SBI 91.21—Museum and collection activities

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

Contains 2 narrower codes

• 91.21.1 Activities of museums
• 91.21.9 Activities of other presentation and exhibition centres

What 91.21 includes

• Operating, managing, caring for, preserving, appraising and exhibiting all types of museum collections:
• Museums or art museums, museums of applied art and design (e.g. jewellery, furniture, costumes, ceramics, silverware)
• Natural history, science and technology museums, historical museums, including military museums
• Other specialized museums
• Open-air museums, eco-museums and digital and virtual museums
• Collections in historic houses and national museums, centres for the interpretation of ethnographic, religious and folk art at local and regional levels
• Art galleries, presentation institutions and exhibition spaces that exhibit art (no sales)

What 91.21 excludes

• Retail trade in paintings and sculptures (by commercial art galleries), see 47690
• Activities of libraries, see 91111 , 91119
• Activities of archives, see 91120
• Preservation and restoration of cultural heritage, see 9130
• Repair of furniture that is not considered cultural heritage and is not of historical importance, see 95240

91.21 in other systems