Dialogue Meeting
Eleven German world cultures museums, delegates from the Cameroonian Inter-Ministerial Committee in Charge for the Restitution of Cameroonian Cultural Properties Illegaly Exported Abroad, and representatives of the Traditional Royal Houses from Cameroon, discussed ways to return cultural property to Cameroon and build sustainable cooperation from 14 to 16 January.
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Veni, Vidi, Vici
The monumental, site-specific installation by renowned Indian contemporary artist L. N. Tallur brings together two chapters from India's colonial past.
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Far Eastern Art
In the Year of the Dragon, the art of China, Japan and Korea shines in a new ambience at the Linden Museum.
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RocKabul
Wednesday, 3 April, 8 pm
From 2009 to 2016, Australian photo and video journalist Travis Beard accompanied District Unknown, Afghanistan's first heavy metal band: at rehearsals, mostly hidden gigs, in daily life under difficult conditions and constant threat.
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If Objects Could Speak
Using augmented reality and a film camera, Elena Schilling and Saitabao Kaiyare went to Kenya in search of traces of a colonial-era Kikuyu object.
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Benin
With a presentation in the upper foyer, we trace the path of the objects from the Kingdom of Benin to the Linden Museum historically, make milestones of their return to Benin City visible, and present perspectives on their future.
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Restitution
We actively and self-critically face our past and take the responsibility for the museum's collection holdings very seriously. We are open to requests for restitution from relatives and representatives of the communities of origin.
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Un museo
What lies behind an object, behind an exhibition hall, behind a museum, behind a voice? Argentine author and artist Giuliana Kiersz, 2020/21 fellow at Akademie Schloss Solitude, has created Un museo, a poetic and feminist audio-guide for thinking the Linden-Museum.
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