Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73
§75e Powers of Board
Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY › § 75e
Summary
The Board can acquire portraits, statues, period furniture, and similar objects to preserve, display, or study. It may pick items because they are historically interesting, artistically valuable, or important for the person they represent. The Board can restore or care for items it acquires. It can display them, loan them out, store them, or dispose of them by sale, trade, donation, return, or other means.
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Title 20, §75e
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For the purpose of carrying out any function authorized by section 75b of this title, the Board may—
(1)purchase, accept, borrow, or otherwise acquire portraiture, statuary, and other items for preservation, exhibition, or study. The Board may acquire any such item on the basis of its general historical interest, its artistic merit, or the historical significance of the individual to which it relates, or any combination of any such factors. The Board may acquire period furniture and other items to enhance its displays of portraiture and statuary.
(2)preserve or restore any item acquired pursuant to paragraph (1).
(3)display, loan, store, or otherwise hold any such item.
(4)sell, exchange, donate, return, or otherwise dispose of any such item.
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Citation
20 U.S.C. § 75e
Title 20 — Education
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73