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(3) That the policies and administration of the Museum be under the Regents and Secretary with, at most, an advisory board representing the present trustees; and

(4) That the Regents and Secretary be free in the future to make whatever use they deem appropriate of the collections, real estate and other assets of the Museum.

Finally, the committee recommends that the Secretary make clear to the Congress and to the Museum of African Art the Smithsonian's intention to study the operation of the Museum with a view to possibly integrating certain of its functions elsewhere within the Smithsonian, and selling that portion of the Museum's current real estate which would then no longer be necessary to the effective operation of the Museum.

[[underline]]General Conditions[[/underline]]

At the outset we note that one of the few serious gaps in the coverage of art in the national museums of the Smithsonian is that of the Continent of Africa.  Elsewhere within the Institution the visitor and scholar alike can find worthy presentations of the art of Europe, of the Americas, and of the Near and Far East -- but not of Africa.  During the last few years it has been belatedly recognized that African art is indeed one of the major art traditions of the world, one whose rediscovery in the West