Have a personal or library account? Click to login
Efficiency of Polish Museums‘ Activities in Terms of Attracting Visitors and Event Participants Cover

Efficiency of Polish Museums‘ Activities in Terms of Attracting Visitors and Event Participants

Open Access
|Nov 2025

References

  1. Act of 21 November 1996 on Museums (i.e. Journal of Laws of 2022, item 385)
  2. Act of 25 October 1991 on Organising and Conducting Cultural Activities (i.e. Journal of Laws of 2024, item 87)
  3. Basso, A., & Funari, S. (2020). DEA-BSC and Diamond Performance to Support Museum Management. Mathematics, 8(9), 1402. https://doi.org/10.3390/math8091402
  4. Banker, R. D., Charnes, A., & Cooper, W. W. (1984). Some Models for Estimating Technical and Scale Inefficiencies in Data Envelopment Analysis. Management Science, 30(9), 1078–1092. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.30.9.1078
  5. Brzezicki, Ł. (2024). A Review of Research Into the Efficiency and Productivity of Museums Around the World. Working Paper 4/2024. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.33228.32643
  6. Brzezicki, Ł. (2025). Origin and Evolution of Malmquist Productivity Index: Review of the Literature. Central European Economic Journal, 12(59), 102–119. https://doi.org/10.2478/ceej-2025-0007
  7. Camarero, C., Garrido, M. J., & Vicente, E. (2015). Achieving Effective Visitor Orientation in European Museums. Innovation Versus Custodial. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 16(2), 228–235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2014.05.006
  8. Carvalho, P., Costa, J.S., & Carvalho, A. (2014). The Economic Performance of Portuguese Museums. Urban Public Economics Review, 20, 12–34.
  9. Charnes, A., Cooper, W. W., & Rhodes, E. (1978). Measuring the Efficiency of Decision Making Units. European Journal of Operational Research, 2, 429–444. https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-2217(78)90138-8
  10. Ćwikła, M., Konior, A., Laberschek, M., Pluszyńska, A., & Szostak, A. (2022). Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Do I Want to Know at All? A Story About Cultural Organizations That Conduct Research on Themselves and Those That Do Not. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 29(4), 518–536. https://doi.org/10.1080/10286632.2022.2077933
  11. Del Barrio-Tellado, M. J., & Herrero-Prieto, L. C. (2022). Analysing Productivity and Technical Change in Museums: A Dynamic Network Approach. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 53, 24–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2021.10.007
  12. Del Barrio-Tellado, M. J., Gómez-Vega, M., & Herrero-Prieto, L. C. (2023). Performance of Cultural Heritage Institutions: A Regional Perspective. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 87, 101593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2023.101593
  13. Drela, M. (2015). Performing Public Tasks by Museums as a Prerequisite for Excluding Copyright Protection of Information About Resources Published on the Internet. Review of Law and Administration, 100, 461–469.
  14. Emrouznejad, A., Brzezicki, Ł., & Lu, C. (2025). The Development and Evolution of Slacks-Based Measure Models in Data Envelopment Analysis: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature. Journal of Economic Surveys, 39 (5), 2106–2133. https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12682
  15. Giergiel, T. (2023). The Museum of the Sandomierz Region – Genesis and Development. Muzealnictwo, 64, 51–58.
  16. Guccio, C., Martorana, M. F., Mazza, I., Pignataro, G., & Rizzo, I. (2020a). Is Innovation in ICT Valuable for the Efficiency of Italian Museums? European Planning Studies, 30(9), 1695–1716. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2020.1865277
  17. Guccio, C., Martorana, M., Mazza, I., Pignataro, G., & Rizzo, I. (2020b). An Analysis of the Managerial Performance of Italian Museums Using a Generalised Conditional Efficiency Model. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 72, 100891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2020.100891
  18. Haruna, R., Kuwahara, M., & Shiotsu, Y. (2012). Evaluation of Middle and Long-Term Management Efficiency of Public Museums by Network DEA. International Journal of Biomedical Soft Computing and Human Sciences: The Official Journal of the Biomedical Fuzzy Systems Association, 17(1), 11–17. https://doi.org/10.24466/ijbschs.17.1_11
  19. Https://www.polskawliczbach.pl/ (access date: 15.04.2025).
  20. Kim, S., & Chung, J. (2019). Enhancing Visitor Return Rate of National Museums: Application of Data Envelopment Analysis to Millennials. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 25(1), 76–88. https://doi.org/10.1080/10941665.2019.1578812
  21. Kruczek, Z. (2024). Frekwencja w Atrakcjach Turystycznych w Roku 2023. Polska Organizacja Turystyczna. Warszawa – Kraków. Available at: http://www.pot.gov.pl/attachments/article/1804/Frekwencja w Atrakcjach w 2023 - Raport (2).pdf
  22. Kruczek, Z., Gmyrek, K., Ziżka, D., Korbiel, K., & Nowak, K. (2024). Accessibility of Cultural Heritage Sites for People with Disabilities: A Case Study on Krakow Museums. Sustainability, 16(1), 318. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010318
