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6.<\/span> To coordinate an efficient network in Virginia where researchers and the public can readily use the natural history material<\/span> of the Museum, its branches, Virginia’s institutions of higher education and other museums. These purposes are hereby declared to be a matter of legislative determination. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPURPOSES (\u00a7 10.1-2001)\n\nThe purposes of the Virginia Museum of Natural History are:\n\n1. To investigate, preserve and exhibit the various elements of natural history\nfound in Virginia and other parts of the United States and the world;\n\n2. To foster an understanding and appreciation of how man and the earth have\nevolved;\n\n3. To encourage and promote research in the varied natural heritage of Virginia\nand other parts of the world;\n\n4. To encourage individuals and scholars to study our natural history and to\napply this understanding of the past to the challenge of the future;\n\n5. To establish a state museum of natural history in Virginia where specimens of\nnatural history, especially those of Virginia origin, can be properly housed,\ncared for, cataloged and studied and to ensure a permanent repository of our\nnatural heritage; and\n\n6. To coordinate an efficient network in Virginia where researchers and the\npublic can readily use the natural history material of the Museum, its branches,\nVirginia’s institutions of higher education and other museums. These\npurposes are hereby declared to be a matter of legislative determination.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, cc. 707, 891.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}