How many museums are there?

There were 631 museums in the Netherlands in 2020. Of these museums, 65 percent feature history as their main theme, 20 percent art and 10 percent business and technology. Natural history museums and anthropological museums make up the remaining 5 percent.

Average distance from a museum is 4 km

In 2020, Dutch people lived at an average distancenoot1 of 4.0 kilometres from a museum.noot2 They could choose from an average of 3.5 Dutch museums within a travel distance of five kilometres. Noord-Holland had the most museums within this distance out of all the provinces, with an average of 8.9. Within this province, residents of Amsterdam enjoyed the most choice with 23.7 museums within five kilometres, followed by Haarlem residents with 6.1 museums.

Zuid-Holland also offered relatively high choice with an average of 5.1 museums within five kilometres. In that province, the highest number of museums within this distance was seen in The Hague (13.4 museums) and in Leiden (9.7 museums).

Show datatableNumber of Dutch museums within a 5-km radius by road, 2020Hide datatableNumber of Dutch museums within a 5-km radius by road, 2020

Number of Dutch museums within a 5-km radius by road, 2020

Gemeentenaam	Number of museums within a 5-km radius
Aa en Hunze	0.1
Aalsmeer	0.9
Aalten	0.9
Achtkarspelen	0.9
Alblasserdam	0.0
Albrandswaard	0.0
Alkmaar	4.3
Almelo	1.0
Almere	0.0
Alphen aan den Rijn	0.5
Alphen-Chaam	0.0
Altena	0.3
Ameland	2.0
Amersfoort	3.1
Amstelveen	2.6
Amsterdam	23.7
Apeldoorn	1.2
Appingedam	1.1
Arnhem	3.6
Assen	0.9
Asten	1.0
Baarle-Nassau	0.0
Baarn	0.8
Barendrecht	0.0
Barneveld	1.5
Beek	2.1
Beekdaelen	0.8
Beemster	2.1
Beesel	0.0
Berg en Dal	1.9
Bergeijk	0.9
Bergen (L.)	0.0
Bergen (NH.)	1.7
Bergen op Zoom	0.9
Berkelland	0.9
Bernheze	0.9
Best	0.7
Beuningen	0.3
Beverwijk	1.7
De Bilt	1.2
Bladel	0.1
Blaricum	1.9
Bloemendaal	4.0
Bodegraven-Reeuwijk	0.3
Boekel	0.1
Borger-Odoorn	0.5
Borne	1.3
Borsele	0.4
Boxmeer	0.3
Boxtel	2.7
Breda	0.8
Brielle	0.9
Bronckhorst	0.5
Brummen	0.0
Brunssum	0.4
Bunnik	0.8
Bunschoten	1.0
Buren	0.8
Capelle aan den IJssel	0.8
Castricum	0.7
Coevorden	0.5
Cranendonck	0.1
Cuijk	1.4
Culemborg	2.0
Dalfsen	0.3
Dantumadiel	0.9
Delft	4.0
Delfzijl	1.1
Deurne	0.9
Deventer	2.2
Diemen	2.7
Dinkelland	1.3
Doesburg	2.0
Doetinchem	1.6
Dongen	1.0
Dordrecht	5.0
Drechterland	0.0
Drimmelen	0.0
Dronten	0.0
Druten	0.0
Duiven	0.2
Echt-Susteren	0.7
Edam-Volendam	1.7
Ede	1.4
Eemnes	1.7
Eersel	0.8
Eijsden-Margraten	0.2
Eindhoven	3.2
Elburg	2.2
Emmen	0.2
Enkhuizen	3.0
Enschede	1.4
Epe	1.5
Ermelo	1.1
Etten-Leur	2.0
De Fryske Marren	0.8
Geertruidenberg	1.0
Geldrop-Mierlo	1.1
Gemert-Bakel	0.6
Gennep	1.0
Gilze en Rijen	0.0
Goeree-Overflakkee	0.4
Goes	1.0
Goirle	0.4
Gooise Meren	3.7
Gorinchem	1.5
Gouda	3.3
Grave	1.0
's-Gravenhage	13.4
Groningen	3.7
Gulpen-Wittem	0.7
Haaksbergen	0.9
Haaren	0.5
Haarlem	6.1
Haarlemmermeer	0.9
Halderberge	0.7
Hardenberg	0.2
Harderwijk	2.2
Hardinxveld-Giessendam	0.9
Harlingen	1.0
Hattem	3.0
Heemskerk	1.1
Heemstede	5.4
Heerde	0.9
Heerenveen	1.4
Heerhugowaard	0.7
Heerlen	2.8
Heeze-Leende	0.8
Heiloo	1.4
Den Helder	2.9
Hellendoorn	1.6
Hellevoetsluis	1.9
Helmond	1.7
Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht	1.0
Hengelo	2.2
's-Hertogenbosch	3.8
Heumen	2.0
Heusden	0.1
