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Restauratorin Dorothea Habel bei der Reinigung der Bronzefigur „Tanzende Bacchantin“ aus dem frühen 18. Jahrhundert — Fotonachweis: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst / Mika Wißkirchen

“Up Close”: The 9th European Day of Conservation-Restoration on 18 October 2026

05.10.2026

Campaign design for the Long Night of Museums 2026 — © Kulturprojekte Berlin

The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Joins the Long Night of Museums on 29 August 2026

07.08.2026

Graphic design: studio ad, Holger Stüting; the key visual is based on the ballad illustration / minstrel picture ‘The Seven Poor Orphaned Children from Bohemia Who Went to America’, oil on canvas, c. 1900 — © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen / Ute Franz-Scarciglia

“We the People”: Programme Initiative to Mark the 250th Independence Day of the USA on 4 July 2026

19.06.2026

Permanent exhibition in the Visible Storage Gallery, America: Plains and Prairies, Ethnologisches Museum at the Humboldt Forum — © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum and Museum für Asiatische Kunst / Pierre Adenis 2024

Humboldt Forum
Contributions of the Ethnologisches Museum to the Programme Initiative Marking the 250th Anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence

12.06.2026

Summer Studio at Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart — © Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart / Anika Büssemeier

2026 Summer Programme at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

10.06.2026

Key visual: Slices of Life 2026 — © Ethnologisches Museum und Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Forschungscampus Dahlem
Slices of Life: Ethnographic Film Days at Forschungscampus Dahlem on 18 and 19 May 2026

13.04.2026

Viewing and evaluating slides from the Nuba photo collection on a light table — © Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Thomas Imo

New Website Presents Initial Research Findings on Leni Riefenstahl’s Estate

30.01.2026

Henrietta Lidchi – New director of the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst — © Peter Elzey

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Henrietta Lidchi to Become New Director of the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst

12.12.2025

The collection of the Ethnologisches Museum is exhibited in the Humboldt Forum — © Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel

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Repatriations from the Ethnologisches Museum: Returns and Discussions

02.12.2025

Kerstin Krainer and Sandra Stelzig in the Gemäldegalerie's restoration workshop — Photo: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Fabian Fröhlich

Eighth European Day of Conservation-Restoration on 19 October 2025 at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

02.10.2025

Edison home phonograph and a selection of cylinders — Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Martin Franken; CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Sharing Sound Archives: A Conference to Mark the 125th Anniversary of the Phonogramm-Archiv on 7 October 2025

30.09.2025

Film still from „Johanna d’Arc of Mongolia“ (1989) — © Ulrike Ottinger Filmproduktion

Ethnologisches Museum
Film Series “Shared Histories – Collaboration in Ethnographic Film” from 25 to 28 September 2025

08.09.2025

View of the north façade of the Humboldt Forum with Humboldt Terraces and Fernsehturm in the background — © Stiftung Humboldtforum im Berliner Schloss / Alexander Schippel

Humboldt Forum
New Price Structure at the Humboldt Forum Starting on 3 October 2025, also Valid for Ethnologisches Museum and Museum für Asiatische Kunst Offers

14.08.2025

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Museum für Asiatische Kunst

The Collaborative Museum: CoMuse Project Website Online

19.06.2025

Kyrgyz Feltcarpet, 1st half 20th c. acquired 1989 from Jörg Drechsel — © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Photo: Claudia Obrocki

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Ethnologisches Museum to Display Gift of Contemporary Kyrgyz Arts and Crafts

20.05.2025

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