Overseas Museum, Bremen

The Overseas Museum in Bremen (German: Übersee Museum Bremen) is a Natural History and ethnographic museum in northern Germany. In an integrated exhibition of Nature, Culture and Trading, the museum presents aspects of overseas regions with permanent exhibitions relating to Asia, South Pacific/Oceania, Americas and Africa. The building is protected by the monument protection act.[2]

Overseas Museum
Übersee-Museum Bremen
The museum
Former name
German Colonial Museum (German: Deutsches Kolonialmuseum)[1]
Established1887 (1887)
LocationBremen
Coordinates53°05′00″N 8°48′38″E
Collection sizeNatural History
DirectorWiebke Ahrndt
Websitewww.uebersee-museum.de

History

In 1875, the collections of the Bremen Natural History Society became the property of the city of Bremen.

Directors

References

  • von Briskorn, Bettina 2000 Zur Sammlungsgeschichte afrikanischer Ethnographica im Übersee-Museum Bremen, 1841-1945 Bremen : Übersee-Museum Bremen, 2000. ISBN 978-3-929439-57-1



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