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To implement this overarching mission statement, the Museum has developed the following specific goals:
Within the scope of resources available to it, the Museum continues its century-long tradition of making or accepting systematic, well-documented, legally and ethically acquired objects of material culture, as well as related materials including associated samples from archaeological contexts, and the documentary record that provides the essential context to such artifacts (e.g., photographs, fieldnotes, sound recordings, and other archival records).
The Museum recognizes its fiduciary responsibility to care for and preserve its collections for the benefit of future generations of scholars, students, and the general public. It therefore actively manages and cares for its collections, including an ongoing program of restorative and preventive conservation.
As an Organized Research Unit of the nation's premiere public research university, the Museum encourages and facilitates the use of its collections by students and faculty of the University of California in their research projects. The Museum sponsors and supports original research by its staff and faculty curators, and makes its collections available to the international community of qualified scholars and researchers.
Of equal importance to the research value of collections is their role in interpreting the history and diversity of human cultures in all geographic regions and across the span of human history. Within its available resources, the Museum therefore undertakes an active program of exhibition and related forms of interpretation, including publications and the use of the internet for public outreach. The Museum's educational programs are particularly focused on the use of its collections in University teaching at all levels; the Museum also supports K-12 educational outreach and programs for the adult public.
Ultimately, all of the Museum's varied activities and programs are oriented according to the fundamental anthropological principle of promoting the understanding and appreciation of global cultural diversity and cultural history.
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