NAICSNational Industry

NAICS 712110—Museums

National Industry · North American Industry Classification System (2022)

Where 712110 sits

  1. 71 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
  2. 712 Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
  3. 7121 Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
  4. 71211 Museums
  5. 712110 Museums

Description

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the preservation and exhibition of objects of historical, cultural, and/or educational value.

Example activities

  • art galleries (except retail)
  • planetariums
  • art museums
  • science or technology museums
  • halls of fame
  • wax museums

Cross-references for 712110

  • Establishments primarily engaged as independent museum exhibit designers are classified in Industry 711510, Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers;
  • Establishments primarily engaged in the preservation and exhibition of historical sites are classified in Industry 712120, Historical Sites; and
  • Commercial art galleries primarily engaged in selling art objects are classified in Industry 459920, Art Dealers.

Index entries for 712110

26 entries from the official NAICS alphabetic index that classify under this code.

  • Art galleries (except retail)
  • Art museums
  • Community museums
  • Contemporary art museums
  • Decorative art museums
  • Fine arts museums
  • Galleries, art (except retail)
  • Halls of fame
  • Herbariums
  • Historical museums
  • Human history museums
  • Interactive museums
  • Marine museums
  • Military museums
  • Mobile museums
  • Multidisciplinary museums
  • Museums
  • Natural history museums
  • Natural science museums
  • Observatories (except research institutions)
  • Planetariums
  • Science and technology museums
  • Sports halls of fame
  • Traveling museum exhibits
  • War museums
  • Wax museums

712110 in other systems

ANZSICAustralia · New Zealand
CNAESpain
ICNEAChina
JSICJapan
NACEEuropean Union
NAICS CanadaCanada
NOGASwitzerland
SCIANMexico
SICUnited States (legacy)
UK SICUnited Kingdom

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