Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73
§76aa Site for museum and sculpture garden
Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - JOSEPH H. HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN › § 76aa
Summary
Gives the Smithsonian two permanent art sites in D.C.: a museum (Seventh St, Independence Ave, Ninth St, Jefferson Dr) and a sculpture garden (Seventh St, Jefferson Dr, Ninth St, Madison Dr); Smithsonian board may remove buildings, make plans, and build the museum south of Jefferson Dr and the garden.
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Title 20, §76aa
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(a)The area bounded by Seventh Street, Independence Avenue, Ninth Street, and Jefferson Drive, in the District of Columbia, is hereby appropriated to the Smithsonian Institution as the permanent site of a museum and the area bounded by Seventh Street, Jefferson Drive, Ninth Street, and Madison Drive, in the District of Columbia is hereby made available to the Smithsonian Institution as the permanent site of a sculpture garden, both areas to be used for the exhibition of works of art.
(b)The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution is authorized to remove any existing structure, to prepare architectural and engineering designs, plans, and specifications, and to construct a suitable museum within said area lying south of Jefferson Drive and to provide a sculpture garden for the use of the Smithsonian Institution within the areas designated in subsection (a) of this section.
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20 U.S.C. § 76aa
Title 20 — Education
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73