The history of how and why remains came to be in museums is important in understanding the points of view of both the scientific and claimant communities. Many remains within museums were collected under conditions that today we would find abhorrent and unethical. It is important to understand this process and that even when such remains seemed legitimate in their acquisition in the past, those from former colonial countries have to be viewed through the unequal power dynamics at the time. For a variety of reasons there may be limited knowledge of the acquisition stories of the remains the museums use in research or care for, the knowledge can be shocking and change the perspective of the staff involved. This is usually because this information has not been included in the basic record of the remains or is outside the information passed from curator to curator. There is a belief from those outside museums, from researchers to indigenous communities, that the records within a museum are complete and fully accurate. However, if information is missing, altered or misrepresented then errors will exist, often without the current curators being aware of this.