Collection Policy
Scope and Boundaries
Anatomy Steward is a focused digital museum of comparative anatomy, osteology, preservation, and teaching collection stewardship. The first version is intentionally narrow and low-sensitivity.
What Anatomy Steward Is
Anatomy Steward is a digital-first museum project. It presents interpretive digital teaching records, guided exhibits, and learning paths for public science education.
Version 1 records are interpretive digital teaching records, not claims of physical ownership unless explicitly stated.
Version 1 uses digital teaching records, educational models, neutral illustrations, and public-domain references. The museum does not acquire, prepare, or sell animal remains in Version 1.
We do not accept unsolicited physical materials, hazardous materials, restricted wildlife materials, human remains, or materials with unclear ownership.
What Version 1 Includes
- Animal osteology teaching records
- Comparative anatomy examples
- Educational models and replicas
- Public-domain references, when clearly credited
- Preservation method examples
- Digital anatomy references
- Collection documentation and stewardship templates
What Version 1 Does Not Include
- Human remains
- Donor-derived material
- Cadaveric material
- Graphic dissection imagery
- Specimen sales
- Donation programs
- Technical preparation manuals
- High-sensitivity public media
Why We Begin with Osteology
Bones are durable, interpretable, and low-sensitivity teaching objects. They allow visitors to study form, function, movement, diet, comparison, and preservation without relying on sensational imagery.
How the Scope May Evolve
Future phases may add more clearly documented digital media, educator resources, and accessioned teaching objects. Any expansion should preserve the museum’s core principles: careful documentation, clear rights, appropriate sensitivity levels, and responsible public interpretation.