18. September 2025

Guided tour "On the Provenance of Ten Cultural Goods from the Pays Dogon (Republic of Mali)"

Venue:

Humboldt Forum, Ethnologisches Museum, 2. OG (Meeting Point F)

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German Lost Art Foundation

Humboldtstr. 12
39112 Magdeburg
Germany
Phone:  +49 (0) 391 727 763 0
E-mail:  kontakt@kulturgutverluste.de
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German Lost Art Foundation Berlin Branch Office

Seydelstr. 18
10117 Berlin
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 391 727 763 0
E-mail: kontakt@kulturgutverluste.de

The Help Desk offers advice and assistance to victims of the Nazi regime and their descendants on questions relating to Nazi theft of cultural property. Serving as a central and initial low-threshold point of contact in Germany, it is aimed in particular at people whose place of residence is outside Germany and who are unfamiliar with German procedures, especially in connection with cultural federalism. The Help Desk seeks to provide support in taking initial steps as well as providing further contacts and information. We will also be happy to help initiate discussions with museums and other institutions.

German Lost Art Foundation, Branch Office
Dr. Susanne Meyer-Abich
Head of Help Desk

Seydelstr. 18
10117 Berlin
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 30 2338493 85
E-mail: helpdesk@kulturgutverluste.de

The researchers Dr. Bourahima Ouedraogo, Akognon Amougnon Dolo from Mali and Heidrun Mezger from Germany will present an insight into the ongoing project “On the Provenance of Ten Cultural Goods from the Pays Dogon (Republic of Mali) in the Collection of the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin”: How did the project come about? What challenges does it face? What are the initial results?

The provenance research project, funded by the German Lost Art Foundation, is a cooperation between the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin and the Musée national du Mali. The project members invite interested exhibition visitors to discuss, based on large-format images, among other aspects, the origin, age, possible former functions, changes of ownership, and appropriation contexts of the cultural belongings studied.

Admission is free. The tour will be conducted in German.

Time: 5-6 p.m.

Find more information here: https://www.humboldtforum.org/

Guided tour "On the Provenance of Ten Cultural Goods from the Pays Dogon (Republic of Mali)"

Contact

Do you have any questions?

German Lost Art Foundation

German Lost Art Foundation Berlin Branch Office