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Basicfigures CONTEXT MINISTERO PER I BENI E LE ATTIVITÀ CULTURALI SEGRETARIATO GENERALE ACTIVITIES SERVIZIO I – COORDINAMENTO E STUDI AND CULTURAL PARTECIPATION TRENDS IN ITALY: A WIDE-ANGLE SNAPSHOT OF BASIC DATA CULTURE AND STATISTICS ILLUSTRATING THE ACTIVITIES IN ITALY OF THE MINISTRY AND OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES basic FIGURES WORKING TO PROTECT ITALY’S HERITAGE AND PROMOTE CULTURE MINISTERO PER I BENI E LE ATTIVITÀ CULTURALI SEGRETARIATO GENERALE • UFFICIO STUDI Via del Collegio Romano, 27 – 00186 Roma Tel. 06/67232479 – 67232399 Sito web: www.ufficiostudi.beniculturali.it E-mail: [email protected] SECRETARY GENERAL Roberto Cecchi DIRECTOR STUDIES DEPT . Gianni Bonazzi SCIENTIFIC PROJECT Walter Santagata Gianni Bonazzi COORDINATOR Adelaide Maresca Compagna EDITORIAL STAFF Elisa Bucci Emilio Cabasino Silvana Carmen Di Marco Raffaella Onesti Anna Palmieri Marida Pasquazi GRAPHICS Silvana Carmen Di Marco EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS Enrico Eraldo Bertacchini Martha Mary Friel © All rights reserved Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali No part of this publication may be stored in a retrieval system or reproduced in any form or by any means, including photocopying, without the necessary permission. Printed March 2011 SPA – ROMA ISBN 978-88-492-2067-4 SUMMARY PRESENTATION Presentation 3 Museums, monuments, archaeological sites 4 Archives 6 This booklet presents synthetic data Libraries 7 concerning the production, protection and Cultural Heritage 8 promotion of culture in Italy. Landscape and environment 10 UNESCO World Heritage 11 The figures refer to 2009 (unless otherwise specified) and have been provided by the Contemporary art 12 National Statistical System, the General Exhibitions 13 Directorates and Central Institutes of the Conservation research and advanced training 14 Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities (MiBAC) as well as other reliable and sound Cultural tourism 15 sources. Performing arts 16 Cinema 17 Despite all efforts to ensure a systematic and balanced presentation of the data, some Training of artists 18 imbalances persist due to differences in survey Recording industry 19 methods and the lack of permanent informative Copyright and royalties 20 exchanges between institutions. Radio and television 21 However, we hope that, although very concise, Publishing 22 this publication will provide basic first-hand Cultural participation 24 information to observers and researchers and Internet 25 allow the public at large to assess Italy’s extensive cultural heritage as well as other social The best of Made in Italy 26 and economic aspects that accompany the Resources for culture 27 growth and dissemination of culture. Cultural employment 30 Sources 31 2 3 MUSEUMS |MONUMENTS |ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES MUSEUMS |MONUMENTS |ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES S S E E R R U U G 4,340 institutions (3,409 museums, 802 monuments, 129 Monthly trends of visitors to MiBAC institutions G I I F archaeological sites) managed by non-State public boards, local by charging status F C C I I S authorities and private owners, 45.5% by Municipalities, S A ( *"*)" A B 62,701,994 visitors, of which 35,068,423 fee-paying (2006) '%!!!"3,000 full fee, B Y 420 institutions under the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and r"educed(-1f8a-2re5 a(n1n8i)-25 aged), Y L &%#!!"2,500 n*" ( *"on-fee paying (under 18, over 65) L A A T Activities (Mibac): 207 museums, 213 monuments and T I f "" "*()"( "ree admission I &%!!!"2,000 N archaeological sites , 32,345,375 visitors, of which 14,612,532 N I I 1,500 E fee-paying, for an overall revenue of 97,091,814 Euros $%#!!" E R R U $%!!!"1,000 U T T L Visitors to municipal museums in the most important cities of art L U #!!"500 U C CITIES INSTITUTES VISITORS C VENICE 10 1.860.687 !0 j()*"an f ) "eb "mar a "pr m ("ay ju ("ne j ("uly a ("ug s )"ept o "ct n *"ov de "c ROME 20 1.447.922 MILAN 12 871.751 FLORENCE 6 533.064 MiBAC institutions by attendance SIZE INSTITUTES VISITORS MiBAC institutions and visitors by region (thousands) 1,000,000 + VISITORS 6 14,303,168 500,000 - 1,000,000 8 5,198,074 *$$&& * #$$$& & 250,000 - 500,000 9 2,956,404 )$ Institutes *!#$$$& $ V &isitors 100,000 - 250,000 26 4,622,814 *$#$$$& ($ 60,000 - 100,000 16 1,169,837 '$ #$$$& "$ 20,000 - 60,000 67 2,289,071 '#$$$& $ 10,000 - 20,000 74 1,024,218 %$ #$$$& !$ 5,000 - 10,000 70 511,312 !