912100 Museum and collection activities

This type 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)

This type excludes:

• retail sale of paintings and sculptures (activities of commercial art galleries), see 476900
• library activities, see 911100
• archive activities, see 911200
• conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, see 913000
• repair of furniture not considered cultural heritage and non-historical, see 952400