Mission Statement

Revised May 2009

Who We Are: The EMuseum is affiliated with the Anthropology Department at Minnesota State University, Mankato and receives financial and other support from the Department, the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the University, and several private individuals. We are a student-run organization with professional oversight.

Our Audience: The EMuseum gets about ten million hits a month from around the world. It is one of the top sites for related Google searches. Our audience is primarily English-speaking, but our pages are open to online translation services and some of our pages are in other languages.

Services We Provide:

• Training and Research Opportunities through employment at the EMuseum to current graduate and undergraduate students at Minnesota State University, Mankato;

• Student involvement in the peer review process by providing a platform for research presentation and discussion;

• Cultural enrichment and continuous learning for the global community through our web content;

• A deeper understanding of the interconnectedness of knowledge through our interlinked online exhibits, with a focus on the range of human biological and cultural variation. We accomplish this with content on archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, history, and related subjects.

Attainable Goals:

• Create and maintain quality scholarly web content

• Support learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students at Minnesota State University, Mankato.