Übersee-Museum Bremen, Ethnographic museum in Mitte, Bremen, Germany.
Description
Übersee-Museum Bremen is an ethnographic museum in the city center that displays collections from around the world across approximately 10,000 square meters. The exhibition presents natural history, craftsmanship, and cultural objects alongside each other while connecting them to contemporary issues.
History
The museum was founded in 1887 as the German Colonial Museum and is based on collections from the Bremen Natural History Society dating from the 1870s. The institution developed from these early holdings into a larger center for ethnographic and natural history subjects.
Culture
The museum displays cultural objects from many countries that show how people in different regions live and have lived. Visitors see artworks, crafts, and everyday items that reveal life in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
Practical
The building is centrally located and easily accessible by bus and train, with parking available in the area. Visitors should allow time for a full tour, as the exhibitions offer much to explore and different areas can be visited in sequence.
Did you know?
The museum actively examines its own colonial past with visitors as part of the exhibition experience. This makes it a place where history is not just displayed but where visitors are invited to question it.
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