Hillegom	1.5
Hilvarenbeek	1.8
Hilversum	3.2
Hoeksche Waard	0.2
Hof van Twente	1.4
Het Hogeland	0.4
Hollands Kroon	0.2
Hoogeveen	0.0
Hoorn	2.7
Horst aan de Maas	0.9
Houten	0.1
Huizen	1.4
Hulst	0.6
IJsselstein	2.5
Kaag en Braassem	0.1
Kampen	1.9
Kapelle	0.7
Katwijk	4.6
Kerkrade	2.1
Koggenland	0.3
Krimpen aan den IJssel	1.0
Krimpenerwaard	0.8
Laarbeek	0.5
Landerd	0.1
Landgraaf	1.6
Landsmeer	0.2
Langedijk	1.4
Lansingerland	0.0
Laren	2.5
Leeuwarden	4.5
Leiden	9.7
Leiderdorp	8.3
Leidschendam-Voorburg	8.6
Lelystad	0.5
Leudal	1.0
Leusden	1.1
Lingewaard	0.2
Lisse	3.0
Lochem	0.9
Loon op Zand	0.0
Lopik	0.3
Loppersum	0.0
Losser	0.2
Maasdriel	0.8
Maasgouw	1.6
Maassluis	2.0
Maastricht	3.7
Medemblik	1.3
Meerssen	0.4
Meierijstad	0.6
Meppel	0.9
Middelburg	0.9
Midden-Delfland	2.3
Midden-Drenthe	0.2
Midden-Groningen	0.7
Mill en Sint Hubert	0.0
Moerdijk	0.2
Molenlanden	0.4
Montferland	0.5
Montfoort	0.2
Mook en Middelaar	2.0
Neder-Betuwe	0.3
Nederweert	0.9
Nieuwegein	2.9
Nieuwkoop	0.0
Nijkerk	0.8
Nijmegen	4.2
Nissewaard	0.0
Noardeast-Frysl�n	0.7
Noord-Beveland	0.0
Noordenveld	2.1
Noordoostpolder	0.1
Noordwijk	2.6
Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten	1.1
Nunspeet	0.8
Oegstgeest	8.4
Oirschot	0.7
Oisterwijk	0.0
Oldambt	1.4
Oldebroek	1.1
Oldenzaal	2.0
Olst-Wijhe	0.4
Ommen	1.4
Oost Gelre	0.9
Oosterhout	1.9
Ooststellingwerf	0.0
Oostzaan	0.5
Opmeer	0.0
Opsterland	0.4
Oss	0.7
Oude IJsselstreek	0.6
Ouder-Amstel	1.6
Oudewater	2.0
Overbetuwe	0.2
Papendrecht	0.3
Peel en Maas	0.8
Pekela	0.0
Pijnacker-Nootdorp	0.9
Purmerend	1.0
Putten	1.0
Raalte	0.5
Reimerswaal	0.3
Renkum	2.3
Renswoude	0.0
Reusel-De Mierden	0.9
Rheden	1.7
Rhenen	1.0
Ridderkerk	0.1
Rijssen-Holten	1.7
Rijswijk	6.3
Roerdalen	0.8
Roermond	1.7
De Ronde Venen	0.0
Roosendaal	0.9
Rotterdam	8.0
Rozendaal	4.1
Rucphen	0.7
Schagen	1.0
Scherpenzeel	0.0
Schiedam	5.3
Schiermonnikoog	0.0
Schouwen-Duiveland	0.6
Simpelveld	0.0
Sint Anthonis	0.0
Sint-Michielsgestel	1.0
Sittard-Geleen	0.8
Sliedrecht	1.1
Sluis	0.6
Smallingerland	0.9
Soest	1.3
Someren	0.6
Son en Breugel	0.7
Stadskanaal	0.6
Staphorst	0.8
Stede Broec	1.7
Steenbergen	0.0
Steenwijkerland	1.8
Stein	2.3
Stichtse Vecht	1.2
S�dwest-Frysl�n	1.3
Terneuzen	0.7
Terschelling	1.0
Texel	2.8
Teylingen	0.6
Tholen	0.2
Tiel	0.9
Tilburg	2.2
Tubbergen	0.1
Twenterand	0.4
Tynaarlo	1.4
Tytsjerksteradiel	0.5
Uden	0.9
Uitgeest	0.0
Uithoorn	0.0
Urk	1.0
Utrecht	7.6
Utrechtse Heuvelrug	0.9
Vaals	1.0
Valkenburg aan de Geul	3.1
Valkenswaard	2.6
Veendam	0.9
Veenendaal	1.0
Veere	0.7
Veldhoven	1.2
Velsen	2.4
Venlo	2.3
Venray	0.8
Vijfheerenlanden	1.6
Vlaardingen	3.1
Vlieland	1.0
Vlissingen	1.1
Voerendaal	1.9
Voorschoten	4.9
Voorst	0.4
Vught	4.1
Waadhoeke	0.7
Waalre	2.9
Waalwijk	0.0
Waddinxveen	0.4
Wageningen	2.0
Wassenaar	1.9
Waterland	0.8
Weert	0.9
Weesp	1.7
West Betuwe	0.7
West Maas en Waal	0.6
Westerkwartier	0.8
Westerveld	1.0
Westervoort	0.2
Westerwolde	0.6
Westland	0.7
Weststellingwerf	0.8
Westvoorne	0.1
Wierden	0.6
Wijchen	1.3
Wijdemeren	1.0
Wijk bij Duurstede	1.1
Winterswijk	1.8
Woensdrecht	0.0
Woerden	0.9
De Wolden	0.4
Wormerland	4.6
Woudenberg	0.0
Zaanstad	3.4
Zaltbommel	0.6
Zandvoort	2.0
Zeewolde	0.0
Zeist	0.3
Zevenaar	0.7
Zoetermeer	1.0
Zoeterwoude	3.9
Zuidplas	0.0
Zundert	0.6
Zutphen	3.0
Zwartewaterland	0.6
Zwijndrecht	3.3
Zwolle	0.0

