91.21
Class
Museum and collection activities
SDMX: S9121
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
1 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes
✓ Includes
This class includes: - 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)
✗ Excludes
This class excludes: - retail sale of paintings and sculptures (activities of commercial art galleries), see 47.69 - 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
Frequently Confused With
47.69
Retail sale of cultural and recreational goods n.e.c.
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91.11 Library activities
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91.12 Archive activities
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91.30 Conservation, restoration and other support activities for cultural heritage
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95.24 Repair and maintenance of furniture and home furnishings
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Who is this code for?
Verified: SEMANTIC_SECTION_MATRIXArtists
SOC 2020:3411 Common titles: Painter, Sculptor, Artist
Product, clothing and related designers
SOC 2020:3422 Common titles: Designer, Stylist
Related Occupations
Leisure and sports managersPhotographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators
Evidence: Representative SOC 2020 occupations for SIC Section R (Museum and collection activities).
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Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) —
UK SIC 2026
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