303 - Sites.

     § 303.  Sites.        The commission shall have the power and duty to:            (1)  Museums and historic sites.--Control, direct,        supervise, manage and annually inspect the State Museum and        those field or regional museums and historic sites authorized        or created by statute; conduct continuing studies for the        improvement of museum activity; and operate, control, direct,        supervise and manage a public outreach program, including a        mobile museum program or a program of traveling exhibits.            (2)  Marking historical and archaeological sites.--Upon        its own initiative or upon petition of a municipality or        historical society, mark by proper monuments, tablets or        markers, bearing the Commonwealth crest, places or buildings        in this Commonwealth where historical or cultural events have        transpired or, with the consent of the state or county having        jurisdiction, places or buildings outside of this        Commonwealth having to do with its history; and arrange for        the care or maintenance of these markers or monuments.            (3)  Management of historic properties.--Based upon        accepted professional museum practices, assume the        preservation, care and maintenance of historic property,        including those historic properties listed in section 702        (relating to powers over certain historic property);        promulgate and enforce rules and regulations for the        visitation of historic property by the public; and charge        admission fees to historic property at its discretion, which        fees shall be paid into the State Treasury through the        Department of Revenue and credited to the Historical        Preservation Fund.            (4)  Preservation and restoration of historical and        archaeological sites.--Undertake the preservation or        restoration of public buildings, military sites or monuments        connected with the history of this Commonwealth; contract        with political subdivisions, historical societies or other        associations, with proper bond or security, for the        maintenance of these building sites or monuments as a        consideration for assistance in their erection, restoration,        preservation or marking by the commission; and take title to        sites of historical markers in the name of the Commonwealth.            (5)  Approval of memorials.--Approve the design, content        and proposed location of all official historical monuments,        memorials, buildings, tablets and inscriptions proposed for        erection or placement on any real property of the        Commonwealth.            (6)  Monuments and markers.--Approve the inscription and        proposed location of any historical monument or marker to be        erected or placed by any public or private corporation,        association, society, organization or person at any place in        this Commonwealth.            (7)  Geographical signs and markers.--Approve the        inscription to be placed on official signs or markers to be        erected or renewed on or along any highway at the entrance to        a municipality or village, or at or near any river, stream,        historical place or other place of interest in this        Commonwealth, by the Department of Transportation or by any        municipality, for the purpose of identification or for the        purpose of giving historical facts concerning the location.