Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110

§76aa Site for Museum and Sculpture Garden

Title 20 › CHAPTER 3 — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES › SUBCHAPTER VI — JOSEPH H. HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN › § 76aa

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Gives the Smithsonian two pieces of land in Washington, D.C., for showing art: the area between Seventh Street, Independence Avenue, Ninth Street, and Jefferson Drive for a museum, and the area between Seventh Street, Jefferson Drive, Ninth Street, and Madison Drive for a sculpture garden. The Smithsonian’s Board of Regents can remove any buildings there, make architectural and engineering plans and drawings, build a museum in the part south of Jefferson Drive, and create the sculpture garden in the other named area.

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Title 20, §76aa

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(a)Appropriation and availability

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)Powers and duties of Board of Regents

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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110