Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110

§80m Powers of Board

Title 20 › CHAPTER 3 — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES › SUBCHAPTER XII — MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART › § 80m

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Board may obtain art and other property for the museum by buying, accepting gifts, borrowing, or other ways. It can care for, restore, display, loan, transfer, store, or otherwise hold those items, and run research and education programs. Following any donor rules or other legal limits, the Board can also sell, trade, or dispose of museum property, and money from such sales must go to the museum. When doing this work, the Board must consider recommendations from the museum’s Commission.

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Title 20, §80m

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(a)Acquisition, retention, and disposition of property; research and education programs

For the purpose of carrying out section 80k and 80l of this title, the Board may—

(1)purchase, accept, borrow, or otherwise acquire additional works of art or any other real or personal property for the Museum;

(2)preserve, maintain, restore, display, loan, transfer, store, or otherwise hold any property of whatsoever nature acquired pursuant to section 80k of this title or paragraph (1) of this subsection;

(3)conduct programs of research and education; and

(4)subject to any limitations otherwise expressly provided by law, and, in the case of any gift, subject to any applicable restrictions under the terms of such gift, sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any property of whatsoever nature acquired pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter: Provided, That the proceeds from the sale of any property acquired pursuant to section 80k of this title shall be designated for the benefit of the Museum.

(b)Recommendations of Commission

In carrying out the purposes of this subchapter, the Board shall consider the recommendations of the Commission established pursuant to section 80n of this title.

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 80m

Title 20, Education

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110