§ 9-2-404 — Creation of department; director; references to department

(a) The state archives, museums and historical sections
within the department are created and shall be in the charge of
the director. The director is subject to the Wyoming Government
Reorganization Act of 1989.
(b) The director shall:
(i) Be a college graduate who has had work in social
science and history or has educational and administrative
experience satisfactory to the commission;
(ii) Perform the duties of the state historian, state
archivist and museum curator;
(iii) Have an official seal as director which shall
be used to authenticate all official documents, instruments and
official acts of the department.
(c) The director may:
(i) Appoint necessary deputies, assistants and
employees;
(ii) Acquire by gift, devise, bequest, donation,
purchase, lease or otherwise, money, books, manuscripts and
other personal property of historical value. He shall hold and
own the property in the name of the state and provide for its
restoration, care and preservation;
(iii) Sell books, pamphlets, papers, pictures or
other material produced by the department;
(iv) Operate sales desks, or contract under terms
determined by the commission with nonprofit and charitable
corporations, to sell materials relevant to the interpretation
of museums and historic sites;
(v) Do anything necessary to implement W.S. 9-2-404
through 9-2-415.
(d) The proceeds received from sales authorized in
subsection (c) of this section shall be deposited in the general
fund of the state.
(e) Any statute or legal or other document which refers to
the state archives and historical department means the
department of state parks and cultural resources which is the
successor agency to state archives, museums and historical
department.