An Act for encouraging the Establishment of Museums in Large Towns.
Citation
8 & 9 Vict. c. 43
Dates
Royal assent
21 July 1845
The Museums Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 43), sometimes called the Museums of Art Act 1845[2] or the Museums of Art in Boroughs Act,[3] was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which gave the town councils of larger municipal boroughs the power to establish museums.
As to bequests under this Act, see Harrison v The Corporation of Southampton.[4]
This Act was repealed by section 1 of the Public Libraries Act 1850,[5] subject to section 9 of that Act.
This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a) of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.
^The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised for the Republic of Ireland by section 4 of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.
^Ulph, "Dealing with UK Museum Collections: Law, Ethics and the Public/Private Divide" (2015) 22 International Journal of Cultural Property 177
^Christopher Rawlinson. "Museums of Art in Boroughs Act". The Municipal Corporation Act, 5 & 6 Will. IV, c. 76, and the Acts since passed for amending the same, and otherwise in relation to Municipal Corporations. Second Edition, by William Newland Welsby. W Maxwell. London. Hodges & Smith. Dublin. 1850. Pages 447 to 449, at page 447.
^(1854) 2 Sm & Giff 387, (1854) 65 ER 448
^The Public Libraries Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict c 65), section 1
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