This Act may be cited as the Imperial War Museum Act, 1920.

In this Act the expression "Imperial War Museum" means the institution established in the year nineteen hundred and seventeen under the name of " the National War Museum " and known at the date of the passing of this Act by the name of the Imperial War Museum, and includes all collections, galleries and museums, wherever situate, which from time to time form or are administered as part of the Imperial War Museum.