Share of museum staff worldwide as of May 2020, October 2020, and May 2021, by status

Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 9, 2022

Three surveys conducted between May 2020 and May 2021 focused on the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on museum employees worldwide. According to the May 2021 study, nearly two-thirds of interviewed staff claimed to be working on site. Meanwhile, laid-off employees accounted for roughly 10 percent of surveyed staff as of May 2021.

Share of museum employees worldwide as of May 2020, October 2020, and May 2021, by status

Characteristic	May 2020	October 2020	May 2021
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Release date

July 2021

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

April 7 to May 7, 2020; September 7 to October 7, 2020; April 15 to May 29, 2021

Number of respondents

approx. 840*

Special properties

museum employees and governance

Supplementary notes

*Survey count for the May 2021 survey. Survey count for October 2020 = approximately 900. Survey count for May 2020 = approximately 1,600.

The source specifies the following for the May 2021 survey: "51 percent of respondents come from Europe, 8.3 percent from North America, 13.9 percent from Latin America and the Caribbean, 11.6 percent from Asia, 8.3 percent from Africa, 4.3 percent from the Pacific, and 2.6 percent from the Arab Countries region".

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