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collections, the museums spent 2,8 million euros in 2009. The level of digitalization of the
collections, in 2009, was 14 percent digitalized of the collections in cultural historical
museums, 56,8 percent in art museums, and 8,6 percent in natural historical museums.
(National Board of Antiquities, 2009). (National Board of Antiquities, 2009).
Museums in Finland are mainly funded by public grants. In 2009 the government funded the
museums with 84,2 million euros, which is a little bit more than 40 percent out of the total
budgets of the museums (National Board of Antiquities, 2009), the rest of the budget came
from other sources, such as corporate sponsors (Ministry of Education and Culture, 2011).
The museums gathered an amount of 15 percent of their total budgets themselves, out of
which 40 percent came from ticket revenues (National Board of Antiquities, 2009). The
percentage of the government grant in the total budgets of the museums has increased during
the past years. In 2007 it amounted to 38 % of the budgets, in 2008 40,3 % and in 2009 42,9
%. Foundations and associations funded museums in Finland with an amount of 5,2 percent,
leaving 2,4 percent from other sources. The annual expenditure of museums in 2009 was
approximately 196,2 million euros. (National Board of Antiquities, 2009).
Museums of
natural
history
4 % Art
museums
17 %
Specialized
museums
26 %
Museums of
cultural
history
50 %
Combination
museums
3 %
Picture 7: Museums run by professional museum workers (data from museot.fi, 2011)
In Picture 7 the Finnish museum field is divided into the different categories of museums. The
museums of cultural history conduct research, document and create exhibitions, as well as
promote and guide museum activities in the cities or towns they are located in. They also
participate in the preservation of buildings and export of cultural items. The specialized
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