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Statistics about
Museums and collections
The purpose of museum statistics is to provide an overview of the activities in Norwegian museums throughout the year. These statistics also encompass information on revenues and expenditures. The preparation of these statistics has been carried out in cooperation with Kulturdirektoratet.
Selected figures from this statistics
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2021 2022 2023 Museum population1 101 104 102 Visits Total visits 6 485 173 10 321 374 10 907 108 Individual visits 5 474 120 8 491 379 8 939 232 Visitors in gropus 1 011 053 1 829 995 1 967 876 Paying visitors 2 774 376 5 654 919 6 183 980 Man-years Remunerated man-years 4 404.0 4 645.0 4 626.3 Man-years by permanent employees 3 516.0 3 683.0 3 710.8 Percentage permanent employment 80 79 80 1The museum population will vary from year to year because some years new entities are added, and other entities on occasion does not report to the annual statistics. This will of course have an impact on the annual statistics. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Museums and collections. EmploymentDownload table as ...Museums and collections. Employment1
Man-years, total Remunerated man-years Man-years by permanent employees 2013 4 064.8 3 862.9 2 952.9 2014 4 052.8 3 864.6 2 999.2 2015 4 213.1 4 015.1 3 085.4 2016 4 150.7 3 954.8 3 069.2 2017 4 169.0 3 966.0 3 109.0 2018 4 244.0 4 056.0 3 169.0 2019 4 440.0 4 213.0 3 307.0 2020 4 310.0 4 173.0 3 359.0 2021 4 568.0 4 404.0 3 516.0 2022 4 857.0 4 645.0 3 683.0 2023 4 826.3 4 626.3 3 710.8 2023 Viken (2020-2023) 415.3 376.0 277.8 Oslo 1 333.3 1 323.7 1 085.1 Innlandet 452.4 419.5 324.4 Vestfold og Telemark (2020-2023) 204.2 188.5 159.5 Agder 216.0 201.7 180.3 Rogaland 323.5 310.9 266.9 Vestland 617.8 607.1 493.9 Møre og Romsdal 162.0 146.1 116.9 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 535.8 509.9 406.9 Nordland - Nordlánnda 284.4 269.5 186.1 Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku (2020-2023) 270.1 261.9 205.3 Svalbard 11.5 11.5 7.8 1The museum population will vary from year to year because some years entities are added and other entities does not report ti the annual statistics. This will of course have an impact on the annual statistics. 12 October 2021: The table is updated with corrected numbers for 2020. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Museums and collections. Size of collectionsDownload table as ...Museums and collections. Size of collections1
Art historical Social historical Natural historical Photography Archaeological 2013 715 755 3 605 988 10 293 705 30 974 720 5 176 241 2014 760 428 3 728 075 10 437 053 31 907 354 6 346 950 2015 766 899 3 779 690 10 559 207 33 885 946 6 705 567 2016 782 887 3 633 852 9 946 825 34 027 068 6 991 980 2017 799 365 3 555 104 9 912 141 34 971 647 7 259 804 2018 800 216 3 615 018 10 098 701 35 209 179 7 719 130 2019 808 348 3 696 149 10 410 251 38 874 117 8 087 482 2020 828 480 3 985 821 10 646 553 39 146 092 8 286 362 2021 837 968 3 685 826 10 498 401 47 066 979 8 516 084 2022 838 268 3 730 300 10 272 804 47 647 209 8 752 446 2023 841 400 3 636 312 10 657 974 52 454 243 9 003 172 2023 Viken (2020-2023) 17 694 403 087 11 157 8 138 102 314 Oslo 626 294 730 974 5 964 353 7 501 730 2 894 462 Innlandet 7 460 439 505 7 045 7 557 674 11 032 Vestfold og Telemark (2020-2023) 21 002 259 042 1 533 7 677 960 1 958 Agder 4 741 147 569 131 724 334 451 722 Rogaland 15 828 294 996 35 448 1 678 863 1 599 687 Vestland 60 689 458 842 2 217 266 889 643 2 272 284 Møre og Romsdal 3 368 113 477 2 182 6 817 537 668 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 40 828 373 700 1 665 500 9 201 333 1 829 170 Nordland - Nordlánnda 11 347 263 068 24 343 1 276 464 306 Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku (2020-2023) 32 054 148 141 596 683 1 208 686 342 471 Svalbard 95 3 911 740 171 800 50 098 1The museum population will vary from year to year because some years entities are added and other entities does not report ti the annual statistics. This will of course have an impact on the annual statistics. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Museums and collections. Museums and historic buildingsDownload table as ...Museums and collections. Museums and historic buildings1
Museums and collections Cultural historical buildings Open cultural historical buildings 2016 107 5 014 2 443 2017 107 5 020 2 519 2018 100 5 028 2 474 2019 98 5 028 2 512 2020 102 5 088 2 123 2021 101 5 035 2 196 2022 104 5 048 2 194 2023 102 5 067 2 215 2023 Viken (2020-2023) 11 696 284 Oslo 16 211 85 Innlandet 11 1 183 551 Vestfold og Telemark (2020-2023) 5 300 101 Agder 6 234 96 Rogaland 7 261 144 Vestland 11 689 255 Møre og Romsdal 6 254 156 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 9 454 180 Nordland - Nordlánnda 7 441 183 Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku (2020-2023) 12 343 180 Svalbard 1 1 0 1The museum population will vary from year to year because some years entities are added and other entities does not report ti the annual statistics. This will of course have an impact on the annual statistics. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 31 October 2023.
Visits in the statistics for museums: A visit to a museums is defined as a person going to a museum to view at and utilise the museum's exhibitions and arrangement services. A visit to an open museum is defined as visiting the museums premises during its opening hours for the purpose of using the facilities within the museum area. Persons staying in the rooms and open area of the museum will not be counted as a visit. Participants in educational activities are also included in the total number of visits.
Type of company: The true owner, will sometimes differ from the financing source.
Revenue, total: This includes public grants, box office receipts, gifts, and other sources of revenue.
Expenditure, total: This encompasses wages, social expenditures, other operating expenses, and investments.
Subjects/objects: These include historical fine arts, cultural history, natural history, archaeology, and photographs.
As of 2016 basic exhibitions (regular exhibitions) and temporary exhibitions (exhibitions set up for a limit time, ranging from a few days to a year) are grouped together into a new category: "exhibitions."
Travelling exhibitions: These are exhibitions that are transported from one location to another.
Cultural historical buildings: In this context, it refers to historical buildings that provide information about local history, aesthetics, traditions, ways of life, architecture, and economic conditions.
Subjects/objects: Historical fine arts, cultural history, natural history, archaeological and photographs.
As of 2011, museums are no longer classified by type.
In the period from 2007 to 2010, museums were classified into five types:
Art museums: Museums that collect, maintain, secure, and provide information about arts, applied arts, and design products.
Social history museums: Museums that collect, maintain, secure, and provide information about social history materials.
Natural history museums: Museums that collect, maintain, secure, and provide information about natural history materials.
Mixed social/natural history museums: Museums that collect, maintain, secure, and provide information about both social and natural history materials.
Mixed art/social history museums: Museums that collect, maintain, secure, and provide information about arts, applied arts, and design products, as well as social history materials.