20 USC § 77a - Functions of museum

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s77a"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 77a - Functions of museum"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "77a"
section_name: "Functions of museum"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 12, 1946, ch. 955, § 2, 60 Stat. 998; Pub. L. 89–509, pt. I, § 4, July 19, 1966, 80 Stat. 310.)"
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# § 77a. Functions of museum

The national air and space museum shall memorialize the national development of aviation and space flight; collect, preserve, and display aeronautical and space flight equipment of historical interest and significance; serve as a repository for scientific equipment and data pertaining to the development of aviation and space flight; and provide educational material for the historical study of aviation and space flight.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 12, 1946, ch. 955, § 2, 60 Stat. 998; Pub. L. 89–509, pt. I, § 4, July 19, 1966, 80 Stat. 310.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1966— substituted “national air and space museum” for “national air museum”, inserted “and space flight” after “aviation” wherever appearing, and substituted “aeronautical and space flight equipment” for “aeronautical equipment”.