79098 Freiburg im Breisgau
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The Ethnologische Sammlung (Ethnological Collection) of the Museum Natur und Mensch of the Städtische Museen Freiburg (Municipal Museums of Freiburg) includes around 20.000 objects from Asia, Oceania, the Americas, Ancient Egypt and Africa, which have been collected since the museum was founded in 1895. The collection also includes a historical photo archive. The Ethnologische Sammlung (Ethnological Collection) is one of the largest municipal ethnological collections in Germany. Preservation, educational work and research of their holdings as well as their accessibility, for example through digital transparency, are their central goals.
As in many European museums, a large part of the ethnological holdings became part of the Ethnologische Sammlung (Ethnological Collection) at the turn of the century. In special exhibitions and research and cooperation projects, the Ethnologische Sammlung (Ethnological Collection) examine intensively with the provenance of the objects, especially their colonial contexts. Another key objective is to make the collections globally transparent and accessible through digitization such as the presentation of the Ethnologische Sammlung (Ethnological Collection) in the digital collection of the Städtische Museen Freiburg (Municipal Museums of Freiburg). Digitization also forms the basis for further scientific research of the collections.