This policy is followed by all staff, governing body, and volunteers of the museum. The staff at the museum meets ethical, legal, professional obligations and maintains honesty, integrity, and loyalty to the museum and in dealing with its collection. They must represent professional conduct at all times. The museum follows the American Association of Museums Code of Ethics. The museum is ethically responsible for the protection, security, care, and preservation of the collection in custody. The collections are held and maintained for the public. The collections will always serve the purpose of education, exhibition, and research for the public’s benefit and will not be used for financial of overall gains of the staff or museum as a whole. The staff and other members of the museum should use nothing other than the steps and rules set out by this policy for acquisition, deaccession, care, and storage in dealing with the…