Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73not60

§76bb Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Title 20 › Chapter 3— SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES › Subchapter VI— JOSEPH H. HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN › § 76bb

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Named forever the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, it must be a free public museum run by the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents. The Board must work with the Secretary of the Interior so the Garden fits the Mall’s open-space plan and any related street or underground garage projects. The United States promises to pay what is needed to maintain and operate the museum. It will permanently hold Joseph H. Hirshhorn’s and his foundation’s art for storage, display, study, and museum business.

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Title 20, §76bb

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(a)The museum and sculpture garden provided for by this subchapter shall be designated and known in perpetuity as the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and shall be a free public museum and sculpture garden under the administration of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. In administering the sculpture garden the Board shall cooperate with the Secretary of 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by “the”. Interior so that the development and use of the Garden is consistent with the open-space concept of the Mall, for which the Secretary of 1 Interior is responsible, and with related development regarding underground garages and street development.

(b)The faith of the United States is pledged that the United States shall provide such funds as may be necessary for the upkeep, operation, and administration of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

(c)The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden shall be the permanent home of the collections of art of Joseph H. Hirshhorn and the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, and shall be used for the storage, exhibition, and study of works of art, and for the administration of the affairs of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

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20 U.S.C. § 76bb

Title 20 — Education

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60