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till February 23, 2020 War and Grammar Mohamed Nur: Audio-Visual Traces from the Colonial Archive

Beginning on October 23rd, sound recordings of prisoners of war from the First World War will be rendered audible as historical sources in the exhibition at the Zwischenraum (A Space Between).

till November 6, 2019 Re-Interpreted

Re-Interpreted

till April 19, 2020 Amani Traces of a Colonial Research Center

The Biological Agricultural Institute Amani, founded in 1902, was a German model project in the Tanzanian Usambara Highlands.

till March 27, 2022 Distinguished: Women Artists of the Inventory

The exhibition “Distinguished: Women Artists of the Inventory” takes a look behind the scenes of the museum during the first half of the 20th century and at the work of its female employees, who at that time were working…

till June 5, 2019 Working on monochromes Technique and perception of hand-coloured photographs from 1910

On the way to the development of colour photography, the technique of hand-colouring black and white photographs was an important and technically exciting chapter.

till April 14, 2019 Ovizire • Somgu From where do we speak?

The exhibition presents performances, multimedia video installations, photo collages and historical photographs that deal with the complexity of Germany’s and Namibia’s entangled history.

till June 27, 2021 Steppes & Silk Roads

Magnificent fabrics and ikat weavings made of silk, tea and “wild apples” found their way to Europe on the legendary trade routes of the steppes and the silk roads.

A Glimpse Into Paradise Historical photographs from Polynesia

Banana leaves reflect the sunshine, tropical vegetation grows in the background and a small party seeks refuge under the dense shade of the leaves. Almost obscured, several pairs of eyes look into the camera.