The Anthropology Museum's collections focus on contemporary arts of Native Americans, and contemporary ethnographic and folk arts of world cultures, especially those of Latin America, Africa, Southeast Asia, and New Guinea. The museum currently is hosting a photography exhibit on Papua New Guinea: Daily Life & Rituals.
With these collections and additional instructional aids, the Museum serves its educational goals through displays, exhibitions, courses, lecture and film series, tours, and other specifically designed programs of an educational nature for groups of all ages.