01137nas a2200121   4500008004100000022001400041245002300055210002300078300001000101520081100111100002300922856007000945       2025                        eng d  a0888-455200aMuseums and Policy0 aMuseums and Policy  a1 - 23 a<p class="last">The word “policy” is often used in conversation about government: foreign policy, national policy, and public health policy, to name a few examples. Politicians and health practitioners are not the only professionals creating and working with policy. Cultural anthropologists working across diverse communities and in numerous contexts also interact with policy and the processes to create effective policy. How does policy work function and evolve across multiple environments? What kinds of insight do cultural anthropologists offer in this realm of decision making, extoling values, and guiding action? In this short essay, I offer insight into the museum world and how museum collection policy informs our approaches to the physical, ethical, and intellectual care of objects.</p>
1 aSaul, Gwendolyn, W  uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/08884552.2025.2458552