ISTAT

The Italian National Institute of Statistics, a public research organization, is the main producer of official statistics in the service of citizens and policy-makers. It operates in complete independence and continuous interaction with the academic and scientific communities. www.istat.it


In 2017, Italy's cultural heritage boasts 4,889 public and private museums and similar institutions open to the public. Of these, 4,026 are museums, galleries or collections, 293 archaeological areas and parks and 570 monuments and monumental complexes. Museums and other museum-like exhibition structures recorded a historical peak of 119 million ad...