An Act Relating to the National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution

Summary

The Director of the National Museum under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution shall: cooperate with museums and their professional organizations in a continuing study of museum problems and opportunities; prepare and carry out programs for training career employees in museum practices; prepare and distribute significant museum publications; cooperate with departments and agencies of the Government of the United States operating, assisting, or otherwise concerned with museums; and report annually to the Congress on progress in these activities. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act, not to exceed, $200,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, $250,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, $250,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and $300,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971.

Subject

• United States Congress
• United States National Museum
• National Museum Act of 1966

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

• 80 Stat. 953
• Title 20, Education
• Public Law

Citation information

Statutes at Large

Notes

This Act may be cited as the "National Museum Act of 1966."

Contained within

80 Stat. 953 (1966); Pub. L. No. 89-674 (Book)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

• 1967
• 10/15/1966

Topic

• Museum finance
• Education
• Finance
• Annual Reports
• Expenditures, Public
• Museums
• Management
• Management--Museums
• Museum publications
• Museum techniques
• Museums--Educational aspects

Form/Genre

Public Law

Physical description

Number of pages: 1; Page Numbers: 953

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