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UK SIC 91.30—Conservation, restoration and other support activities for cultural heritage

Class · UK Standard Industrial Classification (2026)

Where 91.30 sits

  1. S Arts, sports and recreation
  2. 91 Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities
  3. 91.3 Conservation, restoration and other support activities for cultural heritage
  4. 91.30 Conservation, restoration and other support activities for cultural heritage

What 91.30 includes

  • Activities related to measures and actions for preventive conservation, curative conservation and restoration, including consulting, taking in account both tangible and intangible significance of cultural heritage and sustainability. On every kind of materials and surface, these activities covers in particular movable and immovable archaeological assets, leathers, archival documents, graphic and printed documents and wood panelling, objects of art, ceramic tiles, goldsmithing, easel painting, mural painting, photography, sculpture, textiles including embroidery, stained glasses, scientific and industrial objects
  • Conservation and restoration of historical and archaeological assets of all types of materials, whether the assets are movable or stationary
  • Consulting regarding the conservation and restoration of cultural heritage
  • Activities necessary for the digitisation of cultural heritage, e.g.: • gathering the information and data needed for the creation of virtual replicas

What 91.30 excludes

  • Restoration, renovation, renewal, reconstruction and retrofitting of historical and archaeological sites and buildings, see 43.99
  • Architectural activities to support the conservation and restoration of cultural heritage properties, see 71.11
  • Conservation science (research and development activities devoted to cultural heritage), see division 72
  • Archaeological excavations, see 72.20
  • Repair of furniture not considered cultural heritage and non-historical, see 95.24
  • Repair of musical instruments not considered cultural heritage and non-historical, see 95.29

91.30 in other systems

ANZSICAustralia · New Zealand
ICNEAChina
JSICJapan
KSICSouth Korea
SICUnited States (legacy)

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