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Address:
Pelikanstrasse 40, CH-8001 Zürich
Opening Hours:
Tue - Fri 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 2 - 5 p.m.
Sat 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Sun 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Contact:
musethno@vmz.unizh.ch
Phone: +41 (0)44 634 90 11
Fax: +41 (0)44 634 9050
Links:
Völkerkundemuseum
Universität Zürich
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Description:
Half-way between the new stock exchange building and the famous Bahnhofstrasse, in the old botanical gardens, lies a tresure of a kind you would not expect in this neighbourhood: self-testimonials of foreign peoples, materialised in their objects. In changing exhibitions and various events the Ethnographic Museum of Zurich University presents to the public this world of non European cultures by means of particular objects and rare documents. The visit to the Ethnographic Museum is a step out of your familiar environment. The Ethnographic Museum opened in 1889 and is a place for research and the presentation of cultures outside Europe (religion, art, crafts, society). The collection contains objects from cultures around the world. Worth mentioning is the extensive comparative textile collection. A visual archive with films, videos and photographs is incorporated into the Museum. In addition to putting on exhibitions — mainly temporary ones — concerts, films, lectures and workshops are organised for the general public. The up-to-date library is open to all.
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Further Reading:
- Hintermann, Heinrich: Führer durch die Sammlung für Völkerkunde der Universität Zürich. Zürich: Grethlein & Co., 1932
- Steinmann, Alfred: Die Sammlung für Völkerkunde der Universität Zürich. Zürich, 1941/43
- Steinmann, Alfred: Einführung in die Sammlung für Völkerkunde der Universität Zürich. 1956
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