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Hauptbereich
Ethnological Museum
With a total of 500,000 objects from throughout the world and large numbers of sound recordings, documentary photographs and films, the Ethnological Museum ranks among the largest and best of its kind. The museum collects, preserves and researches cultural products of pre-industrial societies, primarily outside of Europe.
The collection
The museum currently embraces the following collections: Africa, American archaeology, American ethnology, Europe, the Islamic World, Eastern and Northern Asia, South and South-East Asia, the South Seas and Australia, as well as the ethnology of music. The Children's Museum is also located here.
JuniorMuseum
The JuniorMuseum with the exhibition "Off through the desert!" for children between the age of five and twelve is also located at the Dahlem Museums.
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, EM; Foto: Erik Hesmerg
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