The Museums Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict c 43), sometimes called the Museums of Art Act 1845 or the Museums of Art in Boroughs Act, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which gave the town councils of larger municipal boroughs the power to establish museums. As to bequests under this Act, see Harrison v The Corporation of Southampton. This Act was repealed by section 1 of the Public Libraries Act 1850, subject to section 9 of that Act. This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a) of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.