Almost all indicators of museum activity in Switzerland increased last year compared with 2020: the number of admissions (10.3 million) rose by 26%, the number of guided tours (70,000) by 44%, and the number of events (23) by 77%, the Federal Statistical Office said on TuesdayExternal link.
However, the number of admissions remained far below the 14.2 million admissions of pre-pandemic 2019.
Admissions rose particularly sharply in Italian-speaking Switzerland in 2021, which even recorded a better result than in 2019.
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Culture
How Covid-19 hit the Swiss culture sector
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An official information brochure has listed the negative impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Swiss culture sector last year.
Figures on museum staff, included for the first time in the survey, reveal the importance of volunteers, who were used by almost two-thirds of museums.
Larger proportion of women
Some 40% of the staff in Swiss museums worked on a voluntary basis, when the survey was carried out in June 2021. In total, there were around 11,400 employees and 7,500 volunteers, the latter mainly in small museums, the statistical office said. Overall, 64% of Swiss museums employ volunteer staff.
The 11,400 employees correspond to 6,000 full-time positions, indicating a high proportion of part-time employees in this area.
Women make up 62% of employees in museums, with 6% of women and 10% of men holding a management position.
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Swiss Politics
Coronavirus: the situation in Switzerland
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An overview of the latest Covid-related information in the Alpine nation.
Swiss-EU treaties: signatures handed in for Kompass initiative
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The committee behind the Compass Initiative submitted the signatures it had collected to the Federal Chancellery on Friday.
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Esther Grether has died aged 89. Considered one of Switzerland’s leading entrepreneurs, the owner of the Basel-based Doetsch Grether Group was also a major shareholder in the Swatch Group and an art collector.
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The flag of the Swiss Wrestling Federation has been received at the start of the Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Festival in Mollis, canton Glarus.
Figurine heads in Zurich school not considered discriminatory
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The 16 carved figurine heads in the auditorium of the Hirschengraben school building in Zurich are not discriminatory, according to an independent expert report.
Swiss political parties report income of CHF22.4 million for 2024
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Ten parties reported income totalling CHF22.4 million for 2024, less than in the 2023 election year. The reports are based on the regulations for transparency in political financing.
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Culture sector to receive more Covid funds
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The Swiss government has agreed to extend financial aid to artists hard hit by Covid restrictions for the past 12 months.
Curtains go up in Swiss cinemas but profits remain down
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The public seems keen to return to theatres, but attendance is four to six times lower than usual because of the 50-person audience limit.
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