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