The Museum of Peoples and Cultures exists to serve the academic mission of BYU and to care for the anthropological, archaeological, and ethnographic collections in the custody of Brigham Young University. The Museum of Peoples and Cultures is BYU's Teaching Museum, inspiring students to life-long learning and service and mentoring them in collections-focused activities that reinforce BYU ideals of education as spiritually strengthening, intellectually enlarging, and character building. These activities concurrently serve the scholarly community, the LDS community, and/or the general public and aspire to the highest standards of stewardship and public trust.