Exterior view of the Weltkulturen Museum. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Figure of a rooster. Benin Empire, Nigeria. Previous owner: William Ockelford, Oldman Collection. Collection Weltkulturen Museum. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel 
Ceremonial sword "Eben". Benin Empire, Nigeria. Dealer: Wiliam Ockelford Oldman. Collection Weltkulturen Museum
Coral Gardeners. Exhibitionview "healing. Life in Balance". Weltkulturen Museum. Photo Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibitionview "healing. Life in Balance", Weltkulturen Museum
Exhibitionview "healing. Life in Balance". Weltkulturen Museum 2022. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
THE MUSEUMSUFERFEST AT THE WELTKULTUREN MUSEUM
The Weltkulturen Museum joins the celebration of the Museumsuferfest 2023 and cordially invites you!
We are offering several public guided tours of our two exhibitions that weekend. Stop by and check them out!
"Benin. The Collection at the Weltkulturen Museum. Retrospective/Perspectives" ("Weltkulturen Labor", Schaumainkai 37).
Objects from the Kingdom of Benin (Nigeria) occupy a central role in the debate on the restitution of cultural property. The collection of the Weltkulturen Museum also contains over fifty objects made of metal, wood and ivory from the Kingdom of Benin (Nigeria). When and under what circumstances did they enter the collection of what was then known as the Völkermuseum? A research project into provenance funded by the German Lost Art Foundation has been conducted at the Frankfurt museum in order to address these questions, exploring the complex ownership status behind these objects. This first part of the exhibition (Retrospective) will showcase the objects in the collection and provide insight into the research.
Friday, 25 August 2023, 4 pm: Curator's tour with Audrey Peraldi (Custodian Africa)
Sunday, 27 August 2023, 2 pm: Short guided tour with Jeanne Nzakizabandi (cultural mediator)
Sunday, 27 August 2023, 4 pm: Short guided tour with Jeanne Nzakizabandi (cultural mediator)
"healing. Life in Balance" (Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29)
The Covid pandemic, climate change, colonial wounds – the world and its inhabitants keep on getting entangled in various crises. The associated quest for balance links people around the world: how can crises be overcome? And what are the paths to healing?
Saturday, 26 August 2023, 2 pm: Short guided tour with Iris Loew (cultural mediator)
Saturday, 26 August 2023, 4 pm: Short guided tour with Iris Loew (cultural mediator)
Entry during the Museumsuferfest only with Museumsuferfest button, for sale at all participating museums
