The Overseas Museum in

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

(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,

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/ Oceania,

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and Africa. The building is protected by the monument protection act.

History

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

Directors

* 1887 to 1933

Hugo Schauinsland Hugo Hermann Schauinsland (30 May 1857 – 5 June 1937) was a German zoologist born in Rittergut Dedawe, Kreis Labiau, East Prussia. He studied natural sciences at the University of Geneva and zoology at the University of Königsberg, obtaining ...

, zoologist * 1933 to 1945

Carl Friedrich Roewer Carl Friedrich Roewer (12 October 1881, in Neustrelitz – 17 June 1963) was a German arachnologist. He concentrated on harvestmen, where he described almost a third (2,260) of today's known species, but also almost 700 taxa of spiders and numerou ...

(1881–1963), zoologist * 1950 to 1962

Helmuth O. Wagner Helmuth is both a masculine German given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name; *Helmuth Theodor Bossert (1889–1961), German art historian, philologist and archaeologist *Helmuth Duckadam (born 1959), Romanian forme ...

(1897–1977),

ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

* 1962 to 1971 Hermann Friedrich (1906–1997),

biologist A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual cell, a multicellular organism, or a community of interacting populations. They usually specialize in ...

* 1971 to 1975

Herbert Abel Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, ...

(1911–1994), * 1975 to 1992

Herbert Ganslmayr Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, ...

(1937–1991), ethnologist * 1992 to 2001

Viola König The viola ( , also , ) is a string instrument that is bow (music), bowed, plucked, or played with varying techniques. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of ...

(born 1952) * from 2002

Wiebke Ahrndt Wiebke is a feminine German given name. Notable people with the name include: *Wiebke von Carolsfeld (born 1966), German-Canadian film director and editor *Wiebke Drenckhan (born 1977), German physicist * Wiebke Eden (born 1968), German writer * W ...

(born 1963)

References

*von Briskorn, Bettina 2000 ''Zur Sammlungsgeschichte afrikanischer Ethnographica im Übersee-Museum Bremen, 1841-1945'' Bremen : Übersee-Museum Bremen, 2000.
Official Website

Peter René Becker: ''Bedeutende Sammlung von Exoten. Überseemuseum Bremen''
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