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The economic result of the National Museum for the accounting period 2022 in the main activity is profit in the amount of CZK 344,838.78.
A significant share of the financing of the organization’s needs as well as a share of the profit are the National Museum’s own revenues from the activities of the National Museum, namely revenue from admission, short-term and long-term rental, sales of goods and cooperation in the field of science and development. Revenues from the sale of services (602) reached the amount of CZK 139,594,405.65 in the 2022 accounting period, CZK 62,958,000 in 2021. In 2020, these revenues amounted to CZK 38,692,141.35. The entrance fees collected in 2022 amounted to CZK 138,487,003, compared to 2021, when the entrance fees collected amounted to CZK 61,740,956. In 2020, the entrance fees collected amounted to CZK 37,537,928.34. In 2022, the National Museum achieved higher income from entrance fees than in the period before Covid in 2019 (sales of CZ 101,638,000). For the year 2022, the National Museum budgeted revenues for entrance fees in the amount of CZK 58,000,000. We budgeted rental income (603) for 2022 in the amount of CZK 12,200,000 and realized a total of CZK 16,006,869.56. Rental income has remained unchanged over the last two years with a minor deviation. Revenues (604) from sold goods for the monitored period amounted to CZK 1,343,807.90. Compared to 2021, revenues from sold goods were lower. Other revenues from activities (649) for the accounting period 2022 reached the amount of CZK 7,715,531.03, which is triple compared to 2021 (CZK 2,619,926). The National Museum accounts for other revenues from cooperation with foreign institutions in the field of science and development. Item (671) in the amount of CZK 583,261,028.64 includes an operating subsidy from the founder and other specific subsidies.
The total costs for the accounting period for the year 2022 reached the amount of CZK 771,155,865.73. In 2021 they were in the amount of CZK 733,665,449 (of which material costs (501) amounted to CZK 27,113,288.56, (year 2021 – CZK 26,427,964.58), in 2020 the material costs were in the amount of CZK 28,901,867.50, and in 2019 in the amount of CZK 30,069,617. From the above indicators, it can be seen that material costs are not increasing. Costs of material related to operational activities for the year 2022 were in the amount of CZK 20,248,714.37 (CZK 20,247,169 in 2021, CZK 21,765,441.97 in 2020). Other costs of material in the amount of CZK 6,864,484 were covered from special funds. Energy (502), total energy costs for the 2022 accounting period reached the amount of CZK 93,465,808.87 (in 2021 they amounted to CZK 49,345,375.99, in 2020 CZK 52,986,669.91, and in 2019, energy costs were approx. CZK 48 mil.). For the year 2022, the organization budgeted an amount of CZK 64,250,000 for energy. Repairs and maintenance (511), the total cost of repairs and maintenance in 2022 amounted to CZK 16,312,107.57 (CZK 21,557,308.48 in 2021, CZK 29,533,715.96 in 2020). The National Museum carries out repairs and maintenance of its buildings according to a medium-term plan, however, almost every year extraordinary unforeseen costs occur due to various smaller and larger accidents in buildings under the management of the National Museum. A substantial part of the repair and maintenance costs is covered by the asset reproduction fund (fond reprodukce majetku, FRM).
Travel expenses (512), the total cost of travel expenses in 2022 was in the amount of CZK 6,708,335.47 (CZK 3,455,502.96 in 2021, CZK 2,032,513.20 in 2020). Of this, foreign travel expenses amounted to CZK 5,058,238.54. The cost of foreign travel is covered from the funds of resources for the purpose of science and development. Domestic travel expenses include business trips to the depositories in Terezín, Litoměřice, where the restoration workshops and workplaces of the National Museum’s specialists are located. For 2022, an amount of CZK 6,251,000 was budgeted for travel. Representation costs (513) in 2022 amounted to CZK 2,351,053.80.
