Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 15, April 8, 2022
a) The
Adjutant General, State of Illinois, may, with the written approval of the
Governor and for the purpose of enabling wider public display, make loans of
these artifacts to the Federal government, other State governments, and to any
museum which is recognized by a museum association or by the State within which
it is located, if the museum meets the following minimum standards:
1) Must be located within the corporate city
limits of a town or city having access to both full-time fire and police
protection.
2) Must be open at
regular hours at least five days a week and seven hours a day. Museum personnel
must be present at all times during business hours to provide security and
ensure that artifacts are handled by museum personnel only.
3) Must have a full-time staff with at least
one curator or an individual experienced and trained in the handling, care,
displaying, storing, packing and shipping of artifacts.
4) Outside areas around the building must be
lighted at night, and doors and windows must be equipped with locks. The museum
must have security personnel within the building when it is closed to the
public and/or must have a security alarm system. The alarm system must be
connected to the local police department if security personnel are not employed
with the alarm system. The alarm system must protect the entire exhibit area
and must have closed circuit TV or some form of space protection based on
sonic, ultrasonic or infrared sensing devices detecting noise, movement or a
heat source.
5) The museum must
have a fire protection system with smoke detectors in each room, and the
display cases must be constructed of fire resistant materials.
6) The exhibit area must have a year-around
controlled environmental temperature of between 65-70 degrees Fahrenheit and a
relative humidity of between 40-60 percent.
7) The artifacts must be protected from all
direct natural and artificial lighting, and all artificial lights in the
exhibit areas must have ultraviolet filters.
8) The exhibit areas must be kept clean and
neat, and free from dirt, dust, insects and rodents. The museum must provide
janitorial service on a daily basis when the museum is open.
The Adjutant General will send a representative to inspect the
museum, either prior to the loan or during the loan period, for compliance with
the above standards when, in the judgment of the Adjutant General, the
requester or borrower may not be in compliance (e.g., if the Adjutant General
is notified of any discrepancy by the museum association or by the State within
which it is located). All such inspections will be at the expense of the
requester or borrower.
b) All artifacts are subject to loan except
those artifacts which, in the judgment of the Adjutant General, are too fragile
to be loaned (e.g., Civil War flags which have material which will tear easily
when handled).
c) All requests for
loans of artifacts, or information concerning loans, must be made in writing to
the Adjutant General at:
Department of Military Affairs
ATTN: Public Affairs
1301 N. MacArthur Blvd.
Springfield, IL. 62702-2399
