ARCC Mission Statement

The Anthropological Research and Cultural Collections support the mission of the University of Kansas. That mission includes:

• Offering the highest quality education at all levels;
• Attaining high levels of research productivity and ensuring that research informs educational experience;
• Providing service to Kansas, the nation and the world through teaching, research, and the preservation and dissemination of knowledge;
• Preparing students for the challenges they will encounter in an increasingly complex and diverse global community; and
• Striving for excellence, disciplined inquiry, and a multicultural environment in which the dignity and rights of the individual are respected.

The complementary mission of the Anthropological Research and Cultural Collections is to serve as a steward of archaeological and ethnographic cultural materials, increasing awareness of the diversity of human culture by:

• Acquiring, documenting and preserving material culture, as a trust for research and education;
• Encouraging the respectful use of cultural materials for teaching, research and training in collection care;
• Supporting dynamic interpretations of the past and present, grounded in an understanding and appreciation of material culture; and
• Using these activities to disseminate knowledge about the diversity of human culture.

Mission Statement (Word)