- All collections in the Gallery’s custody support its mission;
- A written Collections Policy exists, and such procedures are followed, including all procedures for the appropriate care, storage, use, acquisition, deaccession, or loan of objects;
- Collection objects have appropriate provenance, and associated documentation;
- Collections are protected, secure, unencumbered, cared for, and preserved according to professional standards;
- Collections are accessible for the creation and dissemination of knowledge, without placing the collection at risk;
- The Museum is in compliance with and honors NAGPRA (Native America Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, Public Law 101-601); the 1983 UNESCO convention on the import or export of objects of cultural heritage, and the 1954 Hague Convention (Armed Conflict) by refusing to acquire cultural objects removed from occupied countries.