01.10.2001
to
10.01.2016
Ethnologisches Museum
The collections of artefacts from Polynesia are among the oldest at the Ethnological Museum. The first objects to be brought to Berlin were incorporated into the 'Kunstkammer' or 'cabinet of art' in Berlin's South Sea collection in 1802. Among them are objects from the voyages of James Cook. As the land of 'little islands', Micronesia's fame rested on its seafarers, who became the subject of voyagers' accounts, one of the earliest of which in German being by Adelbert von Chamisso, the German botanist.
Works of contemporary art, including paintings, wood carvings, drawings, rattan objects and clay sculptures speak of the islanders' struggle to claim their identity and of the search for a connection with their own past.
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Visitor entrance
Lansstraße 8 / Arnimallee 25
14195 Berlin
partially wheelchair accessible
Opening times
Sun 11:00 - 18:00
Mon closed
Tue 10:00 - 17:00
Wed 10:00 - 17:00
Thu 10:00 - 17:00
Fri 10:00 - 17:00
Sat 11:00 - 18:00
Opening times on public holidays Opening Hours
Prices / Tickets
Admission ticket Museum Europäischer Kulturen
8,00 EUR Concessions 4,00
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Museum Pass Berlin 3 days for permanent exhibitions
29,00 EUR Concessions 14,50
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Annual ticket Basic
permanent exhibitions, certain times
25,00 EUR
Annual ticket Classic
temporary exhibitions not included
50,00 EUR Concessions 25,00
Annual ticket Classic Plus
all exhibitions
100,00 EUR Concessions 50,00
Annual membership Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
from just 25,00 EUR
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Ethnologisches Museum