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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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. 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 ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the structure, embryology, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems. Zoology is one ...

* 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 num ...

(1881–1963), zoologist * 1950 to 1962 Helmuth O. Wagner (1897–1977),

ornithologist Ornithology, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (''órnis''), meaning "bird", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is a branch of zoology dedicated to the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related discip ...

* 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 (biology), cell, a multicellular organism, or a Community (ecology), community of Biological inter ...

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

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

* 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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