Museum activities and management of collections

Notes from sub-category 91.21.00:

• –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)

• ✕retail sale of paintings and sculptures (activities of commercial art galleries), see 47.69
• ✕cultural heritage education, see 85.52
• ✕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

Excluded from division 91:

• ✕manufacture of musical instruments, see 32.20
• ✕renovation, renewal, reconstruction and retrofitting of historical and archaeological sites and buildings, see 43.99
• ✕retail sale of paintings and sculptures (activities of commercial art galleries), see 47.69
• ✕retail sale of second-hand goods, see 47.79
• ✕transport and storage activities, see division 52
• ✕insurance activities, see division 66
• ✕judicial auctions, see 69.10
• ✕architectural activities to support the conservation and restoration of cultural heritage properties, see 71.11
• ✕research activities, conservation sciences devoted to cultural heritage, see division 72
• ✕activities of tourist guides and lecturers, see 79.90
• ✕sports, amusement and recreation activities (e.g. the operation of bathing beaches and recreation parks), see division 93
• ✕repair of musical instruments not considered cultural heritage and non-historical, see 95.29

Excluded from group 91.2:

• ✕renovation, renewal, reconstruction and retrofitting of historical and archaeological sites and buildings, see 43.99
• ✕retail sale of paintings and sculptures (activities of commercial art galleries), see 47.69
• ✕architectural activities to support the conservation and restoration of cultural heritage properties, see 71.11
• ✕activities related to conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, see 91.30