The professional Museum World Ranking is prepared in compliance with the highest standards, based on clear criteria, with the use of correctly collected data analysed with due diligence. All the research is finally presented in the form of lucid results of the Museum World Ranking. The ranking has been developed based on quantitative and qualitative research conducted, among others, with the use of a database management system and questionnaires.
The questionnaire is filled in once a year, for the previous calendar year (from 1 January to 31 December). If the data provided in the questionnaire need to be systematically updated, the questionnaire is filled in with new data.
The main criteria of grading with weights (algorithm):
- effectiveness,
- managerial and organisational culture,
- profitability,
- competitiveness,
- innovation,
- competences,
- prestige,
- internationalization.
The questionnaires covered:
- date of founding,
- number of affiliates,
- number of occupied facilities,
- exhibition space,
- total space of occupied facilities,
- exhibition cubic capacity,
- total cubic capacity of occupied facilities,
- number of exhibits,
- number of items exhibited,
- most important exhibits,
- most important collections,
- number of acquired exhibits,
- value of all exhibits,
- value of acquired exhibits,
- number of deposits,
- number of exhibits on loan from other institutions and organisations,
- number of exhibits on loan to other institutions and organisations,
- revenue,
- costs,
- attendance,
- permanent exhibitions,
- temporary exhibitions,
- number of all employees,
- number of professional staff,
- most important projects conducted last year,
- number of publications,
- number of scientific publications,
- number of educational activities,
- attendance at educational activities,
- number of concerts, performances, film screenings, other events,
- attendance at concerts, performances, film screenings, other events,
- number of digitised items in the collection in percentage points,
- digitised items available on the internet in percentage points,
- number of website hits,
- number of social media users,
- number of all users of museum applications,
- number of times all museum-related films have been played,
- maintenance workshop,
- number of maintenance runs conducted last year,
- library,
- number of items/volumes in the library,
- bookstore,
- shop,
- restaurant/coffee shop,
- guides in how many languages?
- audio-guide,
- multimedia guide,
- is the museum children-friendly?
- is the museum disabled-friendly?
- number of volunteers,
- societies of friends and museum foundations.