Besides the ethnographic objects the museum collects dokuments of local history, as well.
The purpose of the trip was to collect ethnographic objects for the Museum.
The museum houses 2,000 photographic objects and over 700 ethnographic objects, of which over 300 are baskets.
Arthur collected ethnographic objects, mammal skeletons and molluscs (including a mollusk later named Neptunea sachsenheimi).
Therefore, not only live exotic animals collected, but also many other zoological material (skeletons and preparations), minerals and ethnographic objects.
Archaeological and ethnographic objects from the country's northern and southern cultural communities complement the historical collection.
The museum houses one of the world's largest collections of Khmer art, including sculptural, ceramics, bronzes, and ethnographic objects.
Previously, Lowndes had already possessed an affinity towards ethnographic objects.
It also contains a collection of Romanian gold jewelery, Islamic glazed wares, and many ethnographic objects of value.
MOA houses 38,000 ethnographic objects, as well as 535,000 archaeological objects in its building alone.