Do Prefácio:
«Sustainability is at the top of today’s agenda – also for museums. The Danish
Agency for Culture has therefore chosen to present the results of the National User
Survey 2014 in the light of a sustainability perspective. This is based on a complex
understanding of sustainability, which includes many different parameters.
With the publication Museums – Citizens and Sustainable Solutions, The Danish
Agency for Culture presents results, experiences and challenges that have been
identified by means of the User Survey over the last six years.
The User Survey is a tool for developing relevant and contemporary museums
that provide access to culture for all citizens in every corner of Denmark. This is a
clear objective in the Danish Museum Act. As mentioned in the comments to the
Museum Act, the state owned and state approved museums are to “...contribute
to putting the current societal development and debate into perspective. They
are also to help form the basis for the solution of societal tasks. It is a key task for
the museums to develop cultural and natural heritage as a resource in the Danish
society, including the development of meaning and use of the same, both for the
individual citizen and for society as a whole. The museums’ social role is to be
strengthened, and the museums are to contribute to society’s development and
to general education through experiences, inspiration, learning, critical reflection
and active citizenship.” (...)».
E uma infografia, antecedida pela seguinte descrição (Pag.44):
«SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUND VARIABLES
The User Survey provides knowledge about the users’ socio-economic background
variables. This means the users’ gender, age and educational background. The numbers
for 2014 show that women are still overrepresented at the museums, young people are
underrepresented, and the users generally have a longer education than their proportion
of the Danish population.
GENDER
The gender distribution is uneven at the Danish museums. Women make up 62% of the
Danish users, and 57% of the foreign users. Among the Danish users, women are most
overrepresented at the art museums, where they make up 66%, while they account for
58% at the natural history museums. At the cultural history museums, 60% of the users
are women. Women are overrepresented among the foreign users, albeit to a lesser degree
than among the Danish users. Among the foreign users, men make up 57% at the natural
history museums, whereas men only make up 41% of the users at the art museums. At
the cultural history museums, the proportion of men among the foreign users is 44%. (...)».
