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Museum boom at risk: Finnish museums concerned about financial uncertainty in 2025

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02|9|2024

The Finnish museum sector may be heading towards challenging times according to a 2025 forecast survey, published by the Finnish Museums Association. Visitor numbers and service revenue are still on

Museum visitor numbers in England still lag behind pre-pandemic level

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10|6|2025

Visitor numbers to museums in England remain below pre-pandemic levels, according to a new five-year trends report based on Arts Council England’s Annual Museum Survey. While the findings point to

Museum attendance in Finland still at its peak - Over 8.4 million visits in 2024

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22|7|2025

In 2024, Finnish museums welcomed a total of 8,451,369 visits across 327 museum sites operated by 153 professionally managed museums. Looking back 10 years, museums in Finland experienced a 55%

2024 visitor numbers for Swedish museums: Strong growth onsite and online

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24|4|2025

The Swedish Museums Association has published the official 2024 visitor statistics to Swedish museums, showing a continued increase in both physical and digital engagement with museums across the

Swedish museums experience drop in visits but record digital reach

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12|2|2026

Swedish museums experienced a small decline in physical visitor numbers in 2025, but their online audiences reached unprecedented levels. New data from the Swedish Museums Association shows that

Museum visitor numbers in Denmark 2025: Record levels maintained

05|2|2026

Danish museums have successfully maintained the record visitor levels achieved in 2024, according to the 2025 survey by the Danish Museums Association. Across the 72 institutions that participated, a

New Compendium feature 2017: Summaries of national profiles

16|11|2017

The compendiums are summaries highlighting key information from the traditional Compendium country profiles and follow a decision made at the Assembly of Compendium Experts in Wroclaw (November

Video recordings of the international Conference “Heritage, Museums, Collections: Professionals’ Sharing of Skills between Africa and Europe”

20|10|2025

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2.2 billion Euro for Creative Europe in the final MFF deal

11|11|2020

After long discussions on the next 7-year Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the negotiating teams of the European Parliament and of the German Presidency of the EU Council reached a deal on

Open Space - Collections questioned

28|2|2020

The collection work of the museums is currently in public focus. In particular, the discussion about dealing with objects from colonial contexts and the desire for more transparency and participation

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