Category Archives: Ethnography

Water Song, Day of the Dead 2016, Zocalo the Constitution Square

The Ministry of Culture of the capital prepares a series of artistic meetings in the Plaza de la Constitución after the Grand Opening Parade, which will go from the Angel of Independence to the Zocalo on the occasion of the Day of the Dead. The Megaofrenda del Zócalo 2016 will…

Water Song, Day of the Dead 2016, Zocalo the Constitution Square

Anthropology Halls in North Wing, Mexico National Museum of Anthropology

The National Museum of Anthropology (MNA) has 24 exhibition halls. The rooms dedicated to anthropology and pre-Hispanic cultures of the Mexican territory are located on the ground floor, from the Population of America to the Mesoamerican Postclassic Period. The permanent exhibitions on the ground floor cover all pre-Columbian civilizations located…

Anthropology Halls in North Wing, Mexico National Museum of Anthropology

Anthropology Halls in South Wing, Mexico National Museum of Anthropology

Anthropology Halls in South Wing, Mexico National Museum of Anthropology

Ethnography Rooms in North Wing, Mexico National Museum of Anthropology

The National Museum of Anthropology (MNA) has 24 exhibition halls, of which 23 are permanent and one is for temporary exhibitions, which are sometimes museum samples from various museums in the world. The permanent rooms are distributed on the two floors of the building. The rooms dedicated to anthropology and…

Ethnography Rooms in North Wing, Mexico National Museum of Anthropology

Ethnography Rooms in South Wing, Mexico National Museum of Anthropology

Ethnography Rooms in South Wing, Mexico National Museum of Anthropology

The Rebozo Made in Mexico, Franz Mayer Museum

The exhibition on the rebozo – the classic Mexican shawl made famous in 20th century culture by artist Frida Kahlo. Nearly 200 pieces between rebozos, painting, photography, fashion and contemporary textile art from the United Kingdom and Mexico, make up the exhibition “The rebozo”. Made in Mexico explores the key…

The Rebozo Made in Mexico, Franz Mayer Museum

Mexican handcrafts and folk art Collection, Museum of Popular Art in Mexico City

The Museum of Popular Art has more than 10,000 works, the collection consists of representative works of Mexican Popular Art in Pottery, Weakling, Vegetal fibers, Cherries, Toys, Maque or Lacquer, Lapidary, Wood, More expensive, Metalwork, Miniatures, Goldsmith, Paper and paperboard, Popular painting, Saddlery, Textile, Glass, Various ephemeral materials (horn, bone,…

Mexican handcrafts and folk art Collection, Museum of Popular Art in Mexico City

Talavera Ceramica, Painting on Earth and Space, Museum of Popular Art in Mexico City

The talavera of Puebla brings together a long artistic tradition with a millenary origin. Traditional poblano pottery has its origin at the time of the conquest. The process of realization of the talavera was influenced by the indigenous hand and that of the Middle East; Together they made this craft…

Talavera Ceramica, Painting on Earth and Space, Museum of Popular Art in Mexico City

Costumes and vehicles collection, Mofilm museum

In several halls of the Mofilm museum, the elements of various scenery are collected – the old Copenhagen from the film “Andersen. Zhizn bez lyubvi” (Andersen. Life Without Love) by Eldar Ryazanov, a replica of the huge bull, in the carcass of which doctors put poisoned Cesare Borgia in the…

Costumes and vehicles collection, Mofilm museum

Towards Our Time, Hokkaido Museum

Over the past hundred years, which have included major wars, our ways of life, social structure, and relationship with nature have changed greatly. What manner of things have we experienced, and how have these experiences shaped our current way of living? Let us consider the various activities and observations of…

Towards Our Time, Hokkaido Museum

The Secret of Hokkaido’s Unique Identity, Hokkaido Museum

The large picture to the right depicts Hokkaido from the beginning of the Showa period (1926-89), capturing a moment in history when Hokkaido had undergone major changes from the Meiji period (1868-1912), and was beginning to approach its present state. Hokkaido is characterized by beautiful scenery, special local products made…

The Secret of Hokkaido’s Unique Identity, Hokkaido Museum

The Culture and Recent History of the Ainu, Hokkaido Museum

The Ainu are an indigenous people of Japan. “Ainu” means “human being” in the Ainu language. The Ainu have lived not only here in Hokkaido, but also in regions such as Sakhalin (Karafuto) and the Kuril Islands, developing a variety of cultures. When the Meiji government brought Hokkaido into Japan’s…

The Culture and Recent History of the Ainu, Hokkaido Museum

Return from Angola, Ethnography Museum of Neuchâtel

With Return from Angola, the MEN team looks back on a key episode in the history of the institution: the 2nd Swiss Scientific Mission in Angola (MSSA), which was led by Neuchâtel researchers from 1932 to 1933 and which has supplied the Museum with a large part of its African…

Return from Angola, Ethnography Museum of Neuchâtel

Prague Fashion Houses 1900–1948, Museum of Decorative Arts In Prague

The narrative monograph captures the history of Prague’s most important fashion races, such as the salons of Hana Podolská, Oldřich Rosenbaum, Arnoštka Roubíčková and František Bárta, and describes the development of fashion creation in the period 1900–1948. We follow the development of the tailoring craft, its transformation into applied art,…

Prague Fashion Houses 1900–1948, Museum of Decorative Arts In Prague

Korea Development History Hall, Korea International Cooperation Agency

Korea Development History Hall was established on May 22, 2015, to commemorate South Korea’s extraordinary development path, transitioning from an aid recipient to a donor country in only half a century. After the World War II, Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world to receive assistance from…

Korea Development History Hall, Korea International Cooperation Agency

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