The reference in the May 6th 2014 blog
post revealed that the Arizona Historical Society is scattering the mineral
collection across the state, and the June 17th 2014 blog post documented
the removal and disposal of gift shop inventory. Both are violations of Arizona
statutes.
The display cases once in the mineral museum are
now in the Bullion Plaza Museum in Miami, AZ. This is also an obvious violation
of ARS 41-827 B.
Why is the AHS not required to comply with Arizona
statutes specifically intended to preserve the mineral museum and it K-12
education programs?
Reference:
Arizona Revised Statute 41-827. Centennial museum; mining and mineral museum; donations
A. The Arizona historical society shall
operate and maintain the centennial museum that houses the mining and mineral
museum for the following purposes and with the following authority:
1. To promote the recognition and celebration of the historical, cultural,
economic and social contributions to this state made by the "five
C's" of cattle, copper, cotton, climate and citrus for the observance of
the centennial of Arizona as a state.
2. To maintain the mining and mineral
museum as the state depository for collecting, cataloging and displaying
mining artifacts and specimens of various ores, gemstones, lapidary material
and other valuable mineral specimens.
3. To apply for and accept grants, donations, gifts, bequests of legacies of
real or personal property, or any other contribution, financial or otherwise,
for use in accordance with the direction of the donor, or, in the absence of an
express direction, to be disposed of as prescribed by the board consistent with
this article. Monies received pursuant to this paragraph shall be deposited in
a separate account of the museum for the purposes of the museum.
4. To accept from the federal or state government, any local government or
any of their agencies restricted and unrestricted monies made available to the
state for the purposes of this article.
5. To establish and collect entrance fees to the museum for persons who are
at least eighteen years of age.
6. To operate a retail gift shop including the acquisition, purchase and
resale of mineral specimens and mineral-related items.
7. To authorize the director to employ a curator for the museum. The curator
shall possess knowledge or experience in mineral collections or shall have
other museum experience.
8. To operate educational programming
for the museum.
9. To accept the services of volunteers and provide oversight for their
activities.
B. The Arizona historical society
shall maintain the items, artifacts and other inventory received for display or
storage, including equipment and outdoor displays, and shall not sell or
otherwise dispose of materials received for the centennial museum or the mining
and mineral museum.
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