European & U.S. Museums / Exhibitions / Collections with American Indian/Inuit Objects
Contact email: museum@american-indian-workshop.org
Austria
- Weltmuseum Wien, Neue Burg, Heldenplatz, 1010 Wien [Vienna]
www.weltmuseumwien.at/en/wonder/collections/north-and-central-america/
permanent exhibition closed until 2017- contact:
Belgium
- Musée du Cinquantenaire / Jubelparkmuseum [Cinquantenaire Museum], Parc du Cinquantenaire 10, 1000 Bruxelles / Brussel [Brussels]
www.kmkg-mrah.be/america
permanent exhibition- contact:
- Etnografische Verzamelingen UGent, Het Pand, Onderbergen 1, 9000 Gent [Ghent]
www.evug.be/collecties-positionering-en-opstelling/de-amerikas-een-stukje-geschiedenis [Flemish]
permanent exhibition, no English webpage available- contact:
Denmark / Greenland
- Industrimuseet Frederiks Værk, Knud Rasmussens Hus, Torvet 18-20, 3300 Frederiksværk
www.indmus.dk/english_history.asp
permanent exhibition on Inuit- contact:
- Nationalmuseet [National Museum of Denmark], Forsknings- & Formidlingsafdelingen / Research & Exhibitions, Etnografisk Samling / Ethnographical Department, Frederiksholms Kanal 12, 1220 København K [Copenhagen]
http://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/historical-knowledge-the-world/north-america/
permanent exhibition- contact:
- Nunatta Katersugaasivia Allagaateqarfialu [Greenland National Museum and Archives], Hans Egedesvej 18, GL 3900 Nuuk, Greenland
http://natmus.gl/Samlinger/tabid/55/language/en-US/Default.aspx
permanent exhibition on Inuit- contact:
Finland
- Kansallismuseo [Museum of Cultures, National Museum of Finland], Mannerheimintie 34, Helsinki
www.nba.fi/en/museums/museum_of_cultures
http://suomenmuseotonline.fi
online exhibition- contact:
France
- Musée du Nouveau Monde [New World Museum], 10, rue Fleuriau, 17000 La Rochelle
www.alienor.org/musees/index.php/eng/List-of-locations/La-Rochelle/New-World-Museum
permanent exhibition / online exhibition- contact:
- Musée des Confluences, 86 quai Perrache, 69285 Lyon Cedex 02
www.museedesconfluences.fr/fr/visit-museum
no permanent exhibition- contact:
- Galerie ORENDA, 54 rue de Verneuil, 75007 Paris
www.orenda-art.com/accueil-anglais-galerie-orenda.html
no permanent exhibition- contact:
- Musée du quai Branly, 37 quai Branly, 75007 Paris
www.quaibranly.fr/en/
permanent exhibition / online exhibition- contact: NN
Germany
- Ethnologisches Museum [Ethnological Museum], Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Lansstr. 8 / Arnimallee 27, 14195 Berlin
www.smb.museum/en/museums-and-institutions/ethnologisches-museum/home
permanent exhibition- contact:
- Städtisches Museum Braunschweig, Am Löwenwall, 38100 Braunschweig [Brunswick]
permanent exhibition, no English webpage available- contact:
- Übersee-Museum Bremen, Bahnhofsplatz 13, 28195 Bremen
www.uebersee-museum.de/en/
permanent exhibition- contact:
- Lippisches Landesmuseum, Ameide 4, 32756 Detmold
http://lippisches-landesmuseum.de/abteilungen/voelkerkunde/
permanent exhibition, no English webpage available- contact:
- Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Palaisplatz 11, 01097 Dresden
www.skd.museum/en/museums-institutions/japanisches-palais/museum-fuer-voelkerkunde-dresden/index.html
permanent exhibition under construction- contact:
- Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29-37, 60594 Frankfurt/Main
www.mwk-frankfurt.de/English/Collections/America/index.phtml
permanent exhibition- contact:
- Museum Natur und Mensch - Städtische Museen Freiburg, Gerberau 32, 79098 Freiburg
www.freiburg.de/pb/,Len/238070.html
no permanent exhibition- contact:
- Institut für Ethnologie und Ethnologische Sammlung [Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology and The Ethnographic Collection], Theaterplatz 15, 37073 Göttingen
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/28899.html
permanent exhibition- contact:
- Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg, Rothenbaumchaussee 64, 20148 Hamburg
www.voelkerkundemuseum.com/60-1-Indians-of-North-America.html
permanent exhibition- contact:
- Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover, Willy-Brandt-Allee 5, 30169 Hannover [Hanover]
www.landesmuseum-hannover.niedersachsen.de/portal/live.php?navigation_id=24302&article_id=83588&_psmand=183
