Diplomatic gifts, purchases, war campaigns and situations of highly unequal power relations: The collections of the Ethnologisches Museum came to Berlin in many different ways.
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Begleitheft „machtIbeziehungen“, Seite 41, Karte
Using selected exhibits, provenance researchers invite visitors to talk about the complex changes of ownership and appropriation contexts. The exhibition tour provides insights into the history of the museum as well as current cooperation projects that deal with the colonial heritage in order to develop new visions for the future of the collections.
Following the tour, there will be an opportunity to discuss the methods and challenges of post-colonial provenance research.
Sophia Bokop is a provenance researcher in the project "The Collaborative Museum" at the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst. In the project, the museums are testing pioneering working methods for all areas of museum practice in collaboration with international partners. The starting point is the collections and their contexts of acquisition, appropriation and translocation, preservation and research.
- Free admission
- Ethnologisches Museum, 2nd Floor, Meeting Point F
- Duration: 60 min
- 14 years and older
- German
- Ethnologisches Museum, 2. OG
- max. 15 persons
- Belongs to: Ethnological Collections and Asian Art
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The Humboldt Forum with its offers can be reached barrier-free with a wheelchair. A tactile floor guidance system facilitates orientation for blind and visually impaired visitors. Educational formats are tailored to the different needs of visitors with disabilities.
These include tactile tours, guided tours and workshops.
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By underground and suburban railway U Museumsinsel (U5): 1 min walk S/U Alexanderplatz: 15 min walk S Hackescher Markt: 10 min walk
By bus Lustgarten: 100, 300, N5; 1 min walk Berlin Palace: 147; 1 min walk
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