{"id":164363,"date":"2026-05-27T19:16:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/?post_type=event&#038;p=164363"},"modified":"2026-05-29T15:00:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:00:50","slug":"guided-tours","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/termin\/guided-tour\/guided-tours-164363\/","title":{"rendered":"Guided Tours"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block block-copy block-no-margin\" >\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row \">\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 col-md-8\">\n                <div class=\"box\">\n                    <div class=\"copy\"><p>To mark the anniversary, curators and education specialists from the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum f\u00fcr Asiatische Kunst are offering free guided tours of the permanent and special exhibitions of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Humboldt Forum. Visitors will gain special insights into current projects and international collaborations, as well as fascinating background information on unique cultural artifacts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-schedule\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-sm-offset-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-third\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Programme<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-sm-offset-2 schedule-all margin-bottom-third\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"schedule-linebox\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"schedule-container margin-bottom-two-thirds\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-atom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" class=\"schedule-bullet\" src=\"\/assets\/icons\/bullet.svg\">12:00<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Goddesses, Demons, Queens, Nuns, Founders: Depictions of Women in the Art of the Ancient Silk Roads<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<read-more inline-template>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"body\" style=\"height:0;overflow: hidden;display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"schedule-container-more margin-bottom-third\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\"><p>Guided tour with Lilla Russell-Smith, meeting point: 3rd floor<\/p>\n<p>Throughout history, people have created objects to which they attributed superhuman powers. Depictions of goddesses, demons, queens, and others helped them overcome personal or collective crises. Over thousands of years and across continents, this gave rise to a creative diversity that continues to fascinate us to this day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a ref=\"toggleButton\" class=\"Button\" @click=\"toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span v-if=\"!active\">read more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span v-else>read less<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/read-mode>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"schedule-container margin-bottom-two-thirds\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-atom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" class=\"schedule-bullet\" src=\"\/assets\/icons\/bullet.svg\">13:00<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Conservation in Dialogue<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<read-more inline-template>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"body\" style=\"height:0;overflow: hidden;display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"schedule-container-more margin-bottom-third\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\"><p>Guided tour with Mira Dallige-Smith, meeting point: 3rd floor<\/p>\n<p>Conservation is a fascinating but often hidden professional field in museums. What is preserved and how, and who makes the decisions? This guided tour sheds light on various aspects of this important work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a ref=\"toggleButton\" class=\"Button\" @click=\"toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span v-if=\"!active\">read more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span v-else>read less<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/read-mode>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"schedule-container margin-bottom-two-thirds\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-atom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" class=\"schedule-bullet\" src=\"\/assets\/icons\/bullet.svg\">14:00<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Hand-Me-Down <\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<read-more inline-template>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"body\" style=\"height:0;overflow: hidden;display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"schedule-container-more margin-bottom-third\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\"><p>Guided tour with Uta Rahman Steinert and Mirae kh Rhee, meeting point: 3rd floor<\/p>\n<p>Mirae Kate-Hers Rhee is an interdisciplinary, research-based artist working in Berlin, California, and South Korea. In her artistic practice, she explores diasporic identity, forced migration, and cultural reckoning through performance, installation, and the transformation of traditional materials. The current presentation is part of a long-term project that examines the concept of cabinets of curiosities from the perspective of transnational feminism and decolonial approaches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a ref=\"toggleButton\" class=\"Button\" @click=\"toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span v-if=\"!active\">read more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span v-else>read less<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/read-mode>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"schedule-container margin-bottom-two-thirds\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-atom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" class=\"schedule-bullet\" src=\"\/assets\/icons\/bullet.svg\">15:00<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Making Kin<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<read-more inline-template>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"body\" style=\"height:0;overflow: