ISIC 9121—Museum and collection activities

Where 9121 sits

1. S Arts, sports and recreation
2. 91 Library, archives, museum and other cultural activities
3. 912 Museum, collection, historical site and monument activities
4. 9121 Museum and collection activities

What 9121 includes

• Operation, management, care, preservation, appraisal and exhibition of collections of museums of all kinds •museums or art museums, applied art crafts and design museums (e.g. for jewelry, furniture, costumes, ceramics, silverware) •natural history, science and technological museums, historical museums, including military museums •other specialised museums •open-air museums, ecomuseums as well as digital and virtual museums •collections in historic houses and national galleries, interpretation centres for ethnographic, religious and folk art at local or regional level
• In-house services such as: restoration of works of art and museum collection objects

What 9121 excludes

• Retail sale of paintings and sculptures (activities of commercial art galleries), see 4769
• Library activities, see 9111
• Archive activities, see 9112
• Restoration of works of art and museum collection objects if not conducted by units classified in 912, see 913
• Preventive conservation of artworks if not done by units classified in 912, see 913
• Restoring of furniture (except museum type restoration), see 9524

9121 in other systems