Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 11, June 11, 2024
Section 4.51.50.8 - PRIVATE AND NON-PROFIT USE OF MUSEUM FACILITIESA. The museum of New Mexico encourages use of its auditoriums and other public facilities by non-profit organizations and private groups to conduct public programs of broad interest for the general public. Private use of the facilities shall be approved only if there is no conflict with the museum's scheduling of other public programs or events and its daily operation and personnel requirements. A fee will be charged for public and private use. A set fee schedule, including a sliding scale rate, and standardized contract will be established, used and reviewed by each museum and state monuments unit and will be approved annually by the director of the museum of New Mexico.B. For both public and private use, it is understood that the operational requirements of the museum, the security and maintenance of its buildings, exhibitions and collections shall be given first consideration. Because space is limited, preference shall always be given to programs that are museum-related or that are of educational or cultural value.C. All requests to use the public facilities of the museum of New Mexico must be approved in writing by the associate director responsible for the buildings in which the facilities are located. Series programs - that is, a scheduled sequence of four or more programs by the same group or organization within a period of six months - require the approval of the appropriate associate director and the director of the museum of New Mexico.D. Application for use of the museum of New Mexico facilities or for museum sponsorship, setting forth specific details of the proposed use in writing, must be made not less than twenty-one days in advance. Applications shall be handled on a first come, first serve basis. Users must sign an agreement form with the museum. Permission, if granted, shall not create a vested lease or tenure in such use.