List of museums dedicated to ethnology
This list of museums for ethnology contains ethnological museums ( ethnology ), sometimes also under the designation Ethnographic Museum or Museum for Anthropology (science of man). They all show collections of artefacts and ethnographies (descriptions of peoples) of various ethnic groups and indigenous peoples and their cultures .
Europe
Germany
- Afrikahaus , Sebnitz
- BASA Museum (Bonner America Collection) at the Department of Ancient American Studies at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
- Brazil Museum in the Franciscan Monastery of Bardel , Westphalia
- German Institute for Tropical and Sub-Tropical Agriculture : Völkerkundliches Museum Witzenhausen (Ethnographic Collection Völkerkundliches Museum Witzenhausen - Cultures of the World)
- German Leather Museum , Offenbach
- Ethnological department in the Coburg Natural History Museum
- Lichtenwalde Castle (West Africa, Nepal, Tibet, China, Japan, Korea, silhouettes), Niederwiesa
- Ethnological collection in the Mauritianum Natural History Museum , Altenburg
- Ethnological collections in the regional museum Wolfhagender Land, Wolfhagen
- Ethnological collections in the Hexenbürgermeisterhaus , Lemgo
- Ethnological collection of the University of Göttingen
- Ethnological collections in the regional museum in Neubrandenburg (especially the Bernhard Funk collection of the South Seas )
- Ethnological collection of the museum landscape Hessen Kassel
- Ethnological Museum , Berlin-Dahlem
- Forum der Völker , Franciscan Ethnological Museum, Werl
- Georg Forster collection in the South Sea Pavilion, Oranienbaum-Wörtlitz
- House peoples and cultures of the Divine Word Missionaries , Sankt Augustin
- Julius Riemer Collection in the Museum of the Municipal Collections in the Zeughaus , Wittenberg
- Linden Museum : State Museum for Ethnology, Stuttgart
- Mission museum in the mission house of the Steyler missionaries , St. Wendel
- Museum of Imagination : Buchheim Museum, Bernried am Starnberger See
- Museum of European Cultures , Berlin-Dahlem
- Museum Five Continents , Munich
- Museum of Ethnology at the University of Kiel
- Museum of Ethnology Dresden
- Museum of Ethnology Hamburg
- Museum of Ethnology in Leipzig , in the Grassi Museum
- Museum of Ethnology in the Oettingen Residenzschloss in Bavaria, branch of the Five Continents Museum in Munich
- Museum für Völkerkunde Rostock of the cultural history museum in the monastery of the Holy Cross (Rostock)
- Museum in the Ritterhaus , Offenburg
- Museum Natur und Mensch Freiburg : Naturmuseum Freiburg im Breisgau, formerly Adelhausermuseum
- Museum of World Cultures of the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museums , Mannheim
- Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Cultures of the World , Cologne
- Marburg religious studies collection
- Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum Hildesheim
- Municipal Museum , Braunschweig, Department of Ethnology
- South Sea Museum , Obergünzburg
- South Seas collection in Bernburg Castle
- South Seas collection by Wilhelm Knappe in the Thuringian Museum of Folklore, Erfurt
- Übersee-Museum , Bremen
- Völkerkundemuseum auf der Hardt , Wuppertal , formerly the Völkerkundemuseum of the Archive and Museum Foundation
- Ethnological Museum Heidelberg
- Völkerkundemuseum Herrnhut , Herrnhut in Upper Lusatia
- Ethnological collection of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
- Ethnology department of the Natural History Collection of the Wiesbaden Museum
- Ethnology department of the Natural History Museum in Nuremberg
- Ethnology department of the Lower Saxony State Museum in Hanover
- Ethnological department of the Museum of the University of Tübingen MUT (World Cultures. Collections in Hohentübingen Castle )
- Ethnographic collection of the Philipps University of Marburg
- Ethnological collection in the Hellweg Museum , Unna
- Weltkulturen Museum : Museum of World Cultures, Frankfurt am Main
Austria
- Museum of the Nations , Schwaz, Tyrol
- Pavelhaus (Slovenian minority), Laafeld near Bad Radkersburg, Styria
- Kittsee Castle , branch of the Museum of Ethnology
- Weltmuseum Wien in the Hofburg, Vienna
Switzerland
- Historical and Ethnological Museum St. Gallen
- Musée d'ethnographie de Genève , Geneva
- Ethnographic department of the Bernisches Historisches Museum , Bern
- Musée d'ethnographie de Neuchâtel , Neuchâtel
- Museo delle Culture , Lugano
- Museum of Cultures Basel
- Museum of Ethnology Burgdorf
- Museum Rietberg , Zurich
- North America Native Museum , Zurich
- Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich
Belgium
- Royal Museums of Art and History , Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire , Brussels
- Royal Museum for Central Africa , Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika , Tervuren
Bulgaria
France
- Corsican Ethnographic Museum, Corte
- Musée du quai Branly , Paris
Great Britain
- Bagshaw Museum , Batley (ethnographic collection)
- Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery , Birmingham (ethnographic collection)
- Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery , Blackburn (ethnographic collection, stored)
- Brighton Museum and Art Gallery , Brighton (ethnographic collection)
- Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery , Bristol (ethnographic collection)
- British Museum , London
- Cuming Museum , London (ethnographic collection)
- Dundee Art Galleries and Museums , Dundee (ethnographic collection)
- Great North Museum: Hancock , Newcastle upon Tyne (ethnographic collection, in storage)
- Hastings Museum and Art Gallery , Hastings (ethnographic collection)
- Horniman Museum and Gardens , London (ethnographic collection)
- Ipswich Museum , Ipswich (ethnographic collection)
- Leeds City Museum , Leeds (ethnographic collection)
- Marischal Museum , University of Aberdeen (ethnographic collection)
- Museum of Archeology and Anthropology , University of Cambridge
- Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery , Nuneaton (ethnographic collection)
- Perth Museum and Art Gallery , Perth (ethnographic material)
- Pitt Rivers Museum , Oxford
- Powel-Cotton Museum Quex House and Gardens , Birchington-on-Sea
- Royal Museum of Scotland , Edinburgh (ethnographic collection)
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum , Exeter (ethnographic collection)
- Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum , Bournemouth (ethnographic objects)
- Saffron Walden Museum , Saffron Walden, Essex
- Victoria and Albert Museum , London
- Wellcome Collection , London (medical anthropology)
- World Museum Liverpool
Italy
- Ladin Museum , St. Martin in Thurn
- Museo Etnografico Siciliano Giuseppe Pitrè in Palermo, Sicily
- Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico "Luigi Pigorini" , in Rome
- Museo Etnografico Tiranese , in Tirano, Lombardy region
Croatia
- Ethnographic Museum Dubrovnik , Dubrovnik
- Ethnographic Museum of Istria , Pazin
- Ethnographic Museum Zagreb , Zagreb
- Ethno-Museum Staro Selo , Kumrovec
- Zadar Folk Museum , Zadar
Moldova
Netherlands
- Africa Museum , Berg en Dal
- Mission Museum Steyl
- Reichsmuseum für Völkerkunde , Leiden
- Tropical Museum , Amsterdam
- Wereldmuseum , Rotterdam
Poland
- Muzeum Etnograficzne im. Seweryna Udzieli w Krakowie, Krakow
- Muzeum Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne w Łodzi, Lodz
- Muzeum Etnograficzne w Poznaniu, Poznan
- Muzeum Etnograficzne im. Marii Znamierowskiej-Prüfferowej w Toruniu, Thorn
- Museum of Ethnology in Warsaw , Warsaw
Portugal
Sweden
Serbia
Slovakia
- Ethnological Museum of the Slovak National Museum , Martin
- Open-air museum Stará Ľubovňa , Prešovský kraj
Ukraine
- Ivan Honchar Museum , Kiev
- Museum of Folk Architecture and Customs of Ukraine , Kiev
- Sawky Farm , in Novi Petrivtsi near Kiev
Hungary
North America
Canada
- Alert Bay Public Library and Museum , Alert Bay
- Buffalo Nations Luxton Museum , Banff
- Glenbow Museum , Calgary
- Canada's National Museum of History and Society , Canadian Museum of Civilization , Ottawa
- Museum of Ontario Archeology , London (Ontario)
- Museum of Northern British Columbia , Prince Rupert
- Museum of Anthropology , Vancouver
- Northern Life Museum , Fort Smith (Northwest Territories)
- Royal Alberta Museum , Edmonton
- Royal British Columbia Museum , Victoria
- Royal Ontario Museum (abbreviated: ROM), Toronto
- The Simon Fraser University Museum of Archeology and Ethnology , Burnaby
- X̲á: ytem , Mission, British Columbia
United States
- American Museum of Natural History , New York City
- Bernice P. Bishop Museum , Honolulu on Oahu, Hawaii
- Burke Museum , Seattle
- Field Museum of Natural History , Chicago
- Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York
- Old Salem (Herrnhuter), Winston-Salem, North Carolina,
- Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology , Harvard University, Cambridge
- National Museum of the American Indian , Washington, DC
- National Museum of African Art , Washington, DC
- National Museum of Natural History , Washington DC
- UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History , Los Angeles
- University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology , Philadelphia
South America
Venezuela
Africa
Burkina Faso
- Musée de la Musique de Ouagadougou , Ouagadougou
Guinea-Bissau
Namibia
- Swakopmund Museum , Swakopmund
Asia
China
Indonesia
- Museum Indonesia , Jakarta
Japan
Malaysia
Vietnam
Australia and Oceania
Fiji
- Fiji Museum , Suva
Hawaii
- Bernice P. Bishop Museum , Honolulu on Oahu
Kiribati
- Te Umanibong : Kiribati National Cultural Center and Museum , Bikenibeu on Tarawa
Tahiti
- Musée de Tahiti et des Îles , Punaauia
See also
- Overview of the museum lists
- Mission Museum (various, on the history of Christian mission)
- List of folklore museums
Web links
Commons : Ethnological museums - images and media files
Commons : Ethnographic Museums - Images and Media Files