About Us

Housed at the heart of ASU's School of Human Evolution and Social Change, the Museum of Anthropology expands our innovative programs of research to the communities we serve and beyond. It is a place in which we explain and explore the importance and impact of anthropological insights to understand the challenges of living in our increasingly global and complex world. The museum aims to share with audiences the many ways in which cultural expression finds form, as well as to highlight creative and adaptive strategies pursued by human communities in different places and in different times as they experience and respond to change.

A guiding principle is that we work not only to communicate our research to the community, but to also facilitate community members as active creators and investors in the knowledge that is produced. Museums are uniquely positioned to foster this form of interaction. For this reason, our community partners are a vital part of the way in which we envisage and manage the museum.

The Museum of Anthropology is also a facility for advanced training and has a close relationship with the school's museum studies program. Students from a number of ASU degree programs collaborate in curating exhibitions and developing programming.