4 AAC 58.900. Definitions

As used in AS 14.57 and this chapter

(1) "museum" means an organized and permanent nonprofit institution, educational or aesthetic in purpose, with qualified staff, that owns, cares for, and uses tangible objects, and interprets and exhibits them to the public on some regular schedule;

(2) "museum-related agency" means a local, regional, or statewide nonprofit organization, such as an historical society, cultural heritage center, museum support group, or statewide museum association, the purpose of which is to augment and enhance museum services and practices;

(3) "nonprofit institution" means a municipality, or a nonprofit corporation in good standing under AS 10.20;

(4) "qualified staff" means at least one employee who is considered by the museum's governing authority to be qualified;

(5) "Alaska State Museum" means the state museum in Juneau, Alaska;

(6) "Sheldon Jackson Museum" means the branch of the state museum in Sitka, Alaska.

History: Eff. 10/21/89, Register 112; am 4/19/95, Register 134

Authority: AS 14.07.060

AS 14.57.010

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