10 U.S.C. § 7715 — Army museum system
submitted 1 year ago by Pub. L. 119-60 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 293 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of the Army must support official Army museums, including the National Museum of the United States Army. The section sets designation and closure criteria and permits partnerships to support the museums.
(a) System. The Secretary must support official Army* museums within the United States Army Center of Military History. The system must include the National Museum of the United States Army and may include museums honoring particular installations, units, or branches that meet (b).
(b) Designation criteria. The Secretary must establish criteria, including historical significance to Army operations, technology, or personnel; public access and educational programs; and alignment with preserving Army heritage.
(c) Closure. The Secretary must establish closure criteria. A museum may not close until (1) the Secretary gives the House and Senate Armed Services Committees notice containing a preservation, storage, or alternate-display plan; how personnel issues will be resolved; identified public-private partnership efforts; and transport, consolidation, and preservation cost analysis; and (2) 90 days pass after the committees receive notice.
(d) Funding and support. Consistent with law, the Secretary may partner, including with nonprofit organizations, to improve museums’ financial sustainability and public engagement.
The Secretary of the Army* shall support a system of official Army museums within the United States Army Center of Military History. Such system shall include the National Museum of the United States Army and may contain other museums honoring individual installations, units, and branches, as designated by the Secretary of the Army, that meet criteria established under subsection (b).
The Secretary of the Army shall establish criteria for designating museums of subsection (a) for inclusion in the Army museum system. Such criteria shall include—
historical significance to Army operations, technology, or personnel;
public accessibility and educational outreach programs; and
alignment with the mission of the Army to preserve its heritage.
The Secretary of the Army shall establish criteria for closing museums within the Army museum system. No museum within such system may be closed until—
the Secretary of the Army submits to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate notice that includes—
a plan for the preservation, storage, or alternate display of historical collections contained in the museum;
how any issues relating to museum personnel will be resolved;
an identification of any efforts to maintain museum operations through public-private partnerships; and
an analysis of the cost to transport, consolidate, and preserve the historical collections contained in the museum; and
a period of 90 days has elapsed after the date on which such notice is received by such committees.
Consistent with applicable law, the Secretary may enter into partnerships, including with nonprofit organizations, to enhance the financial sustainability and public engagement of the museums in the Army museum system.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title III, § 374, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 838.)
- 2025Enacted · Pub. L. 119-60 · 139 Stat. 838
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