Sammlung für Völkerkunde, Ethnographic museum at University of Göttingen, Germany
The Ethnological Collection of Göttingen University holds 18,000 artifacts from all continents, including graphics, paintings, archives, and photographs.
The collection originated from the Academic Museum founded in 1773, with Professor Johann Friedrich Blumenbach gathering objects from the South Seas and Arctic regions.
The collection contains 500 Pacific objects from Captain James Cook's expeditions and cultural documents from Asia and Russian America in the Baron von Asch collection.
The museum building at Theaterplatz 15 remains closed for renovation, with plans for a new permanent exhibition funded by the State of Lower Saxony.
Digital catalogs of the collection provide access to 97 percent of the inventory, with 6 percent featuring digital images available for download.
Location: Göttingen
Inception: 1936
GPS coordinates: 51.53500,9.94083
Latest update: March 4, 2025 14:55
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