The Overseas Museum in Bremen (german: Übersee Museum Bremen) is a Natural History and

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in northern Germany. In an integrated exhibition of Nature, Culture and Trading, the museum presents aspects of overseas regions with permanent exhibitions relating to

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, South Pacific/

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and

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. 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,

zoologist Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and d ...

* 1933 to 1945 Carl Friedrich Roewer (1881–1963), zoologist * 1950 to 1962 Helmuth O. Wagner (1897–1977), ornithologist * 1962 to 1971 Hermann Friedrich (1906–1997),

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* 1971 to 1975 Herbert Abel (1911–1994), * 1975 to 1992 Herbert Ganslmayr (1937–1991),

ethnologist Ethnology (from the grc-gre, ἔθνος, meaning 'nation') is an academic field that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different peoples and the relationships between them (compare cultural, social, or sociocultural anthropology) ...

* 1992 to 2001 Viola König (born 1952) * from 2002 Wiebke Ahrndt (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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