permanent exhibition, no English webpage available- contact:
- Völkerkundemuseum Herrnhut [Ethnographical Museum Herrnhut], Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Goethestraße 1, 02747 Herrnhut
www.skd.museum/en/museums-institutions/herrnhut/voelkerkundemuseum-herrnhut/index.html
permanent exhibition, no English webpage available- contact:
- GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Johannisplatz 5-11, 04103 Leipzig
www.skd.museum/en/museums-institutions/leipzig/grassi-museum-fuer-voelkerkunde-zu-leipzig/index.html
permanent exhibition- contact:
- Museum Weltkulturen [World Cultures Museum], Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen (rem), D5, 68159 Mannheim
www.rem-mannheim.de/en/museums/world-cultures-museum/welcome/
no permanent exhibition- contact:
- Völkerkundliche Sammlung, Institut für Vergleichende Kulturforschung, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Rudolph-Bultmann-Str. 4a, 35032 Marburg
www.uni-marburg.de/fb03/ivk/vk/sammlung
permanent exhibition, no English webpage available- contact:
- Museum Fünf Kontinente [Five Continents Museum], Maximilianstr. 42, 80538 München [Munich]
www.museum-fuenf-kontinente.de/services/english-summary.html
permanent exhibition, no English webpage available- contact:
- DLM Deutschen Ledermuseum, Ethnologisches Museum [DLM, Ethnological Museum], Frankfurter Str. 86, 63067 Offenbach
www.ledermuseum.de/DLM/frames_e/hfr_03_e.html
permanent exhibition
- contact: info@ledermuseum.de
- Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch, Niedersächsische Landesmuseen Oldenburg, Damm 38-44, 26135 Oldenburg
www.naturundmensch.de
permanent exhibition, no English webpage available- contact:
- Felix-Nussbaum-Haus, Kulturgeschichtliches Museum Osnabrück, Lotter Str. 2, 49078 Osnabrück
www.osnabrueck.de/kgm/start.html
no permanent exhibition, no English webpage available- contact:
- Karl-May-Museum, Karl-May-Str. 5, 01445 Radebeul
www.karl-may-museum.de/data/cms/pdf/kmm_englisch_web.pdf
www.karl-may-museum.de
permanent exhibition, no English webpage available- contact:
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart, Hegelplatz 1, 70174 Stuttgart
www.lindenmuseum.de/en/see/exhibitions/north-america/
permanent exhibition closed- contact:
Hungary
- Museum of Ethnography (Néprajzi Múzeum) Kossuth Lajos tér 12., 1055 Budapest
http://www.neprajz.hu/en/
no permanent exhibition [museum closed 2017 - 2020]- contact:
Italy
- Museo di Antropologia e Etnologia, Sezione del Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze [Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology, Section of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Florence], Via del Proconsolo, 12, 50122 Firenze [Florence]
www.msn.unifi.it/en
permanent exhibition, no English webpage available- contact:
- Castello d'Albertis Museo delle culture del mondo [Museum of World Cultures], Corso Dogali, 18, 16136 Genova [Genoa]
www.museidigenova.it/it/content/castello-dalbertis
permanent exhibition- contact:
- Centro Studi Americanistici "Circolo Amerindiano", Via Antonio Fratti 14/20, 06123 Perugia
https://www.amerindiano.org/collezione-etnografica/?lang=en
permanent exhibition- contact: Paride Bollettin, info@amerindiano.org
- Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico "Luigi Pigorini", Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, 14 , 00144 Roma [Rome]
http://www.pigorini.beniculturali.it/visiting.html
no permanent exhibition- contact:
Netherlands
- Museon, Stadhouderslaan 37, 2517 HV Den Haag [The Hague]
http://www.museon.nl/en
no permanent exhibition- contact:
- Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde [National Museum of Ethnology], Steenstraat 1, 2312 BS Leiden
http://volkenkunde.nl/en
no permanent exhibition- contact:
Norway
- Kulturhistorisk museum, Universitetet i Oslo [Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo], Frederiks gate 2, 0164 Oslo
www.khm.uio.no/english/visit-us/historical-museum/exhibitions/ethnographic/
Collections Databases: www.khm.uio.no/english/research/databases/index.html [English] / www.unimus.no/etnografi/khm/ [Norwegian]
permanent exhibition- contact:
Poland
- Muzeum Etnograficzne im. Seweryna Udzieli w Krakowie [The Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Museum], Plac Wolnica 1, 31-066 Kraków [Krakow]
