 
                 CHAPTER 72--MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
 
                     SUBCHAPTER III--MUSEUM SERVICES
 
Sec. 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.

(Pub. L. 94-462, title II, Sec. 271, as added Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, 
title I, Sec. 101(e) [title VII, Sec. 702], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3009-233, 3009-302.)
