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The Photography Collection of the Museum Fünf Kontinente comprises some 135,000 pictorial documents in the form of glass plates, paper prints, slides and photo albums. The earliest photographs date from the year 1870. Among the outstanding holdings are photographs from the expeditions of the ethnologist Theodor Koch-Grünberg to Amazonia (1903-1905 and 1911-1913), the research trip of the couple Christine and Lucian Scherman to Burma, India and Ceylon (1910-1911) or the trip of the father Meinulf Küsters to East Africa (1927-1928).Numerous photo documents from research and private journeys of other well-known and also less well-known researchers belong to the holdings as well as early photographs of renowned photo studios from different countries. The collection is continuously and systematically expanded through acquisitions, bequests and bequests as well as donations. Photographs of museum objects are another focal point. A small collection of films and sound recordings is also part of the collection.
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State Museum of Ethnology Munich
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Für Veröffentlichungen werden kostenpflichtig hoch aufgelöste Bilddaten zur Verfügung gestellt. Die Bearbeitung der Aufträge erfolgt in der Reihenfolge des Eingangs und erfordert mindestens fünf Werktage. https://www.museum-fuenf-kontinente.de/forschung/sammlung-fotografie.html
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- Küsters, Meinulf (Subject)