Fewer visitors due to the coronavirus crisis

Due to the measures to counter the coronavirus crisis, museums were forced to close their doors to the public at different times of the year in 2020, for 16 weeks in total. Even when they were allowed to open their doors again to the public, there were limitations on the number of visitors. In total, Dutch museums attracted 14.4 million visitors that year. This represents a decline by 58 percent on 2019, when 33.9 million people came to visit the museums.

As tourism was also strongly affected by the measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus, the number of foreign visitors decreased by 82 percent; from 10.3 million in 2019 to 1.9 million a year later. The number of domestic visitors almost dropped by half to 12.5 million by 2020.

Show datatableMuseum visits* (million)Hide datatableMuseum visits* (million)

Museum visits* (million)

Jaartal	Domestic visitors	Foreign visitors
2015	22.09	8.23
2016	22.59	9.42
2017	22.58	9.95
2018	23.03	10.61
2019	23.61	10.29
2020	12.47	1.89
* Provisional figures

Lower revenues but also lower costs

The hefty decline in visits has also left its mark on the museums’ 2020 bookkeeping. Their public revenues were €142 million (57 percent) lower than in 2019. Other revenues, such as those from food services and shops, plummeted by €81 million (48 percent).

Savings reduced the overall cost to €979 million, with museums spending €128.5 million (12 percent) less than in 2019. Partly due to the coronavirus support of more than €155 million received by museums in 2020, most museums did not end the financial year with a negative result.

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