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Table 8:    Library statistics, 1980-2014

Year	Number of public libraries	Units lent in public libraries (million)
1980	4 915	40.7
1990	4 179	35.9
2000	3 132	34.5
2005	3 230	30.8
2010	3 474	26.5
2011	3 501	26.2
2012	3 355	24.6
2013	3 522	24.3
2014	3 874	23.1

Source: Central Statistical Office.

Table 9:    Cinema, theatre and concert statistics, 1990-2015

Year	1990	2000	2010	2014	2015
Cinema halls (No.)	1 960	564	411	316	353
Cinema projections (1 000)	416	372	478	420	473
Cinema (No. of visits per 1 000 persons)	3 495	1 426	1 111	1 002	1 268
*Theatre (No.)	43	52	143	168	167
*Theatre (1 000 performances)	12	13	19	26	25
*Theatre (No. of visits per 1 000 persons)	482	393	458	655	658
Concerts (No.)	1 723	1 281	3 654	4 313	4 504
Concert (1 000 visits)	749	426	994	1 562	1 794
Concert (No. of visits per 1 000 persons)	72	42	99	158	182

Source:    Central Statistical Office.
Note:       * From 2008, statistics include independent / alternative theatres, too. Only classical music is included under concerts; from 2008, statistics cover a fuller range than previously.

Table 10:  Museum visitors, 1990-2013

Year	Number of museums	Visits (million)	Visits per thousand inhabitants
1990	754	14.0	1 349
2000	812	9.9	987
2010	647	9.4	946
2011	645	8.4	845
2012	672	8.4	840
2013	699	9.1	923
2014	700	9.6	969
2015	700	9.7	984

Source: Central Statistical Office.

Besides the downsizing of a few museums (categorising them as exhibition places only), an important reason of the decrease in numbers was the absence of large scale central exhibitions in 2011-2012. In 2013, however, both the Museum of Fine Arts (Szépművészeti) and the National Gallery (Nemzeti Galéria) attracted increasing numbers (e.g. “From Caravaggio to Canaletto”). From 2016 the closing of the Museum of Fine Arts due to reconstruction will probably be reflected in the attendance figures.