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Headpiece for the mask wearer, 21 x 27 x 25 cm, 282 g, inv. no. V A 62645
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Claudia Obrocki

Ethnologisches Museum Steps Up Collaboration with Columbia

30.10.2024

Men with sharp-edged wooden shields (guzuq in the Masakin language), which are used in stick and shield fighting
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstbibliothek / Nachlass (Estate of) Leni Riefenstahl

International Collaboration Project: Researching Leni Riefenstahl’s Photographs of the Nuba

24.10.2024

Ludwig Windstosser, Untitled (control panel, unknown company), detail, 1960 – 1980
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstbibliothek / Ludwig Windstosser

Restrictions Due to IT Maintenance Work, 5‒9 June 2024

03.06.2024

Aktenbände aus dem Archiv im Ethnologischen Museum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Martin Franken
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Martin Franken

Extensive Digitisation of the Historical Archive at the Ethnologisches Museum

15.05.2024

Commemorative head of a Queen Mother (Nigeria) in the exhibition area "Benin Bronzes in Berlin" of the Ethnologisches Museum (Ethnological Museum) in the Humboldt Forum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum, ownership transferred to Nigeria on 25 August 2022 / Photo: Alexander Schippel

Expansion of the Ethnologisches Museum’s Benin Exhibition and Symposium in April 2024

05.04.2024