N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-135.229: North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences' satellite museums.

(a) The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall establish and administer the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Whiteville in Columbus County as a satellite museum of the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences.

(b) The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources may enter into agreements with nonprofit organizations to establish satellite museums of the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences that are administered by the nonprofit organizations and meet the requirements of G.S. 143B-135.227(d)(1)-(5). (1998-212, s. 14.1(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(k), (r); 2019-241, s. 6.)