                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PURPOSES (§ 10.1-2001)

The purposes of the Virginia Museum of Natural History are:

1. To investigate, preserve and exhibit the various elements of natural history
found in Virginia and other parts of the United States and the world;

2. To foster an understanding and appreciation of how man and the earth have
evolved;

3. To encourage and promote research in the varied natural heritage of Virginia
and other parts of the world;

4. To encourage individuals and scholars to study our natural history and to
apply this understanding of the past to the challenge of the future;

5. To establish a state museum of natural history in Virginia where specimens of
natural history, especially those of Virginia origin, can be properly housed,
cared for, cataloged and studied and to ensure a permanent repository of our
natural heritage; and

6. To coordinate an efficient network in Virginia where researchers and the
public can readily use the natural history material of the Museum, its branches,
Virginia&#8217;s institutions of higher education and other museums. These
purposes are hereby declared to be a matter of legislative determination.

HISTORY: 1988, cc. 707, 891.