Service costs (518) constitute a significant part of the organization’s total costs. For the year 2022, the organization budgeted a total of CZK 164,873,791 for services. For the 2022 accounting period, the total cost of services was in the amount of CZK 180,216,174.70 (CZK 204,611,050.57 in 2021 and CZK 225,673,157.91 in 2020). In cost item 518 Services, services paid from special funds are also charged. The costs for services from the operating budget amounted to CZK 164,610,600.83. Below we present the significant items of the service account: the National Museum spent a total of CZK 27,058,053.60 on security for the year 2022 (CZK 30,261,240.01 in 2021, CZK 28,314,567.22 in 2020). The costs for the supervision of the objects of the National Museum for the year 2022 amounted to CZK 19,190,476.69 (security in 2021 – CZK 11,851,154.98, security in 2020 – CZK 9,676,564.48). An important item in the services for 2022 was the costs of exhibition activities, where the total costs of exhibition activities in 2022 amounted to CZK 24,293,351.79. The costs of cleaning services in 2022 amounted to CZK 19,725,028.22. Revisions for the accounting period 2022 were in the amount of CZK 13,458,459.91. Revision costs will increase in the coming years due to modern technology related to new exhibits in both the Historic Building and the New Building of the National Museum. As part of significant anniversaries and celebrations, the National Museum spent an amount of CZK 1,500,887.53 on promotion in 2022. The National Museum provides its ticketing services in the buildings through a contractor; the cost of this service in 2022 was CZK 9,901,949.55. The National Museum uses the legal services of renowned law firms as part of its activities and awarding public contracts, concluding contractual relationships domestically and abroad, and the National Museum paid the amount of CZK 2,697,474.20 for legal services. A significant item in the costs of services is the management of information systems, where these costs amounted to CZK 8,056,347.63 in 2022. The National Museum has kept the costs of telecommunications services (postage, mobile phones, internet) at the same level in recent years, in 2022 the costs of telecommunications services amounted to CZK 5,391,878.85. Other unspecified services are maintained by the organization at the same level as in previous years. For the 2022 accounting period, these costs were in the amount of CZK 13,232,810.13.
The National Museum incurred salary costs in accordance with the approved budget; the total salary costs for the 2022 accounting period were in the amount of CZK 225,131,698.50. The total salary costs also include other personnel costs, including severance pay and compensation for temporary illness, including salary costs paid from a specific-purpose subsidy.
Depreciation is a significant cost item of the National Museum. In particular, in the last two years, the depreciation of the National Museum has increased, which is related to the renovation of the Historical Building and new exhibitions. For 2022, the depreciation of the National Museum reached the amount of CZK 118,958,156.16, compared to 2020, when the depreciation was in the amount of CZK 69,752,400.45. Depreciation of fixed assets for the 2022 accounting period amounted to CZK 106,809,573.59, of software in the amount of CZK 12,148,582.57. The total costs in item 558 for 2022 amount to CZK 4,619,150.01. Due to the amount of depreciation, we assume that the levy from depreciation will continue to be relevant for the organization and it cannot be ruled out that the National Museum will ask the founder to adjust the levy from depreciation.
Throughout the accounting period, the management of the National Museum monitored the costs of the organization with maximum prudence and strove to meet the approved budget for 2022. Similar to previous years, the costs of services cannot be accurately predicted, as these increased costs are primarily related to exhibition activity and the realization of new expositions. The costs invested in the realization of exhibitions and new expositions show positive results. Unfortunately, the epidemiological situation in 2021 was not fully favourable, but we believe that in the following years the National Museum’s income will reach the level of 2019. Of the organization’s total costs, services account for 23.4%, labour costs 29.2%, depreciation 15.4%, and energy 12.1%.
The total subsidy of the National Museum as of December 31, 2022 was in the amount of CZK 583,261,028.64 including a specific-purpose subsidy. Of this, institutional support amounted to CZK 30,767,133.40, specific-purpose support for science and development of the NAKI program was CZK 12,304,722.63, ISPROFIN non-investment subsidy was CZK 4,211,487.35, and other special-purpose extra-budgetary subsidies amounted to CZK 6,365,641.15.
