The primary duty of the museum is to preserve its collections for the future and use them for the development and dissemination of knowledge, through research, educational work, permanent displays, temporary exhibitions and other special activities. These should be in accordance with the stated policy and educational purpose of the museum, and should not compromise either the quality or the proper care of the collections. Museums should be aware that the display of material without provenance may be seen to condone illicit trade in cultural property. The museum should seek to ensure that the information it publishes, by whatever means, is accurate, honest, objective and well-founded academically