§80r–2 Establishment of Museum

Summary

Creates the National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian. Its job is to collect, study, and run programs about African American life, art, history, and culture, covering slavery, Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, the civil rights movement, and other periods of the African American diaspora. The museum will make permanent and temporary exhibits, collect artifacts and documents, and work with other museums, historically black colleges and universities, historical societies, schools, and groups to create joint programs and exhibits, care for collections, and train museum staff.