Museums, as core institutions for collecting, researching, and exhibiting cultural heritage, serve as a crucial indicator of a nation's cultural development level. In China, museums function as primary repositories for cultural relics and specimens, institutions for public education, and centers for scientific research. They constitute a vital component of China's socialist scientific and cultural endeavors.
This data system compiles annual operational data from museums across mainland China at various administrative levels from 2018 to 2023. It encompasses 43 core indicators spanning museum attributes, collection management, visitor traffic, public services, spatial facilities, and administrative records. Through institution-level microdata, researchers can precisely analyze development trends in the museum sector, efficiency of regional cultural resource allocation, and effectiveness of public cultural services. This dataset provides quantitative support for academic research, policy formulation, and industry investment.
Data Uniqueness
- Nationwide Micro-Level Archives: Unlike macro-level statistical bulletins, this database offers complete operational records at the individual museum level (e.g., non-aggregated data such as "Number of Precious Cultural Relics in Collection," "Experimental Restoration Area," and "Social Education Activity Sessions").
- Comprehensive Spatial Coverage: Includes address information precise to district/county level with longitude and latitude coordinates (fields: Province/City/District/Longitude/Latitude), supporting GIS spatial analysis and cultural resource accessibility studies.
- Multi-Dimensional Operational Indicator Correlation: Enables cross-analysis of relationships such as "Museum Quality Rating-Visitation Volume-Free Admission Policy" (e.g., verifying whether higher-rated museums significantly enhance public engagement).
Data Application Value
- Academic Research: Supports cultural policy evaluation (impact of "free admission" policies on regional visitation), cultural heritage economics (resource allocation efficiency of "Museum Building Area" and "Educational Space Area"), and urban cultural geography (museum spatial clustering analysis based on coordinates).
- Industry Practice: Provides reference for museum rating assessments (correlation between "Total Collection Size" and "Precious Relics Quantity") and cultural tourism site selection (visitor capacity modeling combining "Visitation Volume" and "Public Service Area").
- Policy Evaluation: Facilitates regional cultural facility equity diagnostics (comparing "Museums per Million Population" at province-city levels) and fiscal subsidy effectiveness audits (output analysis of "Social Education Activity Sessions" in free-admission institutions).
CnOpenData's National Museum Annual Report Information Data features micro-institutional perspectives, continuous temporal dimensions, and geospatial coordinates as core characteristics. It fills a gap in fine-grained cultural resource research, balancing academic rigor with practical applicability. This dataset serves as an irreplaceable infrastructure-level resource for cultural policy studies, cultural tourism planning, and cultural heritage management.
Data Scale
Time Period
2018-2023
Field Display
Sample Data
Data Update Frequency
Annual Updates