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THE MISSION OF THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM (THE "MUSEUM") IS TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF AMERICA'S ETHNIC AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY BY PRESERVING, INTERPRETING AND SHARING THE EXPERIENCES OF JAPANESE AMERICANS.

The Smithsonian's mission is "the increase and diffusion of knowledge." It was established in 1846 with funds bequeathed to the United States by James Smithson. The Institution is as an independent trust instrumentality of the United States and holds more than 137 million artifacts and specimens in its collections. It is a center for scientific research and scholarship in the arts, history, and culture.

The American Folk Art Museum is the premier institution devoted to the aesthetic appreciation of traditional folk art and creative expressions of contemporary self-taught artists from the United States and abroad. The museum preserves, conserves, and interprets a comprehensive collection of the highest quality, with objects dating from the eighteenth century to the present.

The National Women’s History Museum educates, inspires, empowers, and shapes the future by integrating women's distinctive history into the culture and history of the United States. Until legislation passes in Congress designating a permanent museum in Washington, D.C., the NWHM promotes women's history through its temporary exhibits, special events and programs, online museum, online educational materials and social media.

Our mission as an organization is to rescue children from sex slavery and dismantle the criminal networks abusing them.

Promote Black History and museum.

The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) aims to engage audiences in an ongoing and historical dialogue, in which people of all backgrounds are able to see American history through a critical perspective, to reflect on their own experiences, and to make meaningful connections between: the past and the present, the global and the local, themselves and others.

MOSI is a 501(c)(3)nonprofit, community-based institution and educational resource dedicated to advancing public interest, knowledge, and understanding of science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM).

The Universal Hip Hop Museum's mission is to teach, engage and inspire audiences around the world through the creativity and power of Hip Hop Culture. The UHHM carries out its mission by giving voice to the stories of the people, events and artifacts that shaped the five elements of Hip Hop — through digital collections, virtual exhibits, interviews, pop-up experiences, award shows, and a wide array of innovative educational programs and activities, bringing new understanding, fresh interpretation and scholarship to the world's most popular culture of our time.

Lake Erie Nature & Science Center educates and inspires people to understand, appreciate and take responsibility for our natural world.

Our mission is to educate and inspire current and future generations about the experiences and contributions of women by collecting, preserving, and interpreting the evidence of that experience. . . . Respecting and honoring all women and their experiences . . . Respecting all individuals’ beliefs, cultures and ideas . . . Inviting and encouraging participation and open dialogue from women, men and children . . . Integrity of our collection and in our presentation of women’s history . . . Diversity, cultural competence, cultural democracy and inclusion in our organizational structure . . . An organizational environment that builds and fosters open, honest, considerate communication and a spirit of cooperative problem solving, consensus and community . . . Planning, responsible decision-making, well-designed systems accountability, and fiscal responsibility . . . Enthusiasm, positive attitude, creativity, recognition, humor, commitment, support, passion, acceptance . . . Human life and human rights.

TO C0LLECT SHARE AND CELEBRATE STORIES OF COURAGE TO INSPIRE EVERYONE TO STAND UP TO HATE.