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NACE 91.21Museum and collection activities

Class · Statistical Classification of Economic Activities (Rev. 2.1 (2023))

Where 91.21 sits

  1. S Arts, sports and recreation
  2. 91 Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities
  3. 91.2 Museum, collection, historical site and monument activities
  4. 91.21 Museum and collection activities

What 91.21 includes

  • Operation, management, care, preservation, assessment and exhibition of collections of museums of all kinds: • museums or art museums; applied art, crafts and design museums (e.g. jewellery, furniture, costumes, ceramics, silverware) • natural history, science and technology museums, historical museums (including military museums) • other specialised museums
  • Open-air museums, ecomuseums, digital and virtual museums
  • Collections in historic houses and national galleries; interpretation centres for ethnographic, religious and folk art (at local or regional level)
  • Activities of art galleries, exhibiting art (not for sale)

What 91.21 excludes

  • Retail sale of paintings and sculptures (activities of commercial art galleries), see 47.69
  • Library activities, see 91.11
  • Archive activities, see 91.12
  • Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, see 91.30
  • Repair of furniture not considered cultural heritage and non-historical, see 95.24

91.21 in other systems

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