activities of the institute

activities of the institute Sec. 206. (a) The Director, subject to the policy direction of the Board, is authorized to make grants to museums to increase and improve museum services, through such activities as— (1) programs to enable museums to construct or install displays, interpretations, and exhibitions in order to improve their services to the public; (2) assisting them in developing and maintaining professionally-trained or otherwise experienced staff to meet their needs ; (3) assisting them to meet their administrative costs in preserving and maintaining their collections, exhibiting them to the public, and providing educational programs to the public through the use of their collections; (4) assisting museums in cooperation with each other in the development of traveling exhibitions, meeting transportation costs, and identifying and locating collections available for loan; (5) assisting them in conservation of artifacts and art objects; and (6) developing and carrying out specialized programs for specific segments of the public, such as programs for urban neighborhoods, rural areas, Indian reservations, and penal and other State institutions. (b) Grants under this section for any fiscal year may not exceed 50 per centum of the cost of the program for which the grant is made, except that not more than 20 per centum of the funds available under this section for any fiscal year may be available for grants in such fiscal year without regard to Such limitation.