2007 Minnesota Statutes

345.70 MINNESOTA MUSEUM PROPERTY ACT.
    Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) As used in this section, the terms defined in this subdivision
have the meanings given them.
(b) "Archives repository" means a nonprofit organization or a public agency whose primary
functions include selecting, preserving, and making available records of historical or enduring
value, and that is open to the public on a regular basis. Archives repository does not include a
public library.
(c) "Loan" means the placement of property with a museum or archives repository that is
not accompanied by a transfer of title of the property to the museum or archives repository and
for which there is some record that the owner intended to retain title to the property. Loan does
not include transfers between museums, between archives repositories, or between museums and
archives repositories unless the transferring institution specifically provides in writing that the
transfer is a loan under this section.
(d) "Museum" means a nonprofit organization or a public agency that is operated primarily
for the purpose of collecting, cataloging, preserving, or exhibiting property of educational,
scientific, historic, cultural, or aesthetic interest and that is open to the public on a regular basis.
Museum does not include a public library.
(e) "Property" means personal property.
History: 2004 c 213 s 1