Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz

Berlin‘s Ethnologisches Museum (Ethnological Museum) evolved from the collections
of the royal cabinets of art and since its foundation in 1873 has become one of the
largest and most significant collections of its kind worldwide.

The museum's holdings comprise approximately 500,000 ethnographic, archaeological and
historico-cultural objects from Africa, Asia, America and Oceania. They are complemented by
some 500,000 media (ethonological photographs, films, audio recordings) and about 200,000
pages of written documents. Many of its collections are among the most extensive and
valuable in existence.

Together with the Museum für Asiatische Kunst (Asian Art Museum) and other institutions,
the Ethnological Museum is presenting its collection in an innovative concept at the newly
built Humboldt Forum in the very center of Berlin since 2022.