Sec. 14.57.100. Acquisitions.
Subject to appropriation by the legislature under AS 37.14.530, the director may use the balance of the net income account of the Alaska heritage endowment fund to acquire culturally or historically significant artifacts, natural history specimens, art objects, collections, and other items, materials, or properties that represent and document Alaska’s land, natural history, and people […]
Sec. 14.57.110. Ownership of acquired items.
Except when ownership of an item is transferred under AS 14.57.120, an item acquired under AS 14.57.100 becomes the property of the state museum.
Sec. 14.57.120. Criteria applicable to acquisitions from the fund.
Subject to approval given by the Museum Collections Advisory Committee under AS 14.57.050(b), the director may (1) establish by contract the terms and conditions of custody, protection, conservation, and exhibition of an item acquired by the state museum if the item is acquired and custody of it is assigned to another institution; (2) transfer ownership […]
Sec. 14.57.130. Disposition of acquired items.
Subject to approval of the Museum Collections Advisory Committee under AS 14.57.050(b), the director may establish a deaccession policy under which the director may exchange or otherwise convey title to an item acquired from the net income account of the fund in accordance with generally accepted principles governing the disposal of these items.
Sec. 14.57.199. Definitions.
In AS 14.57.100 – 14.57.199, (1) “director” means the director of the division of the department that has responsibility for state libraries, archives, and museums; (2) “fund” means the Alaska heritage endowment fund established in AS 37.14.500; (3) “net income account” means the account established in AS 37.14.510.
Sec. 14.57.200. Acquisition of title to loaned property.
(a) A museum may acquire the title to documented property loaned to the museum if (1) at least seven years have passed after the expiration date of the loan without written or other contact between the lender and the museum; or (2) the loan does not have an expiration date and at least seven years […]
Sec. 14.57.210. Acquisition of title to undocumented property.
(a) A museum may acquire title to undocumented property held by a museum for seven years or longer if (1) the seven-year holding period is verified by the written records of the museum; (2) when this paragraph is applicable, the museum has notified by mail all corporations, except nonprofit corporations, created under 43 U.S.C. 1601 […]
Sec. 14.57.010. The state museum.
(a) The department shall manage and have complete charge of all of the property contained in the institution known as the state museum. The museum is designated as a repository of natural and cultural history collections and shall be operated and maintained as a designated repository in the state capital. Branch museums may be established […]
Sec. 14.57.012. Designated natural and cultural history repositories.
(a) The department may designate natural and cultural history repositories in addition to the state museum as provided under this section. (b) An institution located in the state that seeks designation as a natural and cultural history repository may apply on a form and under procedures established by the department in regulation. The procedures must […]
Sec. 14.57.020. Museum Collections Advisory Committee.
(a) There is created in the department the State Museum Collections Advisory Committee consisting of five members appointed by the board to serve at the board’s pleasure for staggered three-year terms. The appointees shall be broadly representative of the public’s interest in the preservation of the human, cultural, natural, archeological, and anthropological history of Alaska. […]