Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg

Description

Museum of Ethnology Hamburg - In the middle of Hamburg: The world in a nutshell With the help of more than 700,000 objects and documents collected for well over a century, we tell stories and show foreign worlds of life. The countless events on topics and festivals in the world give you the opportunity to engage in direct exchange with foreign cultures. Travel to the farthest corners of the world, to peoples with unimaginable customs and treasure troves of fabulous value. You can touch and join, be amazed and be irritated. And above all ask questions. The study of cultural conditions, the explanation of diversity and conformity in the ways of life of the peoples of the world, is one of the most essential contents of ethnology. One of the main goals is to impart this knowledge in order to understand the ways of life of the cultures of the world. Forerunners of today's ethnology since antiquity are travelogues and collected from many sources descriptions of the customs of other peoples. It was not until the 18th century, during the intellectual history of the Enlightenment, that the foundations for anthropology as a science emerged. The Museum of Ethnology should report on all cultures and peoples of our world. This is a daunting task in a rapidly changing world. Away from the vitrine museum to the holistic, lively meeting place of cultures: from observation to encounter, from meeting to understanding, from understanding to understanding, from understanding to tolerance. The museum deals with different perspectives and also reflects the European culture in foreign eyes. The current program of events repeatedly takes up political and current topics, reduces prejudices and reduces the hostility between the members of different cultures. With this modern concept, the Museum of Ethnology also fulfills its social responsibility. ENGLISH: You are invited! To experience the remotest corners of the world, to meet people with unimaginable customs and to see treasures of inestimable value. The Museum of Ethnology: In the center of Hamburg, the entire world in a nutshell. You are free to touch and feel, to be amazed and perplexed-and above all, to ask questions. Through approximately 700,000 artefacts and documents, accumulated throughout a century, we tell stories and show unseen worlds. And with countless events and festivals worldwide, we foster direct exchange with foreign cultures. Exploring cultural conditions and differences in ways of life is one of the most important concerns of ethnology. One of the most important aims of ethnology is to spread this knowledge so that it can become a basis for understanding cultural diversity. Sources dating back to antiquity are looking for antecedents to contemporary scientific ethnology. The foundation for ethnological research as a branch of science was not developed before the 18th century-the Age of Enlightenment. The Museum of Ethnology aims to provide information about the cultures and peoples living in our world. In a world of constant and rapid change, this is an immense task. Guests of the Museum of Ethnology are not limited to the role of spectator looking at the art behind glass, but are encouraged to encounter new cultures in a holistic and exciting way: From observation to experience, from experience to understanding, from understanding to tolerance , The museum encourages visitors to see different perspectives and attempts to mirror the European culture as seen through non-European eyes. Our up-to-date events involve political and current issues and aim at deconstructing prejudices and reducing the hostility between the members of different cultures. Through this modern concept, the Museum of Ethnology attempts to fulfill its social responsibility.