Museum of World Cultures (Frankfurt)

 

Museum of World Cultures (Frankfurt)

The Museum of World Cultures (German: Museum der Weltkulturen) is a Frankfurt, Germany ethnological museum. It was previously known as the Museum of Ethnology (Museum für Völkerkunde).


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The museum was founded in 1904. The museum was relocated to the Thun and Taxis Palace in the city center in 1908. The collection of ethnologist Leo Ferobenius, emeritus professor at the University of Frankfurt and director from 1934 to 1966, was purchased by the city of Frankfurt in 1925. Many collections, including the Thun and Taxis Palaces, were destroyed during the bombing of Frankfurt during World War II. However, some collections have been relocated and survived. The collection was first displayed in 1973 in an old villa on the banks of the Main. As a result, the World Culture Museum was one of the first museums to open on the Frankfurt Museum Bank. In 1973, The museum was expanded in 1973 and is now housed in three Saumainke buildings: No. 29 (main building), No. 35, and No. 37. More than 65,000 pieces from Oceania, Southeast Asia, America, Africa, and Europe are on display.  37 Contemporary works by Indian, African, Oceanian, and Indonesian artists are on display.

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