Museums Act

Marginal note:Capacity and powers

• 9 (1) In furtherance of its purpose, the Canadian Museum of History has, subject to this Act, the capacity of a natural person and, elsewhere than in Quebec, the rights, powers and privileges of a natural person. In particular, the Canadian Museum of History may

  • (a) collect objects of historical or cultural interest and other museum material;

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

  • (c) sell, exchange, give away, destroy or otherwise dispose of museum material in its collection and use any revenue obtained from that disposal to further its collection;

  • (d) lend or borrow museum material on long- or short-term loan;

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

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

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

  • (h) promote knowledge and disseminate information related to its purpose, throughout Canada and internationally, by any appropriate means of education and communication;

  • (i) establish and foster liaison with other organizations that have a purpose similar to its own;

  • (j) share the expertise of its staff by undertaking or sponsoring training and apprenticeship programs that relate to its purpose;

  • (k) provide or arrange for professional and technical services to other organizations that have a purpose similar to its own;

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

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

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

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

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

• Marginal note:Restriction

  (2) The Canadian Museum of History may deal with property only in accordance with the terms on which it was acquired or is held.

• Marginal note:Support

  (3) The Canadian Museum of History may support other museums or organizations that have a purpose that is complementary to its own by administering programs that

  • (a) provide online content; and

  • (b) support the development of online content, including by providing financial assistance.