hidden;display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"schedule-container-more margin-bottom-third\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\"><p>Guided tour with Ute Marxreiter and Kerstin Pinther, meeting point: 3rd floor<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition showcases female artists from Canada, South Korea, Nigeria, Ghana, Myanmar, Germany, Estonia, Uzbekistan and the USA. Working across a range of media\u2014including photography, spatial and video installations, drawing, painting, fashion, jewellery and ceramics\u2014they explore the theme of belonging beyond blood ties or state-sanctioned images of the family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a ref=\"toggleButton\" class=\"Button\" @click=\"toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span v-if=\"!active\">read more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span v-else>read less<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/read-mode>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"schedule-container margin-bottom-two-thirds\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-atom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" class=\"schedule-bullet\" src=\"\/assets\/icons\/bullet.svg\">16:00<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Lienzo Seler II<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<read-more inline-template>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"body\" style=\"height:0;overflow: hidden;display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"schedule-container-more margin-bottom-third\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\"><p>Guided tour with Ute Sch\u00fcren, meeting point: F, 2nd floor<\/p>\n<p>One of the most striking objects in the Ethnological Museum is the \u201cLienzo Seler II \/ Coixtlahuaca II\u201d\u2014a cotton cloth measuring approximately 16 square meters that dates from the 16th century. Speakers of Mixtec, Nahuatl, and Cocho created the painted cloth with written inscriptions in the Coixtlahuaca Valley, in what is now the state of Oaxaca in Mexico. In doing so, they recorded social events spanning a period of more than 500 years, extending into the early Spanish colonial period after 1521.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a ref=\"toggleButton\" class=\"Button\" @click=\"toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span v-if=\"!active\">read more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span v-else>read less<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/read-mode>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"schedule-container margin-bottom-two-thirds\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"margin-bottom-atom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" class=\"schedule-bullet\" src=\"\/assets\/icons\/bullet.svg\">17:00<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Intertwined Memories<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<read-more inline-template>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div ref=\"body\" style=\"height:0;overflow: hidden;display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"schedule-container-more margin-bottom-third\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\"><p>Guided tour with Patrick Helber and Christian Hajer, meeting point: F, 2nd floor<\/p>\n<p>On display are historical photographs by the avant-garde photographer Yva (Else Ernestine Neul\u00e4nder-Simon), who in her works staged the style of the \u201cNew Woman\u201d of the Weimar Republic alongside objects from colonial contexts. Helber and Hajer discuss contemporary perspectives on the works and situate them within the intertwined history of colonialism and the Holocaust in the ethnological collections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a ref=\"toggleButton\" class=\"Button\" @click=\"toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span v-if=\"!active\">read more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span v-else>read less<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/read-mode>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" class=\"schedule-bullet schedule-bullet-end\" src=\"\/assets\/icons\/bullet.svg\">\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"template":"","genre":[822],"digital":[],"topic":[],"stakeholder":[594],"editorial":[],"editorialfilter":[],"targetgroup":[585,715],"language":[579],"accessability":[],"age":[],"school":[],"groupsize":[],"place":[1748,1792],"class_list":["post-164363","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","genre-guided-tour","stakeholder-staatliche-museen-zu-berlin-en","targetgroup-adults","targetgroup-teenager","language-german","place-ethnologisches-museum-2-og-en","place-museum-fuer-asiatische-kunst-3-og-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/164363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/164363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165384,"href":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/164363\/revisions\/165384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=164363"},{"taxonomy":"digital","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/digital?post=164363"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=164363"},{"taxonomy":"stakeholder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stakeholder?post=164363"},{"taxonomy":"editorial","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/editorial?post=164363"},{"taxonomy":"editorialfilter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/editorialfilter?post=164363"},{"taxonomy":"targetgroup","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/targetgroup?post=164363"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=164363"},{"taxonomy":"accessability","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/accessability?post=164363"},{"taxonomy":"age","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/age?post=164363"},{"taxonomy":"school","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/school?post=164363"},{"taxonomy":"groupsize","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/groupsize?post=164363"},{"taxonomy":"place","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place?post=164363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}