Martin, thanks for the informaiton.  John Martinson

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John,

for statistics of museums in Germany you should contact the 

Institut fuer Museumskunde
Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Berlin

They do an annual survey by questionnaire of visitor statistics, temporary
exhibitions etc. which is then published in their series.

Obviously, the reliability of the data depends on the response to that
survey, and on who is on their mailing list. Bearing these restrictions in
mind, as well as the points made by Patrick Boylan, their data are fairly
comprehensive.

Sorry, I do not have the address at hand, but here is their website:

http://www.smb.spk-berlin.de/ifm/

Best,
Martin


At 18:57 07.02.1999 +0000, Patrick Boylan wrote:
>John:
>
>Apart from the normal problems in gathering statistics, there's the added
>one of definition.
>
>In the UK we have just under 1,800 museums formally Registered  by the
>Museums and Galleries Commission under its Royal Charter powers, as
>meeting defined minimum standards in terms of its collections and other
>obligations, but registration is entirely voluntary.  Also, many other
>organisations and institutions (e.g. historic houses and sites,
>educational institutions etc.) may exercise museum functions in relation
>to at least part of their mission and activities, but might not be
>regarded as primarily museums.  Also, some very small
>community museums may never get to the starting gate for
>registration.  (For example, they may not have the required
>degree of permanence of tenure of the building they use, or they may not
>have a permanent, non-profit, constitution, but are instead the private
>property of individuals or commercial companies. Consequently, some
>estimates (and directories) would put the total number of UK museums
>as nearer to 3,000.
>
>So far as visiting is concerned, the best estimate is that there are
>around 80 million visitors a year to the Registered museums each year, but
>a wider definition - including historic monuments with a museum function,
>at least in part, would take the total to well over 100 million.
>
>The problems are similar in many other countries.  If you asked the French
>museum authorities they will give you a figure of -say - 800 or so
>museums.  However, a government-owned commercial bank sponsors a
>publication entitled (in French) "Guide to the 5,000 museums in France".

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