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Museum der Weltkulturen Joins PRISMA to Foster Open Dialogue on Global Interconnections

institutional · 2026-04-08

The Museum der Weltkulturen in Frankfurt am Main is participating in the PRISMA initiative to transform itself into an open space for negotiating global interconnections and historical justice. Through this participation, the museum aims to strengthen collaborations with local diasporic communities and actively shape diversity-related discussions within urban society. As an ethnological museum, it understands itself as a site of cultural diversity and critically engages with the provenance and colonial entanglements of its collections from all continents. The institution exclusively presents rotating exhibitions developed in close exchange with international cultural practitioners, diaspora groups, and communities from the Global South. The museum's website is https://www.weltkulturenmuseum.de/. This content originally appeared on the Kulturstiftung der Länder website.

Key facts

  • Museum der Weltkulturen is participating in PRISMA
  • Goal is to become an open space for negotiating global interconnections
  • Aims to strengthen work with local diasporic communities
  • Seeks to shape diversity discussions in urban society
  • Museum is ethnological and focuses on cultural diversity
  • Engages critically with provenance and colonial entanglements of collections
  • Collections originate from all continents
  • Presents only rotating exhibitions developed with international partners

Entities

Institutions

  • Museum der Weltkulturen
  • Kulturstiftung der Länder

Locations

  • Frankfurt am Main
  • Germany

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