Museums Act (S.C. 1990, c. 3)

Marginal note:Capacity and powers

• 15 (1) In furtherance of its purpose, the National Museum of Science and Technology has the capacity and, subject to this Act, the rights, powers and privileges of a natural person and in particular, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the National Museum of Science and Technology may

  • (a) collect scientific and technological objects and other museum material;

  • (b) maintain its collection by preservation, conservation and restoration and the establishment of records and documentation;

  • (c) sell, exchange, give away, destroy or otherwise dispose of scientific and technological objects and other museum material in its collection and use any revenue obtained therefrom to further its collection;

  • (d) lend or borrow scientific and technological objects and other museum material on long-term or short-term loan;

  • (e) organize, sponsor, arrange for and participate in travelling exhibitions, in Canada and internationally, of scientific and technological objects and other museum material in its collection and from other sources;

  • (f) undertake and sponsor any research, including fundamental or basic research, and theoretical and applied research, related to its purpose and to museology, and communicate the results of that research;

  • (g) provide facilities to permit qualified individuals to use and study its collection;

  • (h) inform and educate the public about past, present and future science and technology;

  • (i) create and foster, through programs, functions and facilities, active public and special interest group involvement and interest in science and technology, both at the community level and throughout Canada;

  • (j) establish and foster liaison with other organizations with a purpose similar to its purpose;

  • (k) share the expertise of its staff by undertaking and sponsoring programs for training and apprenticeship in the professional and technical skills involved in the operation of other organizations with a purpose similar to its purpose;

  • (l) provide and arrange for professional and technical services to other organizations with a purpose similar to its purpose;

  • (m) acquire property by gift, bequest or otherwise and hold in trust or otherwise, expend, invest, administer and dispose of that property;

  • (n) develop, operate and maintain branches or exhibition centres;

  • (o) operate restaurants, lounges, parking facilities, shops and other facilities for the use of the public;

  • (p) lease or otherwise make available any of its facilities to other persons; and

  • (q) charge for goods, services and admission and use the revenue obtained therefrom for its own purposes.

• Marginal note:Restriction

  (2) The National Museum of Science and Technology may not deal with property otherwise than in accordance with the terms, if any, on which it was acquired or is held.