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George Nuku in the Oceania exhibition of the Ethnologisches Museum at the Humboldt Forum — George Nuku in the Oceania exhibition of the Ethnologisches Museum at the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Pierre Adenis

Manatunga – Artistic Interventions by George Nuku

Humboldt Forum

18.05.2025 to 31.12.2025

Exhibition view — Exhibition view © Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Alexander Schippel

Histories of Tanzania

Humboldt Forum

29.11.2024 until further notice

Buddha (Pakistan, 2--3. century) in the module "Buddhist Art in South Asia. Stupas, Buddhas,
Bodhisattvas" of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum — Buddha (Pakistan, 2--3. century) in the module "Buddhist Art in South Asia. Stupas, Buddhas, Bodhisattvas" of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Alexander Schippel

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Humboldt Forum

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Chinese decorative ridge turret from the Qing dynasty, ornamental pediment: ridge ornament (ridge turret) in the form of a mythical creature with a man standing beside it — © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Claudia Obrocki, I D 45823

Ethnologisches Museum: Chinese Decorative Ridge Turret Restituted to the Descendants of Eduard Fuchs

The Collaborative Museum

© SPK/photothek/Liesa Johannsen

Forging New Paths in Transcultural Museum Work

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Colonialism

Moritz Fehr, 2019

Position Paper: The Debate(s) Around Colonialism and the Role of the Museum in Society

Restitutions

© Photothek / Florian Gaertner

Return of Objects to Their Countries of Origin

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Research Projects at the Ethnologisches Museum

Humboldt Forum

View of the east façade of the Humboldt Forum in the Berlin Palace and the Berlin Cathedral — View of the east façade of the Humboldt Forum in the Berlin Palace and the Berlin Cathedral © Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Alexander Schippel

Humboldt Forum in the Berlin palace

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