Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110

§80r–5 Educational and Liaison Programs

Title 20 › CHAPTER 3 — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES › SUBCHAPTER XIV — NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE › § 80r–5

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The museum director may run educational and liaison programs to support the museum’s goals. If they do, they must offer programs about African American life, art, history, and culture. These programs can use digital, electronic, and interactive technology and should work with elementary, secondary, and college schools. The museum director must also consult with the head of the Institute of Museum and Library Services about the grant and scholarship work. The head of the Institute, after talking with the Council and the museum director, must set up grant and scholarship programs that cover: improving African American museums’ operations and collection care; internships and fellowships; scholarships for people studying African American life, art, history, and culture in the arts, humanities, and sciences; projects to teach about modern-day slavery worldwide (in cooperation with other museums and groups); and grants that let eligible museums increase an endowment already in place on May 1, 2003, to support education and traveling exhibits. Congress authorized $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and then whatever funds are needed after that.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §80r–5

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(a)In general

(1)Programs authorized

The Director of the Museum may carry out educational and liaison programs in support of the goals of the Museum.

(2)Specific activities described

In carrying out this section, the Director shall—

(A)carry out educational programs relating to African American life, art, history, and culture, including—

(i)programs using digital, electronic, and interactive technologies; and

(ii)programs carried out in collaboration with elementary schools, secondary schools, and postsecondary schools; and

(B)consult with the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services concerning the grant and scholarship programs carried out under subsection (b).

(b)Grant and scholarship programs

(1)In general

In consultation with the Council and the Director of the Museum, the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services shall establish—

(A)a grant program with the purpose of improving operations, care of collections, and development of professional management at African American museums;

(B)a grant program with the purpose of providing internship and fellowship opportunities at African American museums;

(C)a scholarship program with the purpose of assisting individuals who are pursuing careers or carrying out studies in the arts, humanities, and sciences in the study of African American life, art, history, and culture;

(D)in cooperation with other museums, historical societies, and educational institutions, a grant program with the purpose of promoting the understanding of modern-day practices of slavery throughout the world; and

(E)a grant program under which an African-American museum (including a nonprofit education organization the primary mission of which is to promote the study of African-American diaspora) may use the funds provided under the grant to increase an endowment fund established by the museum (or organization) as of May 1, 2003, for the purposes of—

(i)enhancing educational programming; and

(ii)maintaining and operating traveling educational exhibits.

(2)Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services to carry out this subsection— (A)

(B)such sums as are necessary for each fiscal year thereafter.

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 80r–5

Title 20, Education

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110