REINVENTING GRASSI.SKD

in GRASSI Museum Leipzig



Until September 30, 2025, the opening hours of the GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig are as follows: Exhibition on the second floor Tuesday to Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., exhibition on the first floor (backstage and old permanent exhibition) Friday to Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. From October 1, 2025, the following opening hours will apply: Friday to Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (floors 1 & 2) and Wednesday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Bonvenon and Rapid Response). Floorplan

Reinventing

Through our Future Program REINVENTING GRASSI. SKD, funded by the “Initiative for Ethnological Collections” of the German Federal Cultural Foundation, we will be redesigning our museum in the upcoming years extensively. Step by step, we want to transform ourselves into a Network Museum in which different voices have the opportunity to speak and different regions have the ability to connect with each other. Together, we will be casting critical perspectives on the ethnological collections, their acquisition, and exhibition history

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Film

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Das GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig: Ein Netzwerkmuseum

Upcoming events

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Decolonisation, restitution, and repatriation

New Platform on Decolonisation, Restitution, and Repatriation

The SES publish new platform on decolonisation and wish to encourage dialogue and discussions.

© Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Foto: Miriam Hamburger

Historic Inventories online

The State Ethnographic Collections Saxony present a new online platform where historic documentation of the ethnological museums is now publicly accessible.

© Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Foto: Juliane Heinze

Multimedia tours

Experience art digitally with our multimedia guide directly on your smartphone or tablet. Before, during and after your visit to the museum, you will receive insights and background information on selected artworks. The guide is available free of charge without download directly from the website. Please bring your own headphones for use in our museums.

Multimedia Guide

GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig

REINVENTING GRASSI.SKD

The online tour for smartphone and tablet

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Publications

Publications

by Anja Nitz

DEPOT - Die Kultur des institutionellen Sammelns

In this recent photography project Berlin artist Anja Nitz deals with the cultural frames for institutionally motivated collecting. Her perspective makes the boundaries between collections, objects, and daily work routines in depots blur to some extent.

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Buchvorstellung Fotoband "Depot" von Anja Nitz (*1971)

From our Online Collection

Leopardenfigur
Frau mit linienförmiger Gesichtsbemalung, Halsschmuck und locker sitzender Kleidung
Abbilung eines Mannes mit Bart und traditioneller Kleidung
Malerei einer Landschaft mit Fluss und Bergen
Gefäß in Form einer Eule
Figur einer Gottheit mit Elefanten
flache Schale
Tafel aus Bronze mit Abbilund einer menschlichen Figur
Gemälde mit vielen bunten menschlichen Figuren
Figur eines Wales
Holzfigur

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