The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: law on article 1 of the Museum. The terms used in the law, the law is applied in the following terms: 1) the object of the Museum — the thing that after research and processing is recognized as a subject of importance to the cultural and Museum located in the inventory;
2) muzejisk object-object by its heritage significance corresponds to the requirements of the subject of the Museum, but the Museum is not included in the inventory;
3) item of the Museum — the historically established, scientifically based set of objects of the Museum, which consists of a parent item, the moment and exchange the item.
4) collection-Museum of the Museum's collection of objects linked one feature or more features and historical, scientific or artistic value is an indivisible whole;
5) public museum-accredited national, municipal or autonomous Museum;
6) National Museum — the Cabinet of Ministers created a public agency (Office) or the public agencies (institutions) Department, which put in possession of the Museum's inventory and implement this statutory functions;
7) Municipal Museum created local public agency (Office) or the public agencies (institutions) Department, which put in possession of the Museum's inventory and implement this statutory functions;
8) autonomous Museum: a) derived public law legal persons (other than local) established a public agency (Office) or the public agencies (institutions) Department, which put in possession of the Museum's inventory and implement this statutory functions, (b) the State or municipality) a corporation or other private-law legal person member or founder is a public law legal person, if its property (possession) is a museum item, and it implements this statutory functions;
9) private museum — the register of associations and foundations Association (Foundation) or the commercial register registered company (limited partnership, merchant), as well as the unit that is a museum item owner (possessor) and implement this statutory functions.
2. article. The purpose and operation of the Act (1) this law aims to provide public relations for the Museum field in order to provide the operation of the Museum and contribute to the Latvian cultural heritage and Museum development opportunities.
(2) of the Act applies to public museums, as well as accredited private museums (Museum).
3. article. The competence of the Ministry of Culture Museum in the field of the Ministry of culture: 1) develop national strategies and implement State policies in the area of the Museum;
2) coordinated by the national museums of international cooperation projects, as well as inform the other museums on the possibilities of international cooperation;
3) divides the accredited museums the State budget funds, both fine art and other projects and programmes;
4) creates a Latvian museums Council and approved its statute;
5) create and maintain a national inventory of Museum (National inventory) global catalog;
6) compliance of National Museum assesses the significance of cultural institutions.
4. article. Museums Museum public administration public administration is subordinated to the Minister of culture of the Government direct authority, in the exercise of State kultūrpolitik the public and private museums. Public museums are the Museum of public administration functional supervision.
5. article. Latvian museums Council and its composition (1) the Council of the Latvian Museum (Museum) is a consultative body set up to promote cooperation between the institutions and decision-making on issues related to the national strategy in the field of museums, as well as with the activities of the Museum and the national inventory and conservation.
(2) the composition of the Board of the Museum has 15 members: eight in Riga and Riga District delegated representatives of accredited museums, four counties of Latvia accredited museums delegated representatives (one from each province), one of Latvia's municipalities delegated representative, one Latvian Museum Association delegated representative and the Minister of culture (or his delegated representative).
6. article. The competence of the Council of the Museum of museums Council: 1) encourage public and private museums development and cooperation;
2) ministries and municipalities provide opinions on the State budget and municipal budgets project sections, relating to the funding of the Museum, as well as on other activities of the museum related matters;
3) provides advice on national and municipal museums, the reorganisation or liquidation;
4) gives the Museum the public administration opinion on the conformity of the Museum accreditation requirements;
5) gives the Museum the public administration of the Museum object of the opinions on the withdrawal from the national inventory;
6) gives the Museum the public administration on the national inventory of opinion formation and retention;
7) submitted to ministries and local authorities proposals for a Museum Director post nominations;
8) submitted a proposal to the Government Museum of museum professionals (staff) and the development of qualifications;
9) gives the Ministry of Culture opinion on the conformity of the National Museum of cultural significance status.
7. article. The Museum concept, tasks and functions (1) the Museum is a public educational and research institutions whose task is appropriate for the nature of the activities of the Museum to collect, preserve and promote the natural, material society and cultural values, as well as to encourage the use of public education and development.
(2) the functions of the Museum are the following: 1) material and non-material cultural and natural value, documentation and Stockpiling;
2) Museum inventory and related information research;
3) public education, material and non-material cultural and natural values, creating exposure and exhibition, as well as through other activities related to the Museum's education and promotion.
8. article. Public Museum Foundation, reorganisation and winding-up procedures (1) national museums and their branches established, reorganized and dissolved the Cabinet at the Ministry of culture of the Ministry or other proposals, in consultation with the Museum Council.
