Please note: From Monday, 5 May up to and including Wednesday, 7 May and from Monday, 12 May up to and including Friday, 16 May 2025, the exhibition areas of the Ethnologisches Museum on the 2nd floor of the Humboldt Forum will be closed due to maintenance work. The exhibition areas will be open from Thursday, 8 May up to and including Sunday, 11 May 2025.
Film
A conversation with the two mediators Kate Akhadelor and Joseph Alonge, who advised and supported the mediators of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin for a total of two months as part of a residency.
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