BU: Ausstellungsansicht des Moduls „Schaumagazin Afrika. Objektaneignung und Afrika-Illusionen“ des Ethnologischen Museums im Humboldt Forum, rechts im Bild ein textiles Kunstwerk der namibischen Modekünstlerin Cynthia Schimming ©
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Foto: Alexander Schippel
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BU: Ausstellungsansicht des Moduls „Schaumagazin Afrika. Objektaneignung und Afrika-Illusionen“ des Ethnologischen Museums im Humboldt Forum, rechts im Bild ein textiles Kunstwerk der namibischen Modekünstlerin Cynthia Schimming ©
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Foto: Alexander Schippel
Guided Tour
Colonial Collecting Mania and the Invention of Africa
Curators guide you through the Ethnologische Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst
Past events
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| 8 EUR |
| Please book your ticket in advance online or at the box office in the foyer. |
| monthly on the first Wednesday at the Museum of Asian Art and on the second Wednesday at the Ethnological Museum |
| Dates and ticket booking for the coming month will be activated at the end of the previous month. |
| Duration: 60 min |
| 16 years and older |
| 2nd Floor |
| max. 20 persons |
The collection and exhibition history of the Ethnological Museum is closely linked to German colonial history. The curator’s tour approaches this history and its present by looking at different ways of exhibiting in the Africa department and object stories from Tanzania, Namibia and Cameroon, among others.
