54 USC § 102502 - Definition of museum object

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title: "54 USC § 102502 - Definition of museum object"
title_number: 54
title_name: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS"
section_number: "102502"
section_name: "Definition of museum object"
chapter_number: 1025
chapter_name: "MUSEUMS"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3157.)"
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# § 102502. Definition of museum object

In this chapter:

**(1)** **In general.—** The term “museum object” means an object that—

**(A)** typically is movable; and

**(B)** is eligible to be, or is made part of, a museum, library, or archive collection through a formal procedure, such as accessioning.

**(2)** **Inclusions.—** The term “museum object” includes a prehistoric or historic artifact, work of art, book, document, photograph, or natural history specimen.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3157.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 102502 | 16 U.S.C. 18f–3(b). | July 1, 1955, ch. 259, § 3(b), as added Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title VIII, § 804(b), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4188. |

The words “museum collections” are omitted as unnecessary.