Visitors to the Ethnological Museum in the Humboldt Forum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum, Photo: Frank Sperling
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The dialogical tour shows you the highlights from the collection areas of Africa, Oceania, North, Central and South America and ethnomusicology. Learn more from our mediators about the restitution of the Benin bronzes to Nigeria or the connection between the historic boats from Oceania and global climate change. Discuss provenance research using the example of cultural belongings from Namibia, which are presented together with contemporary art. The tour explains current projects of the Collaborative Museum with partners from all over the world as well as Berlin’s urban society and conveys how the consequences of colonialism extend to the present day. You can also experience the themes of the museum in a sensory and contemporary way through attractive tactile objects, a variety of film and media stations and an audio room with the “Sounds of the World”.

 

Guided tour as part of the collaborative mediation project “Interwoven Memory(s)” in July 2024
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Ethnologisches Museum, Photo: Frank Sperling
Exhibition view of the module "Oceania – People and the Sea" of the Ethnological Museum in the Humboldt Forum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Photo: Alexander Schippel

Public Guided Tours

In the Humboldt Forum's foyer there is a 17 meter high media tower, called "cosmograph". It gives visitors comprehensive information about their visit and can transform into an art and light installation.
© SHF / David von Becker
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© Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst und Ethnologisches Museum, Fotos: Claudia Obrocki; Martin Franken; Philipp Jester / Jens Blank
Visit the collections on the 2nd and 3rd floor