The Ethnographic Museum at the University of Zurich is a social anthropology science museum and the third oldest ethnographic museum in Switzerland. In research, teaching and public outreach activities, it focuses "On Human Skill" and shows the full ...
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Looted goods? 5 Questions on Objects from China at the End of the Imperial Era
"From the looting of Peking" it says of inventory no. 01838, "Carved teak wood panelling with animal figures, floral arabesques". Together with fine silk robes, porcelains, bronzes, scroll paintings and shoes for bound feet, these objects reached Zurich. Looted goods?
The label "From the looting of Peking" refers to the Boxer War. At the end of the 19th century, the anti-Christian, anti-colonial Boxer movement was formed in northern China. In 1900-1901, eight foreign armies joined forces in the war against the Boxers and advanced as far as inside the imperial palace in Beijing. A power vacuum provided space for looting on a massive scale. Large quantities of valuables, pieces of art and everyday objects ended up in the hands of officers and soldiers, of dealers and, in the long run, in museums and collections worldwide.
The exhibition takes an inquiring look at possible looted goods from China from around 1900 in Swiss collections. What has become of them? How should we deal with them? What significance do the objects have for Chinese people today? What should we communicate about them?
Völkerkundemuseum Universität Zürich
Pelikanstrasse 40
8001 Zürich
+41 (0)44 634 90 11
musethno@vmz.uzh.ch
Opening hours:
Dienstag, Mittwoch, Freitag: 10:00 - 17:00
Donnerstag: 10:00 - 19:00
Samstag: 14:00 - 17:00
Sonntag: 11:00 - 17:00
Montag: geschlossen
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Rollstuhl
Das Museum ist durchgehend rollstuhlgängig. Für die Benutzung des Lifts wenden Sie sich bitte an den Empfang. Im Untergeschoss befindet sich eine Toilette für Menschen mit Beeinträchtigung, die ebenfalls mit Hilfe des Lifts erreicht werden kann.
Parkplatz
Das Völkerkundemuseum bietet grundsätzlich keine Parkplätze an. Menschen mit Beeinträchtigungen dürfen jedoch direkt vor dem Museumseingang parkieren. Hierzu ist eine telefonische Anmeldung erforderlich, weil das Eingangstor zeitgerecht aufgeschlossen werden muss.
