LindenLAB 1
Indigenous groups have often been repeatedly marginalized by precolonial empires, colonial powers, and postcolonial nation-states. Threatened by poverty and wars, they often sold their cultural goods. How can museums, as keepers of these collections, contribute to the strengthening of such societies today?
LindenLAB 3
LindenLAB 3: Across Time, Place and People Whakawhānaungatanga – Connecting taonga Māori Since the end of the 19th century, nearly 150 Taonga Māori (Treasures of the Māori) from Aotearoa New Zealand have entered the Linden Museum’s collection. Clothing, jewelry and […]
LindenLAB 8
LindenLAB 8: What remains? – Insights for the future of the Linden-Museum Laboratories are experimental fields of utopian thinking. In seven LindenLABs on the topics of provenance, participation and presentation, we have tried out a lot over the last four […]
LindenLAB 7
LindenLAB 7: El “buen vivir” mapuche What is a “good life”? At the center of LindenLAB 7 is the contemporary silver jewelry made by silversmiths Millaray Garrido and Mario Cayupi, with the accompanying costumes of two ritual assistants (ñangkan) of […]
LindenLAB 6
LindenLAB 6: Traces from the depot – A search for future of history LindenLAB 6 shows – for the first time in the “recent” history of the Linden Museum – a selection from the […]
Gentle Glory
Prinz der Weisheit – The Many Stories of a Bodhisattva in Stuttgart – One-object exhibition in the South Asia Gallery In the 11th century, unknown artists in western Tibet made a magnificent brass sculpture […]
Benin: Restitution as a process
With a presentation in the upper foyer, we trace the historical path of the objects from the Kingdom of Benin to the Linden-Museum, visualize milestones in their return to Benin City and present perspectives on their future.
Of Love and War
Of love and war – Tamil (Hi-)Stories from India and the World The exhibition shows the history and present of Tamil culture. Over 80 million people in India, Sri Lanka and other parts of […]
Oceania – Continent of Islands
Default title Default title Oceania – Continent of Islands Ever since humans discovered and settled the islands of the Pacific thousands of years ago, there have been many connections between the widely scattered land masses in the world’s largest sea. […]
Maya-Code
Maya-Code December 21, 2012 – June 2, 2013 December 21, 2012 was a special date: many saw the end of the world on this day, referring to the exact Mayan calendar. In fact, on this date the calendar records the […]
