Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110

§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 Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

The place is named the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden forever. It must be a free public museum run by the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. The Board must work with the Secretary of the Interior so the sculpture garden fits the Mall’s open-space design and the nearby underground garages and street changes. The United States promises to provide any funds needed to keep the museum and garden up and running, including upkeep, operation, and administration. The museum is the permanent home for the art collections of Joseph H. Hirshhorn and the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, and it must be used to store, display, study, and manage those works.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §76bb

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(a)Designation; administration by Board of Regents; cooperation of Board with Secretary of the Interior (b) Federal funds
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 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 Interior is responsible, and with related development regarding underground garages and street development.
(c)Uses
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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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 76bb

Title 20, Education

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110