  23. Kwiatkowski, P. T., & Nessel-Łukasik, B. (2017). The Audience of Museums in Poland. Pilot Studies. Report 2017. National Institute for Museums and Public Collections. Warsaw.
  24. Kwiatkowski, P. T., Nessel-Łukasik, B., & Grzonkowska, J. (2022). Audience (in) the Museum. National Institute for Museums and Public Collections. Warsaw.
  25. Lewandowski, M. (2006). Changes in Management Methods and Measurement of Management Effectiveness in Cultural Institutions. Management in Culture, 7, 107–112.
  26. Li, J., Zheng, X., Watanabe, I., & Ochiai, Y. (2024). A Systematic Review of Digital Transformation Technologies in Museum Exhibition. Computers in Human Behavior, 161, 108407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2024.108407
  27. Lipski, Ł. (2021). Addressing Threats to the Functioning of Museums in Poland During the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020 in the Context of the Role of Museums in Creating Cultural Identity and Safeguarding Cultural Heritage. Social Dissertations, 15(1), 97–112. https://doi.org/10.29316/rs/135342
  28. Manczak, I., Bajak, M., & Sanak-Kosmowska, K. (2021). Museum Mobile Application and Facilities for the Disabled: the Example of the Wilanów Guide. Legal and Economic Review, (2), 35–54. https://doi.org/10.31743/ppe.11894
  29. National Institute of Museums (2023). Infrastructure and security. 2019–2022. Warsaw.
  30. National Institute of Museums (2024). A museometer. https://nim.gov.pl/dzialalnosc/projekty/muzeometr
  31. Nawrocka, E., Zaprucka, J. (2022). Assessment of the Possibility of Using Social Media by Museums. Studia Periegetica, 4(40), 129–147. https://doi.org/10.58683/01.3001.0016.2482
  32. Nieroba, E. (2014). Museum in the Rhythm of the City – New Challenges for the Traditional Elite. Polytheia, 11(1(27), 229–244. https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.11.2014.27.11
  33. Obłąkowska-Kubiak, K. (2018). Positive External Effects of the Activity of Castle and Palace Museums in Poland for Private Economic Activity. Scientific Papers of the Wrocław University of Economics, 527, 190–201. https://doi.org/10.15611/pn.2018.527.17
  34. Plaček, M., Ochrana, F., Půček, M., Křápek, M., Spacek, D. (2017). Does the Financial Self-Sufficiency of Municipalities Affect Efficiency of the Museums Which They Founded? (A Case Study from the Czech Republic). Lex Localis - Journal of Local Self Government, 15(3), 479–494. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/15.3.479-494(2017)
  35. Plaček, M., Ochrana, F., Půček, M., Nemec, J., Křápek, M., & del Campo, C. (2020). Autonomy and Performance of Local Museums: the Case of Czech Republic. Museum Management and Curatorship, 36(5), 504–522. https://doi.org/10.1080/09647775.2020.1803112
  36. Rogozińska, A. (2020). A Museum Oriented Towards the Audience. Educational Strategies Building Long-Term Relationships with the Viewer as a Service Recipient. Educational Studies, (41), 323–334. https://doi.org/10.14746/se.2016.41.20
  37. Rosicka, B. (2017). Tourist Function of Książ Castle. Scientific Papers of the Wrocław University of Economics, 473, 468–475. https://doi.org/10.15611/pn.2017.473.43.
  38. Šebová, M. (2018). Economic Efficiency of Cultural Institutions: The Case of Museums in Slovakia. Montenegrin Journal of Economics, 14, 203–214. https://doi.org/10.14254/1800-5845/2018.14-4.14
  39. Statistics Poland, Statistical Office in Kraków (2023). Culture and National Heritage in 2022. Warszawa-Kraków.
  40. Statistics Poland, Statistical Office in Kraków (2024). Kultura i Dziedzictwo Narodowe w 2023 Roku. Warszawa-Kraków.
  41. Taheri, H., & Ansari, S. (2013). Measuring the Relative Efficiency of Cultural-Historical Museums in Tehran: DEA Approach. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 14(5), 431–438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2012.10.006.
  42. Taniguchi, M. (2021). Impact of New Public Management on the Efficiency of Japanese Museums. Asian Economic Journal, 35: 76–95. https://doi.org/10.1111/asej.12226
  43. Tone, K. (2001). A Slacks-Based Measure of Efficiency in Data Envelopment Analysis. European Journal of Operational Research, 130(3), 498–509. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00407-5
  44. Tone, K., & Tsutsui, M. (2009). Network DEA: A Slacks-Based Measure Approach. European Journal of Operational Research, 197(1), 243–252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2008.05.027
  45. Xie, D. (2019). From an Economic Perspective: Service Efficiency of China’s Museums. Journal of Advances in Economics and Finance, 4(2), 54–59. https://dx.doi.org/10.22606/jaef.2019.42002
  46. Zhao, R., Huang, C., & Hassan Shah, W. U. (2024). An Evaluation of the Regional Heterogeneity of Museums’ Operational Efficiency and Productivity Changes Across Chinese Provinces. Heliyon, 10(11). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32292
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ceej-2025-0022 | Journal eISSN: 2543-6821 | Journal ISSN: 2544-9001
Language: English
Page range: 368 - 389
Submitted on: Jun 22, 2025
Accepted on: Oct 14, 2025
Published on: Nov 26, 2025
Published by: Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2025 Łukasz Brzezicki, Artur Prędki, published by Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.