Exhibition view of the module "Art and cult. Sacred art in China and Japan“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum

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Ethnologisches Museum and Museum für Asiatische Kunst

Beginning on September 23, treasures of world cultures from Africa, Asia, America and Oceania will be on display on the second and third floors of the Humboldt Forum. – Parzinger: Museumsinsel is getting a wonderful extension – Eissenhauer: Universal scope of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin finally accessible again – Koch: A major aspect of our work will be the critical assessment of the history of the collections

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Ethnologisches Museum and Museum für Asiatische Kunst open their rooms in the west wing of the Humboldt Forum

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Processional bull Nandi, Shiva’s mount, (19th–20th century) in the module "Hindu Art in South Asia“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum

Exhibition view of the module "From New Ireland to Berlin. Collecting in the colonial period“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum

Buddha (Pakistan, 2nd-3rd century) in the module "Buddhist Art in South Asia. Stupas, Buddhas, Bodhisattvas“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum

Exhibition view of the module "Jain Art in India“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum

Twelve-leaf Coromandel lacquer folding screen (17th century, China) in the module "China: Painting in Transition"of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum

Exhibition view of the module "Hindu Art in South Asia“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum

Exhibition view of the module "Courtly India“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum

Feather coat (Hawaii, before 1819) in the module “Art from Oceania“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum

Pair of "Child Companions", Joseon Dynasty (1392 – 1910) in the module "Korea inspires. Regional and global“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum

Wuzhiqi, protective spirit of the Huai and Guo Rivers (12th – 18th century) in the Modul "Art made of clay. The East Asia study collection“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum

Power figure “mangaaka“ (Congo, Yombe, 19th century) in the module “Open Storage Africa. Appropriating objects and imagining Africa“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum

Exhibition view of the domed room in the module "Turfan Collection Central Asia“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum

Exhibition view of the module “Sound of the World. The study of organised sound“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum

Outrigger Boat from Santa Cruz Islands in the module “Oceania: People and Sea. A sea of islands“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum

Big Outrigger Boat from the Island of Luf in the module “Oceania: People and Sea. A sea of islands“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum

The listening room in the module “Sound of the World. The study of organised sound“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum

Exhibition view of the module "Art and cult. Sacred art in China and Japan“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum

Parvati or Uma, the goddess Shiva as a processional figure (South India, 14th -16th century) in the module "Hindu Art in South Asia“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum

Exhibition view of the module “China and Euope. Art between war and peace" of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum

Exhibition view of the module "Art and cult. Sacred art in China and Japan“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum

The tea house developed by URA Architects from Kanazawa (Japan) in close coordination with the Chado Urasenke Teeweg Association in Berlin in the module "Art and cult. Sacred art in China and Japan“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum

Throne "Mandu Yenu" with footrest (Cameroon, before 1885) in the module "Colonial Cameroon. Conquest and agency“ of the Ethnologisches Museum at Humboldt Forum

Exhibition view of the module “Open Storage Africa. Appropriating objects and imagining Africa“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum

Exhibition view of the "East Asia study collection“ (right) and the module „Artists and Connoisseurs. Chinese art in context“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in water-moon-pose (China, Song Dynasty, 960 – 1279) in the module "Art and cult. Sacred art in China and Japan“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum

Exhibition view of the module “Art from Oceania“ of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum

Exhibition view of the module "Artists and Connoisseurs. Chinese art in context“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum

Exhibition view of the "East Asia study collection“ and the modul "Artists and Connoisseurs. Chinese art in context“ des Museums für Asiatische Kunst im Humboldt Forum

Installation "Indignation" by Justine Gaga in the module "Colonial Cameroon. Conquest and agency“ of the Ethnologisches Museum at Humboldt Forum

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