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ounded in 1976 by Dr. James Hopgood, the NKU Museum of Anthropology serves as an educational, research, and conservational unit of Northern Kentucky University with responsibilities in selected areas of archaeology and ethnology. Through its mission, the Museum contributes to knowledge of and promotes the appreciation of the diversity and richness of human cultures and societies.As an integral part of NKU's Anthropology Program, the Museum of Anthropology has special and key instructional functions for the University's students and outreach functions for the public. Collections focus on (1) the archaeology of Northern Kentucky and the middle Ohio Valley, (2) contemporary ethnological arts of Native Americans, and (3) contemporary ethnological and folk arts of world cultures, especially those of Latin America, Africa, and New Guinea. 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.