Tenn. Code § 4-13-502
The Tennessee state museum shall hold legal title to the property, but is authorized and empowered to assign the actual custody and control of the property to a Tennessee not-for-profit corporation organized for the express purpose of restoring, maintaining and operating the McCampbell House. Any such corporation shall have the right to operate and manage the property on behalf of the Tennessee state museum for the benefit of the general public, and to keep the property and improvements in a high state of improvement and repair, and to operate and maintain the grounds improved by the Tennessee state museum in a manner consistent with such guidelines as may be developed by the Tennessee state museum, or as the Tennessee state museum shall contract with the corporation.
T.C.A. § 4-13-502