Mission Museum

A mission museum deals with the history of Christian missions . Mission museums in the true sense of the word have been in existence since the early 20th century. But their roots go back to the chambers of curiosities of the Baroque era. In this respect, the Art and Natural History Chamber of the Francke Foundations (around 1700) can in some respects be regarded as the oldest mission museum in the world, as it collected and presented rarities from all over the world, which were largely compiled by the missionaries of the Danish-Halle Mission and gave an eloquent testimony to the diversity of foreign cultures. The collections left by missionaries often formed the basis of later ethnological exhibitions. Much later, the understanding changed and made the history of the mission itself the object of reflected socio-historical presentation.

List of mission museums

Germany

• Mission Museum in Sankt Ottilien , Bavaria
• Mission Museum of the Pallottines , Limburg an der Lahn
• Mission Museum Neuendettelsau Neuendettelsau
• Mission Museum Dorsten , collections since 1962 in the Forum der Völker in Werl
• Mission Museum Bamberg , Bamberg , Bavaria
• Mission museum St. Wendel in the mission house of the Steyler missionaries , St. Wendel , Saarland

Austria

• Liefering Mission Museum , Liefering
• Mission Museum Riedegg

Switzerland

• Missionsmuseum Immensee of the Mission Society Bethlehem , Immensee

Further

• Mission Museum Loreto , Mexico
• Missionsmuseum Steyl der Steyler Missionaries , Netherlands
• Muzeum Misyjne , Krosno Mission Museum , Poland