THE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, INC. PURPOSE IS TO RENDER EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE COLLECTION, PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF ORIGINAL AND SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS THAT ARE THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THIS COMMUNITY. PARTICULAR EMPHASIS IS DIRECTED TO PROGRAMS FOR BRINGING ABOUT A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF ART, THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE, AND THE NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES EMBODIED IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.