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 Museums (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Museums (No.) by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2024); Annual - 0013319
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Museums survey
First available period 2021
Last available period 2024
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2024)
Concepts
  • MUSEUM:  A permanent non-profit institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education, enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 12/09/2025

 

 Visitors (No.) of museums
Characteristic Description
Name Visitors (No.) of museums by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2024); Annual - 0013320
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Museums survey
First available period 2021
Last available period 2024
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2024)
Concepts
  • MUSEUM:  A permanent non-profit institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education, enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • MUSEUM VISITOR:  Person who visits the expositions, uses the available services (library, documentation center, reservations, among others) and/or attends activities carried out in the museum (concerts and conferences, among others).
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 30/10/2025

 

 Visitors of museums per inhabitant (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Visitors of museums per inhabitant (No.) by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2024); Annual - 0013324
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Museums survey
First available period 2021
Last available period 2024
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2024)
Concepts
  • MUSEUM:  A permanent non-profit institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education, enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • MUSEUM VISITOR:  Person who visits the expositions, uses the available services (library, documentation center, reservations, among others) and/or attends activities carried out in the museum (concerts and conferences, among others).
Formule Total number of visitors/ Resident population
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 10/07/2026

 

 Visitors per museum (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Visitors per museum (No.) by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2024); Annual - 0013325
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Museums survey
First available period 2021
Last available period 2024
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2024)
Concepts
  • MUSEUM VISITOR:  Person who visits the expositions, uses the available services (library, documentation center, reservations, among others) and/or attends activities carried out in the museum (concerts and conferences, among others).
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • MUSEUM:  A permanent non-profit institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education, enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment.
Formule Total number of visitors/ Total number of museums
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 30/10/2025

 

 Museums in activity (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Museums in activity (No.) by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2024); Annual - 0013327
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Museums survey
First available period 2021
Last available period 2024
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2024)
Concepts
  • MUSEUM:  A permanent non-profit institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education, enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 12/09/2025


information presented in 18/8/2026