20 U.S.C. § 75b : US Code - Section 75B: Establishment of National Portrait Gallery; functions

Search 20 U.S.C. § 75b : US Code - Section 75B: Establishment of National Portrait Gallery; functions

(a) There is established in the Smithsonian Institution a bureau
which shall be known as the National Portrait Gallery. The
functions of such bureau shall be those authorized by this
subchapter. The use for the purposes of the Gallery of any part of
the building transferred to the Smithsonian Institution pursuant to
the Act of March 28, 1958 (72 Stat. 68), is authorized.
(b) The Gallery shall function as a free public museum for the
exhibition and study of portraiture and statuary depicting men and
women who have made significant contributions to the history,
development, and culture of the people of the United States and of
the artists who created such portraiture and statuary.