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State Museum of Ethnology Description

(Local Name: Völkerkundemuseum) The State Museum of Ethnology in Munich occupies an imposing building in Maximilianstrasse designed by E. Riedel and completed in 1865. With its extensive collection of art and artifacts from all over the world it ranks as one of the principal museums of its kind in Europe.

Having begun as a collection of curios assembled in the 16th C. by the Dukes and Electors of Bavaria, the museum started to develop in its present form during the reign of Ludwig II, when all the items of non-European origin were placed together in a separate gallery of their own.

East Asia, West and Central Africa and South America (especially Peru) are particularly well represented in the museum

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Hobbies & Activities category: Fabrics, textiles, costumes exhibits; Armaments collection; Significant work of art; Jewels, diamond cutting; Oriental art

Address

Staatliches Museum fur Völkerkunde
Maximilianstrasse 42
D-80538 Munchen
Germany

http://www.voelkerkundemuseum-muenchen.de

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