The scientific research activities of the National Museum in 2022 were carried out in accordance with the proposed research goals and the R&D concept and directive of the Ministry of Education and Culture, in 25 research areas, 100 sub-goals, and more than 70 monitorable goals were solved. In 2022, the National Museum reported a total of 302 applied results, of which 276 results are outputs within the IP DKRVO institutional support. Scientific work took place both at specialist sites and in the laboratories of the National Museum, and as part of field work and expeditions. In 2022, the National Museum issued 29 publications, of which 9 were in print, 5 in e-book form and 15 in hybrid form. Furthermore, 4 publications were published in co-edition with another entity, similar to how the National Museum published 11 magazine titles in previous years. Among the more significant scientific discoveries in cooperation with foreign institutions is the participation of the National Museum in a project of the University of New York, in Vienna and the Harvard Medical School. This cooperation is proof of the excellent and successful cooperation of the scientific staff of the National Museum with foreign institutions. The relevant study titled Large-scale Migration into Britain During the Middle to Late Bronze Age, published in the prestigious journal Nature, made a fundamental contribution to clarifying migration to Britain during the Bronze Age. It revealed that between 1300 and 800 BC there was a large-scale movement of people from western Europe into Britain, replacing almost half of the ancestors of the population of south-east Britain. Another great success is winning the “Most Beautiful Book of 2021” award for Dr. Lubomír Sršeň’s three-volume monograph “Painted Hanging Portraits”: a collection of the Department of Early Czech History of the National Museum, which represents the culmination of many years of research by the above-named expert.
Scientific staff of the National Museum presented their results at international and domestic conferences. As a scientific organization, the National Museum also presents itself by organizing specialist international conferences, expert seminars and workshops right in the National Museum building. Expert staff of the National Museum also participated in 87 international conferences, where they presented results from the field of paleontology, biodiversity and digitization of scientific knowledge within the framework of the globalization of science and development.
The research activity took place both within the framework of a regional focus on the territory of the Czech Republic, as well as at important natural science and archaeological or ethnological locations around the world. Excavations continued in the Sudan Archaeological Expedition and a new international collaboration of archaeological research in Syria and natural science research in the Philippines, Algeria and Bulgaria commenced.
Of the contractual collaborations, it is worth mentioning the Memorandum of Understanding concluded in 2022 with the National Palace Museum and the National Taiwan Museum in Taiwan, on the basis of which the institutions became sister museums cooperating on scientific projects, exhibitions or expert internships. Also, a Memorandum of Cooperation with the University of New South Wales, Sydney on the “Production of Robust Classification and Identification Key of the Halyomorpha Complex and Allied Taxa” project was concluded.
In 2022, another section of the permanent exhibitions was completed, the History exposition, which covers the period from the beginning of the Czech state to 1914. Sections of the Miracles of Evolution natural science exhibition were also completed, specifically the “Insects” section, which opened in the fall of 2022. The Department of Collections continued to build the Children’s Museum in the New Building of the National Museum, which will be fully opened in 2023. In 2022, the trial operation of part of the already built exposition took place. As part of the department of collection and exhibition activities, short-term Around the World in 80 Days exhibitions were prepared and opened in the Náprstek Museum, and We Will Never Give Up! exhibitions in the Museum Complex on the 80th anniversary of the assassination of R. Heydrich, while the museum also prepared a web guide that concentrated the calendar of commemorations of this anniversary in the context of the entire Czech Republic. Furthermore, the National Museum Expedition exhibition was prepared, presenting international scientific cooperation, especially in the fields of archaeology and natural sciences. In addition, the exhibition was prepared during the ICOM world conference. The project associated with the NAKI grant project titled “Misused Museums” was also successful. The National Museum prepared a unique exhibition project The Earth is Me related to ecological issues. We have also prepared the Famous Czech Composers travelling exhibition in cooperation with Czech Centres, and the exhibition will be presented in many places around the world. In 2022, cooperation continued on the Czech Press Photo project. The Department of Collections continued to organizationally and methodically complete the twenty-year collection inventory cycle; we continued with selected collections. Regarding the inventory, we conducted an intensive search for solutions to the problems identified in the collection. In 2022, preparatory work also commenced for the large international exhibition “Baroque” for 2023, which will take place in Regensburg and Prague. The National Museum has engaged in intensive foreign cooperation, specifically humanitarian aid to Syrian and Ukrainian colleagues, as well as preparing a joint project with Taiwanese colleagues from the National Palace Museum. Also, the National Museum delivered 20 collection items from Syria, which will be restored and exhibited here in 2023. As part of the publishing activity, research plans for both institutional and targeted support were fulfilled, a new concept of e-platforms for publishing was launched, and the publishing rules and approach to the National Museum’s publishing policy were amended.
