Facts of the Weltmuseum Wien
Facts of the Weltmuseum Wien Organisation The Weltmuseum Wien (formerly the Museum of Ethnology) is a federal museum and part of the KHM-Museumsverband (KHM Museums Association) Sabine Haag, General Director Paul Frey, CFO Director Steven Engelsman, Director Christian Schicklgruber, Designated Scientific Director Collections • Africa south of the Sahara Nadja Haumberger, Curator ad interim • North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and Siberia Axel Steinmann, Curator • East Asia: China, Korea, Japan Bettina Zorn, Curator • Insular Southeast Asia Sri Kuhnt-Saptodewo, Curator • South and Southeast Asia, Himalayas Christian Schicklgruber, Deputy Director, Chief Curator, Curator and Designated Scientific Director • Oceania and Australia N.N. • North and Central America Gerard van Bussel, Curator • South America Claudia Augustat, Curator • Photography Collection Manfred Kaufmann, Curator • Museum Library Heinz Gratzer • Archive Ildikó Cazan-Simányi Number of objects • 250.000 ethnographic objects • 140.000 historical photographs • 146.000 publications Important Exhibitions • „Benin – Könige und Rituale. Höfische Kunst aus Nigeria“ (May 9, 2007 – September 3, 2007) in collaboration with the Ethnologischen Museum Berlin, the musée du quai Branly, the Art Institute Chicago and der National Commission for Museums and Monuments Nigeria. o „Bénin. Cinq siècles d’art royal” musée du quai Branly, Paris (October 2, 2007 – January 6, 2008) o Ethnologisches Museum Berlin (February 7, 2008 - May 25, 2008) o Art Institute Chicago (July 8, 2008 - September 21, 2008) • „Made in Japan“ (April 22, 2009 - March 29, 2010) • „James Cook und die Entdeckung der Südsee“ (May 12, 2010 - September 13, 2010) o Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn (August 28, 2009 – February 28, 2010) o Historisches Museum Bern (October 7, 2010 - February 13, 2011) • „Sitting Bull und seine Welt“ (December 10, 2009 – March 15, 2010) • „African Lace.
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