
http://www.kur.se/

Papers and statistics in cultural areas are published regularly in the series Rapport från Statens kulturråd.
The Council has published Cultural statistics 2000 (ISBN 91-85603-36-8). It is free and can be ordered from Kulturrådet Distribution. Tel. +46 8 795 32 17.

SWITZERLAND

Statistics on museum attendance in Swiss museums provided by the Verband der Museen der Schweiz/Association des musées suisses

http://www.vms-ams.ch, click on Statistik on the left

UNITED KINGDOM

The former Museums and Galleries Commission (now the Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries) maintains a statistical data base DOMUS (Digest of Museum Statistics) on museums in the United Kingdom. The results of the DOMUS surveys are published in "Museum Focus". This data base is available for consultation from the National Digital Archive of Datasets website (http://ndad.ulcc.ac.uk).

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) provides statistics at: http://www.culture.gov.uk/global/research/statistics_outputs/default.htm
For museum attendance statistics, click on: "Museums and Galleries Monthly Visits"

Northern Ireland Museums Council
Facts and figures about museums in Northern Ireland
http://www.nimc.co.uk/

Museum annual reports

Some museums publish their statistics in their annual reports. You may refer yourselves to them.

The Art Newspaper, the Journal des Arts and Il Giornale dell' Arte publish worldwide exhibition attendance reports in their pages.

The Art Newspaper
70 South Lambeth Road
London SW8 1RL
England, United Kingdom.
Tel. +44 (0)207 735 3331. Fax +44 (0)207 735 3332.
Email: contact@theartnewspaper.com
http://www.theartnewspaper.com

Le Journal des Arts
21, rue Leriche,
75015 Paris, France.
Tel. +33 (0)1 48 42 9000. Fax +33 (0)1 48 42 9001.
Documentation: Stéphanie Pioda
Email: spioda@artclair.com
http://www.artclair.com

Giornale dell'Arte
Via Mancini 8,
Torino 10131, Italy
Tel. +39 011 819 91 11 Fax +39 011 819 30 90
Email: gda.red@allemandi.com
http://www.ilgiornaledellarte.com/

Further reading

Guide to Museum Statistics in Europe/Monika Hagedorn-Saupe; Axel Ernert (Hrsg.) - Berlin : Institut für Museumskunde, 2004. - (Materialien aus dem Institut für Museumskunde; Sonderheft 3)

This guide is the result of the work carried out by the European Group on Museum Statistics. It includes data on 21 European countries. It is the first insight into European museum statistics.

Order from: Institut für Museumskunde, Monika Hagedorn-Saupe, email: m.hagedorn@smb.spk-berlin.de

Les Musées de France en 2003 : résultats de l’enquête 2004 / Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Département des études, de la prospective et des statistiques. – Paris : DEPS, 2006. – 61 p. – (Les notes statistiques du DEPS ; 17)
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/dep/telechrg/stat/nstat17.pdf

Visitors to Museums and Galleries 2004 / MORI on behalf of MLA.- London : Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, 2005.
Survey of Museum satisfaction rates and visitors numbers in Britain.

To order:
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
16 Queen Anne's Gate
London SW1H 9AA
United Kingdom
Tel. +44 020 7273 1444 Fax +44 020 7273 1404
Email: info@mla.gov.uk

This information is by no means comprehensive, if you happen to know some other sources of information, you are welcome to send the information to the UNESCO-ICOM Information Centre and we shall be glad to update this page.