Abstract
ANTHROPOLOGY is remarkably well suited for inclusion in the liberal arts curriculum because of the breadth of its interests and the vitality of its relationships with other fields of learning. In a general sense the interests of anthropology as a discipline and the objectives of the liberal art institutions are largely congruent, and they are certainly compatible. Both are interested in opening the minds of students, in destroying emotional prejudices, in broadening the world view, and in promoting tolerance and understanding of other peoples. It would appear that anthropologists best serve the ends of liberal arts education by teaching anthropology, but what of the museum? The most distinctive general feature of anthropology is its insistence upon the value of the comparative approach, and there are few places where its use has as great an impact upon values and attitudes as among people of college age. It is a liberalizing influence to the extent that it forces students beyond the confines of their own culture and allows them to see that there are different
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