Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73

§80q–7 Audubon Terrace

Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XIII— - NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN › § 80q–7

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Board of Regents must make sure that when a qualified successor first takes possession of Audubon Terrace, at least 2,000 square feet there is open to the public and set up for showing museum objects and related exhibits. If the Board and that successor sign a written agreement, the Board may lend items from the Smithsonian’s collections for display and give training, scholarships, technical help, and other support (but not day-to-day operating money). Any fee for those services must be based on the successor’s ability to pay. “Qualified successor to the Heye Foundation at Audubon Terrace” / “qualified successor” / “successor” — a tax-exempt nonprofit (501(c)(3) and 501(a)) that the Board finds is the successor occupant at 3753 Broadway, New York, can run the exhibition space, and will try to meet community cultural interests.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §80q–7

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(a)The Board of Regents shall—

(1)assure that, on the date on which a qualified successor to the Heye Foundation at Audubon Terrace first takes possession of Audubon Terrace, an area of at least 2,000 square feet at that facility is accessible to the public and physically suitable for exhibition of museum objects and for related exhibition activities;

(2)upon written agreement between the Board and any qualified successor, lend objects from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution to the successor for exhibition at Audubon Terrace; and

(3)upon written agreement between the Board and any qualified successor, provide training, scholarship, technical, and other assistance (other than operating funds) with respect to the area referred to in paragraph (1) for the purposes described in that paragraph.

(b)Any charge by the Board of Regents for activities pursuant to agreements under paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a) shall be determined according to the ability of the successor to pay.

(c)As used in this section, the terms “qualified successor to the Heye Foundation at Audubon Terrace”, “qualified successor”, and,11 So in original. The comma probably should not appear. “successor” mean an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of title 26, and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of title 26, that, as determined by the Board of Regents—

(1)is a successor occupant to the Heye Foundation at Audubon Terrace, 3753 Broadway, New York, New York;

(2)is qualified to operate the area referred to in paragraph (1) for the purposes described in that paragraph; and

(3)is committed to making a good faith effort to respond to community cultural interests in such operation.

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 80q–7

Title 20 — Education

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73