ARTICLE 2.5. Museums [19670. - 19685.]

Cal. Education Code - EDC 2.5.
in effect

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 19670. Section 19670.

The board of library trustees may vote to establish a public museum in the library district and to constitute the board of library trustees as the board of museum trustees for the purposes of managing such museum in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 19672. Section 19672.

Special meetings may be called at any time by three trustees, by written notices served upon each member at least 12 hours before the time specified for the meeting.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 19674. Section 19674.

At its first meeting held after being constituted, the board shall organize by electing one of its number president, and another one of its number secretary. They shall serve as such for one year or until their successors are elected and qualified.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 19675. Section 19675.

The board shall cause a proper record of its proceedings to be kept, and at the first meeting of the board of trustees, it shall immediately cause to be made out and filed with the Department of Education at Sacramento a certificate showing that the museum has been established, with the date thereof, the names of the trustees, and the officers of the board chosen for the current fiscal year.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 19676. Section 19676.

The board of museum trustees shall make and enforce all rules, regulations, and bylaws necessary for the administration, government, and protection of the museum under its management, and all property belonging to it.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 19677. Section 19677.

The board of museum trustees shall administer any trust declared or created for the museum, and receive by gift, devise, or bequest, and hold in trust or otherwise, property situated in this state or elsewhere, and where not otherwise provided, dispose of the property for the benefit of the museum. Any funds from private sources which are used for the support of any public museum established pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in a special fund in the county treasury of the county in which the public museum is located. Such fund shall be under the control of and administered by the board of museum trustees.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 19678. Section 19678.

The board of museum trustees shall prescribe the duties and powers of the curator, secretary, and other officers and employees of the museum, determine the number of and appoint all officers and employees, and fix their compensation. The officers and employees shall hold their offices and positions at the pleasure of the board.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 19679. Section 19679.

The board of museum trustees shall purchase necessary objects of artistic, scientific, or historical interest, and other personal property.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 19680. Section 19680.

The board of museum trustees shall also purchase such real property, and erect or rent and equip, such building or rooms, as in its judgment is necessary to properly carry out the provisions of this chapter.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 19681. Section 19681.

The board of museum trustees shall do and perform any and all other acts and things necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 19682. Section 19682.

The board of museum trustees shall designate the hours during which the museum is open for the use of the public. All public museums established under this chapter shall be open for the use of the public during every day in the year except on legal holidays as may be determined by the board of museum trustees.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 19683. Section 19683.

In any library district formed under the provisions of this chapter, which maintains a public museum, in accordance with this chapter, the board of museum trustees shall furnish to the board of supervisors of the county in which the library district is situated, each and every year, on or before the first day of September, an estimate of the cost of any or all of the following: (a) Leasing temporary quarters. (b) Purchasing a suitable lot. (c) Procuring plans and specifications and erecting a suitable building. (d) Furnishing and equipping the building and fencing and ornamenting the grounds, for the accommodation of the public museum. (e) Conducting and maintaining the museum for the ensuing fiscal year.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 19684. Section 19684.

The title to all property acquired for the purposes of the museum, when not inconsistent with the terms of its acquisition, or not otherwise designated, vests in the district in which museums are, or are to be situated.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 19685. Section 19685.

It is the intent of the Legislature that public museums established pursuant to this chapter shall be funded primarily by private funds. The board of supervisors of the county in which such a public museum is located is authorized, but not required, to allocate county funds for the support of such museum.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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