Decolonising knowledge/In Dialogue with Benin at Museum Rietberg

Exhibition “In Dialogue with Benin" at Museum Rietberg in Zurich

• Exhibition visited on January 19th, 2025 in the frame of the project Decolonising knowledge in Switzerland

Decolonising knowledge

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Data

Wikimedia CH

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Data in the Wikimedia projects and other relevant resources

• Wikidata item:
• Category on Wikimedia Commons:
• Article about the museum
  • on Wikipedia in English

References

• Im Dialog mit Benin. Kunst, Kolonialismus und Restitution (official exhibition website)
• Swiss Benin Initiative (BIS) website
• Joint Declaration of the Swiss Benin Forum (2.2.2023)
• Swiss Benin Initiative - Report phase I (2023)
• Swiss Benin Initiative - Report phase II (2024)
• Swiss Benin Initiative publication 2024 (open access):
  • In Bewegung. Kulturerbe aus Benin in Schweizer Museen. DE PDF
  • Mobilizing. Benin Heritage in Swiss Museums. EN PDF

Content presented in the exhibition

• Texts written by the Nigerian partners about the Benin collections of Museum Rietberg
• Benin collection at Museum Rietberg
• Exhibition Texts (media guide)