Museums
How many visitors do the museums in Denmark have each year, and what kinds of museums have the most visitors? You can also find figures for cultural events taking place outside the museum premises and online.
Selected statistics on Museums
Visitors to the museum exhibitions over time
Information about which museums have received support can be found on the Slots- og Kulturstyrelsen website. This information forms the basis for the study population of the state-supported museums. The museums - and possibly. associated departments (museum sites) - can be found both via the CVR register and Statistics Denmark's own business register. Museums without state subsidies are identified based on their industry code in the Danish business register (CVR). Information from the individual museums / museum departments is reported via electronic questionnaire. The reports include, for example, information on the individual museums and museum department's visitor numbers, opening hours and number of museums
Museums sites
Information about which museums have received support can be found on the Slots- og Kulturstyrelsen website. This information forms the basis for the study population of the state-supported museums. The museums - and possibly. associated departments (museum sites) - can be found both via the CVR register and Statistics Denmark's own business register. Museums without state subsidies are identified based on their industry code in the Danish business register (CVR). Information from the individual museums / museum departments is reported via electronic questionnaire. The reports include, for example, information on the individual museums and museum department's visitor numbers, opening hours and number of museums
Share of visitors to the museum exhibitions by category of museum
Information about which museums have received support can be found on the Slots- og Kulturstyrelsen website. This information forms the basis for the study population of the state-supported museums. The museums - and possibly. associated departments (museum sites) - can be found both via the CVR register and Statistics Denmark's own business register. Museums without state subsidies are identified based on their industry code in the Danish business register (CVR). Information from the individual museums / museum departments is reported via electronic questionnaire. The reports include, for example, information on the individual museums and museum department's visitor numbers, opening hours and number of museums
Events outside the museum premises and online events by category of museum
Information about which museums have received support can be found on the Slots- og Kulturstyrelsen website. This information forms the basis for the study population of the state-supported museums. The museums - and possibly. associated departments (museum sites) - can be found both via the CVR register and Statistics Denmark's own business register. Museums without state subsidies are identified based on their industry code in the Danish business register (CVR). Information from the individual museums / museum departments is reported via electronic questionnaire. The reports include, for example, information on the individual museums and museum department's visitor numbers, opening hours and number of museums
Frequency of museum visits
The chart shows the percentage of the population that has been to a museum, including a breakdown by sex, and how often they have been to a museum in the period.
The Cultural Habits Survey data is compiled from questionnaire surveys among a random sample and from demographic information drawn from Statistics Denmark's population register. The random sample is drawn randomly with equal likelihood for each person in the population. Persons without a registered address in the Civil Registration System, with a town hall address or with a non-public address are not eligible to be drawn. Every quarter a sample of 15,100 persons is drawn. This sample is divided into four groups which each participant is assigned to with equal likeliness. The groups are used used to divide respondents across four different versions of the survey questionnaire.
Survey questionnaire for the Cultural Habits Survey 2026 in Danish.
The statistic on membership for youth and outdoor activities organisations is compiled on the basis of reports from the following organisations:
- The Danish Scout Association
- FDF - a Christian organisation for children and youth in Denmark
- The Green Girl Guides in Denmark
- YMCA Scouts in Denmark
- Danish Baptist Scout Association
- DUI-LEG og VIRKE - a children's association
- DCU (Danish Camping Association)
- The Danish Society for Nature Conservation
- Danish Association of Hunters
- The Danish Horticultural Society
- The Danish Ramblers' Association
- DOF - The Danish Ornithological Society
On the statistics – documentation, sources and method
See the documentation of statistics to learn more:
The purpose of the Cultural Habits Survey is to document the cultural habits of the residents of Denmark. Culture is broadly defined, as the survey covers habits within the topics of culture, media and recreational activities, e.g. concerts, performing arts, cinema, literature, exercise, digital games and hobbies. The survey has been carried out regularly since 1964. Statistics Denmark has carried out the survey from 2018-2023 and in 2024-, while previous surveys have been carried out by the Ministry of Culture. The survey has been carried out with a new questionnaire since the first quarter of 2024, and is therefore not directly comparable with previous versions.
The statistics have been compiled annually since 1984, but in 2016 they have undergone restructuring, which affects the number of the total number of guests in the museums. The state museums and the stat recognized museums continues unchanged.
Need more data on Museums?
You can go on searching on your own in Statbank Denmark. Find further details, for example on the museums' activities at the main department level, and on the museums' sites, as well as find information about volunteers in museums, admission receipts, opening hours and detailed visitor figures.