Museum Europäischer Kulturen

5 Science's Bedroom - 11 months ago

Means "Museum of European Cultures" when translated his English, this museum is a collection of everyday items in the growing European cultures from the 18th century till the present day. With over 285,000 exhibits, the Museum of European Cultures is one of the largest institutions of its kind. The collections intersect with the Nordic Museum in Stockholmand the Austrian Museum of Folklore in Vienna. The permanent exhibition of the museum also houses the "Carrettu sicilianu" - a very famous Sicilian cart brought back by Wilhelm II from one of his trips.

In 1889 Rudolf Virchow founded the folklore museum in Berlin on a private initiative with the “Museum for German Folk Costumes and Domestic Products”. In 1904 the collection was incorporated into the Royal Museums in Berlin, but not as an independent museum, but as the “Royal Collection for German Folklore” of the prehistoric department of the Ethnographic Museum. Until the founding of the “State Museum for German Folklore” in the Association of State Museums in Berlin in 1935, the museum struggled with a considerable shortage of space. In National Socialism era, the museum and its director Konrad Hahm approached the national ideology in order to preserve the institutional quality on the one hand and to have greater resources available on the other. During the Second World War, 80 percent of the historical collection was lost.

4 Carl-Henry Cadet - 2 months ago

If You enjoyed the Humboldt Forum in Berlin, You will love Museum Europäischer Kulturen. The former is dedicated to African, Asian and Oceanian Cultural Collections, the later to European Ethnology.

3 Ari Joki - 2 months ago

Interesting concept and the exhibits are well curated and presented. I was expecting more depth of local traditions, but the overall exhibition is more on the general culture and that is very well done.

4 Alkis p - 3 years ago

A small folklore museum. Has some traditional dressing and cabinets with religious, toys etc folklore items and some ethnographic exhibits. Focusses on the European identity.
Although the museum is small its very nicely presented.
Well suited for younger ages.
When visited had 2 temporary exhibitions. One about wool and one about marriage and it's customs which was very interesting.

The museum staff is very friendly and i thank them.

Definitely not one of the top Berlin museum but a nice visit if you are in the area.

The cafe is nice

5 Olivia G - 2 years ago

It’s an interesting museum with a nice architecture, we find at that moment slow and fast fashion that was very interesting.

1 Ku Lili - a year ago

The building and its location are very nice. The content of the museum is however the worst I have ever seen --- you learn as much as if the museum was empty. It's a mix of more or less recent objects without real link between them presented quite awkwardly. The result is an overlap of national symbols which provides no basis for a reflection on Europe.

3 Aleksandr Artemev - 10 months ago

So so. European culture is not “paintings” and “sculpture”. Nope. It’s how the plastic is recycled in Spain or how to make a costume out of newspaper. Plus a t-shirt and a couple candies. 3 stars just because it’s very small so I didn’t waste much time.