Survey on museums and other cultural institutions

The census survey is carried out by Istat, the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, the Regions and Autonomous Provinces. Collected data describe […]

Public and Private Libraries Census

The Census, addressed to more than 9,000 libraries, state and non-state, both public and private, is carried out by Istat in the framework of the […]

Museum routes in Italy in 2018

Road routes that connect the museums and similar institutions surveyed by the Istat survey 2018 form the museum routes presented here, the routes are enriched […]

Italian national museums

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Museum routes in Italy in 2015

Recently, Istat has undertaken a work of data geo-referencing aimed at providing a growing supply of information for territorial analysis and local development policies. This […]

Palermo city of culture

In 2018, 668,405 inhabitants live in the municipality of Palermo. The population has been decreasing for at least 25 years (in 1990 residents were over […]

Museums and monuments in Italy

The Italian cultural heritage had 4,976 museums and similar institutions, both public and private, open to the public in Italy in 2015. They included 4,158 […]

Areas affected by the earthquake of 24 08 2016

Istat provides information on the area hit by the earthquake of August 24, 2016. The area includes the 17 municipalities affected by the order that […]

Museums and Monuments in Italy

4,588 museums and similar institutions, both public and private, were open to the public in Italy in 2011: they included 3,847 museums, galleries or collections, […]