20 U.S.C. § 80t–1 — Establishment of Museum
submitted 6 years ago by Pub. L. 116-260 to r/title-20-EDUCATION · 123 words · no verdicts yet
This law creates a comprehensive women's history museum inside the Smithsonian Institution. The Board of Regents names the Museum after consulting the Council. Its purpose is to study women's contributions and collaborate with other institutions. It also creates exhibits reflecting diverse perspectives on women's history.
(a) Establishment: The law creates, within the Smithsonian Institution, a comprehensive women's history museum, to be named by the Board of Regents* after consulting the council established under section 80t–2 (referred to in this subchapter as "the Museum").
(b) Purpose: The Museum's purpose is to provide for: (1) collecting and studying, and creating programs about, women's contributions across various fields and periods of history that have shaped the United States; (2) collaborating with other Smithsonian museums and facilities, outside museums, and educational institutions; and (3) creating exhibits and programs that recognize diverse perspectives on women's history and contributions.
There is established within the Smithsonian Institution a comprehensive women’s history museum, to be named by the Board of Regents* in consultation with the council established under section 80t–2 of this title (referred to in this subchapter 1 as the “Museum”).
The purpose of the Museum established under this section shall be to provide for—
the collection and study of, and the establishment of programs relating to, women’s contributions to various fields and throughout different periods of history that have influenced the direction of the United States;
collaboration with other Smithsonian Institution museums and facilities, outside museums, and educational institutions; and
the creation of exhibitions and programs that recognize diverse perspectives on women’s history and contributions.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 116–260, div. T, title I, § 103, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2273.)
- 2020Enacted · Pub. L. 116-260 · 134 Stat. 2273
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