Weltkulturen Museum

Weltkulturen Museum

We are delighted to welcome Weltkulturen Museum Frankfurt as a participant of the Wan Bel global project.

The Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt holds an extensive collection from Papua New Guinea, ranging from Iatmul masks and carvings to contemporary works that reflect the continuity and transformation of cultural expression.

This breadth illustrates the dynamic relationship between Papua New Guinea’s ancestral traditions and global contemporary discourse. Renowned for its pioneering approach to integrating ethnography and art, the Weltkulturen Museum is recognized for bold curatorial practices that challenge boundaries and reframe understandings of world cultures. Through this innovative lens, the museum offers vital perspectives on Papua New Guinea’s creative resilience and its enduring contribution to global cultural conversations.

To find out more click on the link below 

https://www.weltkulturenmuseum.de/

For WanBel the Weltkulturen has partnered with its neighbour the Deutsches Filminstitut und Filmmuseum to present a short program of films from PNG made over the last 50 years from just before independence to the present day reflecting the diversity of the country.

It includes Tinpis Run (1991), Cannibal Tours (1987), Wokabout Bilong Tonten (1972) and Papa Buka (2025).

Full information here:

https://www.dff.film/en/cinema/cinema-programme/film-series-specials-september-2026/wan-bel-films-from-papua-new-guinea/

https://www.weltkulturenmuseum.de/de/museum/aktuell/?aktuell=Wan_Bel_Filmreihe