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Ethnologisches Museum and Museum für Asiatische Kunst
View of the exhibition area "Mesoamerica. Ballgame, Pyramids, Gods" of the Ethnological Collections in the Humboldt Forum.
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Photo: Alexander Schippel
On the 17th September, the new collection presentations of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art of the National Museums in Berlin as well as five temporary exhibitions of the Humboldt Forum Foundation in the Berlin Palace in cooperation with the museums will open for the public in the East Wing of the Humboldt Forum.
The Humboldt Forum is now fully open
PRESS RELEASE | 15. September 2022
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Images: Presentations of the collections and temporary exhibitions
The "Cave of the Ring-bearing Doves" (China) in the exhibition area "Religious Architecture of the Northern Silk Road" of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Photo: Alexander Schippel
Detail view of the "Cave of the Ring-bearing Doves" (China) in the exhibition area "Religious Architecture of the Northern Silk Road" of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Photo: Alexander Schippel
Detailed view of the "Cave of the Ring-bearing Doves" (China) in the exhibition area "Religious Architecture of the Northern Silk Road" of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Photo: Alexander Schippel
View of the exhibition area "Religious Art in Southeast Asia" of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst at the Humboldt Forum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Photo: Alexander Schippel
View of the exhibition area "A Roundhouse as a Mirror of the World. On the Origin and Life of Things in Amazonia" of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Photo: Alexander Schippel
View of the exhibition area "Orient and Occident" of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Photo: Alexander Schippel
Patchwork coat of a dervish (Iran) in the exhibition area "Aspects of Islam" of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Photo: Alexander Schippel
View of the exhibition area "Arts and Crafts in Central Asia" of the Ethnologischen Museums in the Humboldt Forum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Photo: Alexander Schippel
King with two companion figures, relief plate, brass, Nigeria, 16th century
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria, Photo: Jörg von Bruchhausen
Altar group of a queen mother, plastic, brass, Nigeria, 18th century
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Photo: Martin Franken
Memorial head of a queen mother, plastic, brass, Nigeria, 18th century
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Photo: Claudia Obrocki
Commemorative head of a king (Nigeria) in the exhibition area “The Kingdom of Benin” at the Ethnological Museum in the Humboldt Forum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Photo: Alexander Schippel
Altar group with Queen Mother (Nigeria) in the exhibition area “The Kingdom of Benin” at the Ethnological Museum in the Humboldt Forum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Photo: Alexander Schippel
View of the exhibition space „Das Benin Kingdom“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum
© © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Alexander Schippel
The exhibit "America" of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Photo: Alexander Schippel
Assembly house (Bai) from Palau in the exhibition area "Buildings from Oceania. More than a roof over your head" of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Photo: Alexander Schippel
View of the exhibition area "Buildings from Oceania. More than a roof over one's head" of the Ethnological Museum in the Humboldt Forum, in the foreground yam storage house of the Abelam, behind it a cult house of the Abelam (Papua New Guinea)
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Photo: Giuliani von Giese
View into the cult house of the Abelam (Papua New Guinea) in the exhibition area "Buildings from Oceania. More than a roof over your head" of the Ethnologischen Museums in the Humboldt Forum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Photo: Giuliani von Giese
View of the exhibition area "Mesoamerica. Ballgame, Pyramids, Gods" of the Ethnological Collections in the Humboldt Forum.
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Photo: Alexander Schippel
The 383 cm x 442 cm (16 m²) cotton cloth Coixtlahuaca II (Mexico) in the exhibition area "Mesoamerica. Language, Writing, Calendar" of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Photo: Alexander Schippel
Artwork "The King, The Priest, The Chosen One" by Victor Ekihkamenor in the exhibition area "The Kingdom of Benin" of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Photo: Alexander Schippel
Images: Opening of the East Wing
Opening of the East Wing
© Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / David von Becker
Opening of the East Wing
© Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / David von Becker
Opening of the East Wing
© Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / David von Becker
Opening of the East Wing
© Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / David von Becker
Opening of the East Wing
© Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / David von Becker
Opening of the East Wing
© Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / David von Becker
Opening of the East Wing
© Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / David von Becker
Opening of the East Wing
© Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / David von Becker