(2) the municipal museums and their branches established, reorganized and dissolved the Municipal Council (the Council), in consultation with the Museum Council.
(3) the autonomous Museum and their affiliates, which is derived from public law legal persons (other than local) established a public agency (Office) or the public agencies (institutions) Department, establish, reorganise and eliminates the owner.
(4) in the first, second and third part of the reorganisation and winding-up of the Museum where the Museum is obliged to consult the Museum Council on future action to the national inventory included in the Museum's objects.
(5) if it is wound up or an accredited private museum accredited autonomous Museum, which is a State or municipal corporation or other private-law legal person member or founder is a public law legal person, and this museum has received funds from the national budget, national museums and local museums have pre-emption in the acquisition of assets of the museum objects.
9. article. Museum accreditation and registration (1) the National Museum, the Municipal Museum and the Museum of the autonomous, which is derived from public law legal persons (other than local) established a public agency (Office) or the public agencies (institutions), it is the duty of the Department not later than five years after the founding of the museum pass accreditation. The Museum, which is an autonomous State or municipal corporation or other private-law legal person member or founder is a public law legal person and the private museum accreditation applying on his own initiative. Museum accreditation takes place in accordance with the Cabinet of Ministers issued the Museum accreditation rules.
(2) a Museum may accredit, if it meets the following conditions: 1) is a founding member of the Museum's Charter, approved the Statute, rules of procedure or contract;
2) are made to the Museum's inventory records;
3) premises, equipment and security systems that guarantee the maintenance of the inventory of the Museum;
4) Museum is the item's availability to the public;
5) has developed the Museum's operation and development strategy.
(3) if the Museum, which has an obligation to not be accredited, accredited this year may apply for accreditation. If after repeated login Museum is not accredited, it eliminated.
(4) an accredited museum loses accredited museum's rights if it does not meet the conditions referred to in the second subparagraph.
(5) the Museum public administration will create and maintain a register of the Museum. Museum registry will include all public museums, private museums accredited and, in agreement with the private museum owners — private not accredited museums.
10. article. The Museum rights and obligations (1) the Museum has the right to: 1) after the Museum Administration for authorisation to leave the Museum's collections or individual items outside the country;
2) provide paid services, make publishing and use of funds for the development of the activities of the Museum, Museum inventory replenishment and conservation, restoration, staff development expertise, the stimulus material and her research work;

3) in accordance with the Copyright Act to implement the copyright with respect to the possession of existing stock of the Museum;
4) receive State budgetary resources will, turisk kultūrv fine art and other nationally significant project and programme implementation;
5) close the civil transactions to promote the Museum's inventory replenishment, maintenance, research, as well as other transactions that are required for the operation of the Museum;
6) get a museum guide of Government support.
(2) it is the responsibility of the Museum: 1) ensure the availability of the items of the Museum visitors and researchers;
2) every year to give the Museum the public administration activity report and the Council of the Museum — information required within its competence in the matter.
(3) the National Museum and the Municipal Museum may not dispose of or remove the items of the Museum and the collections of the Museum's inventory without the permission of the Museum Administration.
(4) the rights and obligations of the Museum the Museum Charter, statutes, regulations or contract.
(5) a Museum may carry out scientific activity and to register in the register of scientific institutions, scientific activities in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law.
11. article. Museum management (1) the National Museum Director, taking into account the proposals of the Board of the Museum, recruiting and dismissal of Ministers whose departments concerned is located in the National Museum.
(2) a municipal museum directors and managers recruited at the local government, taking into account the proposals of the Board of the Museum.
(3) the directors of the autonomous Museum and managers recruited at the Museum's founder.
12. article. The National Museum (1) the National Museum is a Museum: 1) where territorial inventory, chronologically and thematically covers the whole country and in your profile is the most important and most complete;
2) where research work provide a comprehensive inventory of the Museum's research and research profilzinātn;
3) which exhibit, exhibition and other activities related to the Museum's communication forms ensure the Museum's inventory availability and use of comprehensive public education and development;
4) who perform actions that confirm this museum as the managing authority's role in the Museum sector.
(2) the National Museum status Museum may submit applications to the Ministry of culture, which justified its compliance with national significance cultural institutions.
(3) the Cabinet of Ministers, on a proposal by the Ministry of culture shall decide on National Museum status.
13. article. (1) the national inventory national inventory is a national treasure, and it is national defense.
(2) a national inventory of: 1) accredited by the National Museum and the Municipal Museum accredited by the parent item;
2) the autonomous accredited museums and private museums accredited by the parent item (with Museum Council);
3) private collection or individual muzejisk items (after the owner's suggestion and with the consent of the Board of the Museum).
