influence of a set of selected variables on the number of museums visited in the last 12 months. We find that cultural capital …, proxied by literacy, social status, proximity of supply and time constraints affect the number of visits to museums and arts …

museums. An ad-hoc survey was conducted between June and September 2011 among the visitors of the principal museums of the two …

performance of cultural institutions. More specifically, we consider how museums are effective in their function of disseminating … Italian museums, we develop performance indices of accessibility, visitors' experience, web visibility and promotion of the … between governmental museums, public museums whose administration is either outsourced or has financial autonomy and private …