North America

Expeditions to North American Indian and Inuit peoples

The permanent exhibition "North America" displaying the material culture of the indigenous North Americans, uses paths - timelines - to provide the visitor with a journey from the present into the pasts of the Mandan and Hidatsa peoples of the prairies, the Crow of the plains, the Hopi of the southwest and the Greenland Inuit.
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Far Eastern Art

Culture and art in Japan and China

The Department of Far Eastern Art exhibitions highlight the material cultures of China and Japan. In recent years the department has enhanced its permanent exhibition galleries so that they include its spectacular pieces and new acquisitions.
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South Asia

Peoples, Religions, Art

The permanent exhibition of the South Asia Department comprises the sections India including ancient Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, continental Southeast Asian and Java, Indonesia as well as Nepal and Tibet. Its collections are among the topmost in European museums.
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The Islamic Orient

The Orient Department permanent displays introduce visitors to the culture and art of various regions of the Islamic world from the Near East to Pakistan. The exhibition provides a dialogue with Islamic culture at a time when contemporary international politics urgently require an understanding of the differences between world cultures.
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