In 2022, the implementation of foreign business trips for National Museum employees required costs in the amount of CZK 5,058,238.54. A total of 239 foreign business trips were made. A substantial portion of foreign business trips is financed from the specific-purpose funds provided for research, development and innovation. The scientific staff of the National Museum demonstrated a high level of productivity in 2022, and achieved a large amount of quality results within the field. As part of the assessment of science and research carried out annually by the Research and Development Council, the National Museum is regularly ranked among the best-rated entities in the so-called green group of institutions that have highly valorised the financial resources spent.
The undertaken foreign business trips allow the staff of the National Museum to gain new knowledge in the field of science and research in accordance with the set goals. Mutual cooperation between National Museum staff and foreign scientists in the field provides rich new knowledge and experience with foreign partners. The presentation of the National Museum at international conferences is also very important, where information is exchanged and new contacts are established for further cooperation. Work in foreign laboratories brings new knowledge of scientific analyses, acquisition of new knowledge and materials for the processing of collections, thereby enriching the collection fund of the National Museum. Foreign trips and stays of workers bring not only knowledge, but also comparison and study of collections in foreign museums, thereby increasing the expertise of employees, deepening scientific activity and the prestige of the National Museum.
In terms of international cooperation, the National Museum’s professional staff realized several outputs at foreign conferences and domestic seminars. The number of professional magazine publications, non-periodical publications, popularization catalogues and brochures, including publications for children, is very high.
In the approved budget for 2022, the founder set funds for salaries in the amount of CZK 196,286,655 and other personnel expenses in the amount of CZK 1,204,030, including an amount of CZK 782,000 for operations, an amount of CZK 170,000 for cultural activities and 252,030 to other OON. Budget adjustment No. 1 increased the funds for organization salaries by CZK 1,153,000, allocated to NAKI and DKRVO, and by CZK 1,633,000 to OON, allocated to NAKI AND DKRVO. Budget adjustment No. 2 increased the funds for organization salaries by CZK 4,097,000, allocated to NAKI and DKRVO, and by CZK 7,084,000 to OON, allocated to NAKI AND DKRVO. Budget adjustment No. 4 increased the funds for organization salaries by CZK 150,000, allocated to other OON. Budget adjustment No. 10 increased the funds for organization salaries by CZK 105,260, allocated to the payment of the extraordinary remuneration awarded by the Minister of Culture to the statutory representative of the National Museum. Budget adjustment No. 20 increased the funds for organization salaries by CZK 107,210, allocated to the payment of the extraordinary remuneration awarded by the Minister of Culture to the statutory representative of the National Museum. Budget adjustment No. 22 increased the funds for organization salaries by CZK 5,164,571, allocated to the statutory salary increase from September 1, 2022.
Other personnel costs were spent on agreements to complete a job, mainly for accompanying events related to exhibition activities, as well as on guide services. In science and development projects, agreements to complete a job were used for work related to the purpose and objective of the project. The total salary costs in 2022 amounted to CZK 225,131,698.50, statutory social insurance amounted to CZK 71,943,558.51.
Below, we present an overview of the distribution of funds paid for salaries + OON, broken down by budget source.
Kunratice Castle – on September 24, 2022, a transfer agreement was concluded with the Office for Government Representation in Property Affairs; the transfer took place on November 1, 2021, the book value of the building is CZK 4,432,810. Tesco building P-4, with the accounting value of CZK 381,605, the enclosure wall of the castle KÚ Prague 4, the water connection and the boiler house were also handed over as accessories of the castle. A plot associated with the Kunratice Castle, with the accounting value of CZK 28,752,670.72, was also handed over. The National Museum transferred a portion of the Peruc plot to the Office for Government Representation in Property Affairs as unnecessary property; the contract was concluded on May 20, 2021, handed over on July 1, 2021, in the accounting value of CZK 38,730. The National Museum concluded a contract with the Office for Government Representation in Property Affairs on the transfer of the water area (watercourse bed); the water area is part of the Jeneč estate, the accounting value of the water area is CZK 22,000.
The following inspections took place at the National Museum during the 2022 accounting period:
