New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 4 - CULTURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 51 - MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO
Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 4.51.1.19 - POLICY TO PUBLIC ACCESS TO COLLECTIONS

The collections of the museum of New Mexico exist for the benefit of present and future generations. Therefore the public shall be granted reasonable access to items in the collections, whether exhibited or stored, on a nondiscriminatory basis for the purposes of research and other educational uses. Scholarly information and visual documentation shall be made available for those with a serious purpose. It is the primary responsibility of the museum to safeguard the physical integrity of its collections, and access shall be regulated accordingly, at the discretion of the curatorial staff.