For the purposes of ORS 358.420 to 358.440:\n(1) 'Loan,' 'loaned' and 'on loan' include all deposits of property with a museum that are not accompanied by a transfer of title to the property.\n(2) 'Museum' means an institution located in Oregon that:\n(a) Is primarily educational, scientific or aesthetic in purpose;\n(b) Owns, borrows or cares for, and studies, archives or exhibits property; and\n(c) Is operated by a nonprofit corporation or public agency.\n(3) 'Property' includes all tangible objects, animate and inanimate, under a museum’s care that have intrinsic value to science, history, art or culture, except that it does not include botanical or zoological specimens loaned to a museum for scientific research purposes. [1985 c.580 §1; 2005 c.22 §256]
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