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Description
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The Survey on Museums and Similar Institutions is a census-based data collection conducted by the Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat) in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture (MiC), the Regions, and the Autonomous Provinces.
The target population consists of all museums and museum-like facilities located in Italy, i.e., the universe of museums and other exhibition venues (galleries, art collections, archaeological sites and parks, monuments and monumental complexes) that acquire, preserve, and make accessible to the public items and/or collections of cultural interest, whether public or private, state or non-state.
The observation units are museums and similar institutions (galleries, collections, archaeological sites and parks, monuments and monumental complexes).
The survey aims to collect and disseminate information on museums and similar institutions in order to update the mapping of Italian cultural heritage and describe their structural characteristics, services provided, activities carried out, as well as public attendance levels and modes of use.
Data are collected through online questionnaires completed by the managers of each unit included in the frame list.
The survey results are disseminated by Istat in official general-interest publications (Equitable and Sustainable Well-being Report - Bes, Annual Report, Statistical Abstract of Italy, Noi Italia, Italy in figures) and thematic reports (Cultural statistics, Statistics Reports, Experimental statistics). Indicators on museums and similar institutions are published in several general and sectoral databases (IstatData, Territorial indicators for development policies, Statistical Atlas of the Territory, BES dashboard - Equitable and Sustainable Well-being). Public use microdata files are available in the "mIcro.STAT" file format and accessible to all users on the Istat website.
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