#$$$& *$ UP TO 5,000 124 270,477 $ $ TOTAL 400 32,345,375 Most visited MiBAC institutions (fee-paying) Visitors to MiBAC institutions 1996 – 2009 (thousands) Colosseo, Palatino, Foro romano – Rome (4,655,203 ) Scavi di Pompei – Naples (2,070,745 ) " % % ( " ( $ " ! # # * $ * ' # # % ! Galleria degli Uffizi – Florence (1,530,34 6) % # " # ' ( % % % % ! ! ! * ) % % # ' # # " % % ! # $ ) ! $ $ ( ) $ % ! ' % % # Galleria dell’Accademia – Florence (1,130,149 ) # ! % $ ( ( # $ ! # ! ' " ! Castel Sant’Angelo – Rome (804,272 ) ! Boboli, Musei Argenti, Porcellane, Costume – Florence (640,32 0) Reggia – Caserta (562,256 ) Galleria Borghese – Rome (513,77 5) Villa d’Este – Tivoli, Rome (434,206) Galleria Palatina e Galleria d’Arte Moderna – Florence ( 366,765) *))' *))( *)) *))) !$$$ !$$* !$$! !$$% !$$ !$$" !$$' !$$( !$$ !$$) 4 5 ARCHIVES LIBRARIES S S E E R R U U G 104 State archives, one National Central Archive, 34 sections 12,400 libraries of which: G I I F of State archives – 6,378 belonging to regional public agencies F C C I I S 8,224 archives of local authorities, 8,100 of which municipal – 2,043 to universities S A A B 50,000 (approximately) archives of other public bodies – 1,261 to ecclesiastical institutions B Y (universities, cultural institutions, chambers of commerce, etc.) Y L L A A T 3, 957 private archives of historical interest (individuals and Libraries by region T I I # N institutions, families, enterprises, political parties, etc.) N ) I (&##% I ! " ( E E R (###% R U Holding and users of the State Archives (2009) U T T L L ) & $ 1,596,838 linear metres of shelving !&##% ' & ! U U # # " # " " ' ! ! ( ! $ C C ! ) 1,348,354 parchment papers and 13,172,578 $ * !###% South ( ' & folders, volumes, registers, etc. $ * 22% * * ) # ' ' * $ # ( $ $ $ ' * $ ! &##% North ( $ 304,007 readers, 14,882 foreigners ( ! ! ' 50% ! & 129,165 researches, 39,146 in situ # Centre % " * ! ! ) * 28% * ! # & # & & and 90,019 by correspondence & ! # ! , . ! ! ( ' ( + $ . - 904,476 archival unit consulted + Users by geographical area 46 public State libraries of which 2 national central libraries in Holding by region Rome and Florence housing all Italian editorial production as a “legal deposit” Collections and readers of Public State Libraries 198,02 3 manuscripts 23,830,615 printed volumes, of which 34,144 incunabula and 336,936 “cinquecentine” 52,963 current periodicals -(% %!&/% 7,387,727 printed pamphlets .(% %$ /% 1,504,328 readers (70,417 foreigners) 2,280,635 documents consulted *% %) /% 225,062 loans to private individuals Most attended State Archives Readers by geographical area ITALIANS FOREIGNERS TOTAL FLORENCE 15,801 2,576 18,377 National Library Service (2010) NATIONAL CENTRAL ARCHIVE 14,074 171 14,074 The Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale (SBN) is a network of Italian libraries VENICE 9,214 3,901 13,115 working together to publish online a public access catalogue for users ROME 11,010 228 11,238 4,447 libraries TURIN 8,527 234 8,761 11,340,190 titles (87% modern, published after 1830, 7% BOLOGNA 6.100 2,040 8,140 ancient and 5% musical documents); a total of 54,254,748 index MILAN 7,843 173 8,016 cards at these libraries over 23 million online bibliographical searches 6 7 CULTURAL HERITAGE CULTURAL HERITAGE S S E E R R U U G Identification and Protection Cataloguing G I I F Archaeological Heritage 1,983,689 catalogue cards entered until November 2010 in the F C C I I S 5,668 protected monuments and sites (1909-2004) General Information System of the catalogue (SIGEC) run by the S A A B 348 identified and documented underwater archaeological sites (2010) Central Institute for Cataloguing and Documentation (ICCD), B Y 255 authorisations to private and public institutions for research 810,723 of which updated by State superintendencies in 2009 Y L L A A T and excavations , 52 long-term still in progress 122 MiBAC institutions, 225 dioceses, 31 local institutions up-date T I I N Architectural Heritage inventory cards transfered into the System after National Univocal N I I E 46,025 protected buildings and monuments (1909-2004) Code (NCT) verification and attribution, linking cards to that part of E R R U 8,688 statements of cultural interest since the Code of Cultural cultural heritage subjected to particular protection by the Codice dei U T T L Heritage and the Landscape came into force (2004-2009), 974 in beni culturali; 10,407,913 allocated codes (2010) 119,501 of L U U C 2009 refer to public owners and private non-profit bodies which in 2009 C (including ecclesiastical institutions) 1,496,546 catalogue cards produced by Superintendencies from 2002 to 2009 by ordinary funds Archaeological and architectural properties classified by region (19 09-20 04) State superintendencies activity (2002-2009) * $ CARDS PHOTOS ) & ' ! " " # # ' ( * CATALOGUING 331,383 158,556 ' ' " " & & ( $ * # ! ! " " DIGITIZATION 646,983 217,019 ! ! # # ' " INTEGRATION 313,305 54,718 ( ! ' ( ( " " # " OTHER 204,875 248,903 ) $ ( # ' " * ' ! $ " ! " $ ) $ TOTAL 1,496,546 679,196 " * $ # ( ! $ # ! ' ! ) $ " ' & ' '
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