[5] In 1988 there were doubts over the foundation of the museum, since at the time there were only 1000 tourists visiting Yap each year.
[7] The collections building is built in the style of a German colonial property, so that the museum is able to represent this era of the state's history.
[10] The traditional buildings are used for events, in particular those that support the continuation of Yaps cultural heritage practises, such as the Stone Money Carry.
[13] In 2019 the museum acquired the collection of Art Bergist, who had worked on Yap as a Peace Corps volunteer and teacher in the 1970s.
[14] In 2015 the museum welcomed visitors from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo in order to strengthen connections between cultural heritage researchers in Yap, Palau and Hawai'i.