20 U.S.C. § 50

Reception and arrangement of specimens and objects of art

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Whenever suitable arrangements can be made from time to time for their reception, all objects of art and of foreign and curious research, and all objects of natural history, plants, and geological and mineralogical specimens belonging to the United States, which may be in the city of Washington, in whosesoever custody they may be, shall be delivered to such persons as may be authorized by the Board of Regents to receive them, and shall be so arranged and classified in the building erected for the institution as best to facilitate the examination and study of them; and whenever new specimens in natural history, geology, or mineralogy are obtained for the museum of the institution, by exchanges of duplicate specimens, which the Regents may in their discretion make, or by donation, which they may receive, or otherwise, the Regents shall cause such new specimens to be appropriately classed and arranged. The minerals, books, manuscripts, and other property of James Smithson, which have been received by the Government of the United States, shall be preserved separate and apart from other property of the institution.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1978–2019 · leading case: Crowley v. Smithsonian Inst., 462 F. Supp. 725 (D.D.C. 1978).

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Crowley v. Smithsonian Inst., 462 F. Supp. 725 (D.D.C. 1978). · cites it 2× “” 20 U.S.C. § 50 . Over 100 scientists conduct research and care for the collections.”

Crowley v. Smithsonian Inst., 636 F.2d 738 (D.C. Cir. 1980). “” 20 U.S.C. § 50 . This authority is governed by and in aid of the overriding charter of the Institution.”

Petition of the United States on Behalf & for the Benefit of Smithsonian Inst. (D.D.C. 2019). “” 20 U.S.C. § 50 . Con- gress authorized the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian to obtain new “specimens in natural history, geology, or mineralogy” either by purchase or by donation.”

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