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CNAE 91.21—Museum and collection activities

Class · Clasificación Nacional de Actividades Económicas (2025)

Where 91.21 sits

  1. S Artistic, Sports and Entertainment Activities
  2. 91 Activities of libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities
  3. 91.2 Activities at museums, art collections, historical sites and monuments
  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

ANZSICAustralia · New Zealand
ICNEAChina
ISICUnited Nations (global)
JSICJapan
NAICSUnited States
NAICS CanadaCanada
SCIANMexico
SICUnited States (legacy)
UK SICUnited Kingdom

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