Our vision is
To reinvent the role the Museum can play in the community
To become a model for 21st century life
To support grassroots genius and artistic vision
To create a Museum that can be a village green, a town hall, and a real life lab of ideas
To create a world-class Museum that makes art and ideas accessible to all
To create partnerships that support our mission and vision
To use sustainability as the foundation of our work
To use cutting edge technology to deliver education and entertainment
To give voice to ideas
To be an educational and inspirational resource for visitors and for our schools

Purpose:
To provide access to world class contemporary art and ideas for the whole community
To be sustainable through best practices and to inspire green living
To provide innovative, creative programs that stimulate a vibrant community.
To recognize what a Museum can be and what civic role it can play in the life of the community.

Community 1. a unified body of individuals 2 refers to groups in nature  3. a state or world 4. a group with common interests  5. a group with interest in living together within a larger society. 6. a group that shares ideas and fellowship together

Principles for a value driven organization (in no particular order)

• All people should have easy free access to world-class art and knowledge.

• Art and Culture are essential to quality of life.

• Sustainability is one of the most important ideas of our time and rests at the foundation of our Museum and it programs.

• Our children deserve the opportunity for a stimulating arts, cultural and ecological education.

• Beauty is important to daily life.

• Creativity and business can be used to create a better world.

• Preservation and dissemination of wisdom and knowledge are important resources to a community and for children and their future.

• To have fun and express joy in what we do in life is a core value.
• Financial sovereignty is a goal.
• To have respect for the earth and all living things is essential.
• Add value to all that we do.
• Sharing stories should be a part of the fabric of life.
• Connecting young people to community is vital.
• Support of diversity in all its forms in an understanding of life that includes all human beings in the web of life with all living things.
• Do business in a socially, economically and ecologically sustainable way.
• Remember to dream and grow.