www.etnomuzeum.eu
permanent exhibition, no English webpage available- contact:
Russia
- Kunstkamera, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 University Embankment, Saint Petersburg, 199034
www.kunstkamera.ru/en/
permanent exhibition- contact: Slovenia
- Slovenski etnografski muzej [Slovene Ethnographic Museum], Metelkova 2, Ljubljana
www.etno-muzej.si/en
permanent exhibition- contact:
Spain
- Museo de América [Museum of the Americas], Avenida de los Reyes Católicos, 6, 28040 Madrid
www.mecd.gob.es/museodeamerica/el-museo.html
permanent exhibtion, no English webpage available- contact:
- Museo Nacional de Antropología, C/Alfonso XII, 68, 28014 Madrid
http://mnantropologia.mcu.es/
permanent exhibition, no English webpage available- contact:
Sweden
- Etnografiska Museet / Museum of Ethnography, Djurgårdsbrunnsvägen 34, 115 27 Stockholm
http://www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/en/
permanent exhibition- contact:
Switzerland
- Museum der Kulturen Basel, Münsterplatz 20, 4001 Basel
www.mkb.ch/en.html
permanent exhibition on Mesoamerica- contact:
- Bernisches Historischen Museum / Musée d'Histoire de Berne, Helvetiaplatz 5, 3000 Bern
www.bhm.ch/en/exhibitions/permanent-exhibitions/american-indians-diversity-of-cultures-in-america/
permanent exhibition- contact:
- Musée d'ethnographie de Genève, Boulevard Carl-Vogt 65-67, 1205 Genève [Geneva]
www.ville-ge.ch/meg/index_uk.php
Online databank America: www.ville-ge.ch/meg/musinfo00.php?dpt=ETHAM [French]
permanent exhibition
- Musée d'ethnographie Neuchâtel (MEN), 4, rue Saint-Nicolas (quartier Château-Collégiale), 2000 Neuchâtel
www.men.ch/fr/collections/amerique/ [French]
no permanent exhibition, no English webpage available- contact:
- Historisches und Völkerkundemuseum St. Gallen, Museumstrasse 50, 9000 St. Gallen
www.hmsg.ch/index.asp
permanent exhibition- contact: info@hvmsg.ch
- Museum Rietberg, Gablerstrasse 15, 8002 Zürich [Zurich]
www.rietberg.ch/en-gb/foyer.aspx
permanent exhibition- contact:
- NONAM Nordamerika Native Museum, Seefeldstr. 317, 8008 Zürich [Zurich]
www.stadt-zuerich.ch/content/kultur/en/index/institutionen/native_american_and_inuit_cultures.html
permanent exhibition
- Völkerkundemuseum der Universität Zürich [Ethnographic Museum, University of Zurich], Pelikanstr. 40, 8001 Zürich [Zurich]
www.musethno.uzh.ch/index_en.html
no permanent exhibition- contact:
United Kingdom
- University of Aberdeen Museum, King’s Museum, 17 High Street, Aberdeen, AB24 3SW, Scotland
www.abdn.ac.uk/museums
no permanent exhibition- contact:
- American Museum in Britain, Claverton Manor, Bath, BA2 7BD
www.americanmuseum.org
permanent exhibition- contact:
- The Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Queen Street, Exeter, EX4 3LS
www.rammuseum.org.uk
permanent exhibition- contact:
- Hastings Museum & Art Gallery, Johns Place, Bohemia Road, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1ET
www.hmag.org.uk
permanent exhibition- contact:
- The Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL
www.museum.manchester.ac.uk
permanent exhibition- contact:
- Pitt Rivers Museum, South Parks Road (entrance via Oxford University Museum of Natural History), Oxford, UK
www.prm.ox.ac.uk / http://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/blackfootshirts
Collections Databases: www.prm.ox.ac.uk/databases.html
permanent exhibition- contact:
- Perth Museum & Art Gallery, 78 George Street, Perth, PH1 5LB, Scotland
www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/member/perth-museum-and-art-gallery
permanent exhibition- contact:
- Saffron Walden Museum, Museum Street, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1JL
www.saffronwaldenmuseum.swmuseumsoc.org.uk
permanent exhibition- contact:
Literature:
Feest, Christian F. History of Ethnographic Collecting. https://www.researchgate.net/project/History-of-Ethnographic-Collecting
USA & Canada
Tribal Museums and Cultural Centers
https://www.indian-affairs.org/tmdmap.htmlLocations of North American Native Nations & Cultural Institutions
https://www.atalm.org/locations-of-north-american-native-nations-and-cultural-institutions/
Contact email: museum@american-indian-workshop.org
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