20 USC 9171: Purpose
Text contains those laws in effect on January 2, 2001
From Title 20-EDUCATIONCHAPTER 72-MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICESSUBCHAPTER III-MUSEUM SERVICES
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§9171. Purpose
It is the purpose of this subchapter-
(1) to encourage and assist museums in their educational role, in conjunction with formal systems of elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education and with programs of nonformal education for all age groups;
(2) to assist museums in modernizing their methods and facilities so that the museums are better able to conserve the cultural, historic, and scientific heritage of the United States; and
(3) to ease the financial burden borne by museums as a result of their increasing use by the public.
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