Museum Five Continents – ethnological museum

The collections preserved in the Museum Five Continents mainly show objects from everyday life, ritual artefacts and works of art from a wide variety of times and cultures. They are impressive witnesses to the cultural wealth of mankind. The museum shows how people and cultures have changed their lives, their world view and their possibilities over the course of time.

Within Munich’s diverse museum landscape, the museum offers unique access to human communities around the world. Here you can experience the similarities and differences between cultures from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, Oceania and Europe.

From the rich collection of over 160,000 artefacts, new temporary exhibitions on different themes and focal points are constantly being organised. The permanent exhibitions focus on Myanmar, North America, Oceania, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southwest Asia and North America as well as Central and South America. There is a lot to discover here!