(3) national inventory of existing objects and collections are included in the global catalog, a database that includes basic information about the museums inventory items.
(4) institutions and individuals whose property is in the possession or under the national inventory items, ensure their retention and use.
(5) the national budget funds granted in the national inventory of existing objects and collection maintenance, preservation and restoration.
(6) for the national inventory of existing objects or collections must adhere to the following rules: 1) forbidden to alienate national inventory includes the collection of separate items;
2) disposes of any item included in the national collection or object, it first with the Museum via public administration and its authorization to offer for another by an accredited museum;
3) forbidden to pledge included in the national inventory items or collections, and may be directed to the recovery by vendor request.
(7) the object can be removed from the national inventory, if: 1) object is essential, which it is not possible to reconstruct;
2) is lost or naturally disintegrated;
3) subject is obtained unlawfully;
4) has lost its muzejisk value.
(8) if the Museum does not provide the national inventory included in the collection or preservation of the object according to the rules of the Cabinet of Ministers on the national inventory as a result of the collection or the item begins to arise substantially damage the State or municipal museum with the Museum via public administration item or collection may make a proposal to the owner of the object or collection and removal of the Museum's inventory. State or local museums have pre-emption in the object or collection.
(9) the permission object removal from the national inventory of Museum Government issued after the Museum's suggestion that the subject concerned is located, or at the request of the owner of the subject, taking into account the opinion of the Board of the Museum.
(10) the cabinet shall determine the national inventory, replenishment, accounting, storage and financing arrangements, the treatment of the objects and collections, as well as the order in which items can be disposed of and removed from the national inventory or temporarily exported outside the country.
14. article. National Museum and the Municipal Museum (1) the financing of the National Museum are financed from the State budget, Municipal Museum, where municipalities are financed through funds: 1), for the maintenance of the Museum building and restoration;
2) renting of premises, utility payments, tax and land lease payments;
3) Museum to complement stocks (purchasing, expeditions), retention, physical security (security, insurance and fire safety engineering), as well as exploration and exploitation;
4) maintenance facilities, the microclimates of Museum preservation and restoration of objects;
the Museum's staff hiring 5);
6) international cooperation;
7) public education and heritage values, creating exposure and exhibition, as well as using other museum-related education and employment promotion.
(2) the National Museum and the Municipal Museum may receive additional funds from other sources, in the form of donations and gifts, as well as generating revenue from fees and other revenue for themselves. Features derived from fees and other revenue, the same will be credited to the General account of the Museum, and it uses only the Museum's activities.
(3) If the National Museum and the Municipal Museum receive a donation or gift to the defined purpose or without it, they enter a special budget account.
15. article. International cooperation (1) the Museum is entitled independently to cooperate with museums in other countries, to join the International Museum organisations and participate in their activities.
(2) the Cabinet of Ministers established the Museum can receive State guaranteed insurance international exhibition.
Transitional provisions 1 to Cabinet of Ministers concerned from the date of entry into force of the provisions, but no longer than up to 30 June 2006, the following applicable Cabinet of Ministers regulations, in so far as they are not inconsistent with this law: 1) the Cabinet of Ministers of 21 July 1998, the rules No. 265 "Museum of Latvia Council Charter" (Latvian Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1998, no. 18);
2) the Cabinet of Ministers of 18 august 1998, the provisions of no. 311 "rules on National Museum inventory" (Latvian Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1998, no. 18);
3) Cabinet of 27 October 1998 on the Regulation No 420 "the order in which the Ministry of Culture Museums accredited in national budget allocated specifically for the special funds for cultural heritage, performing arts and other nationally significant for the implementation of projects and programmes" (Latvian Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1998, no. 22);
4) the Cabinet of Ministers of 30 March 2004, the provisions of no. 196 "Museum accreditation rules" (Latvian Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 2004, no. 11).
2. Autonomous museums that are derived public law legal persons (other than local) established a public agency (Office) or the public agencies (institutions) Department is obliged to pass an accreditation within a period of three years from the entry into force of this law.
3. The Museum accreditation certificates issued before the date of entry into force of the law, in force until the end of the period of accreditation.
4. Article 13 of this law, the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 shall enter into force on 1 July 2006.
5.Ar entry into force of this law shall lapse at the Museum Act (Republic of Latvia Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1997, no. 16).
The law adopted by the Parliament in 2005 on 15 December.
State v. President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga in Riga in 2006 on January 3 editorial comment: the law shall enter into force on 17 January 2006.