From 2011 until 2014, the Weltkulturen Museum offered a new informal education programme for interested people with diverse educational backgrounds: the Abendschule or Evening School, which adhered to the guidelines of lifelong learning and worked on the principle of combining practical knowledge with the acquisition of theoretical knowledge.

Under headings such as Cooking, Writing, Music, circuits of trade, etc., lectures, seminars, performances and workshops were given over a three-month period. A selection of relevant ethnographical objects, films or photographs from the museum’s collections formed the respective basis.

Evening Schools:

The World in a Spoon
Curated by Sebastian Schellhaas, Gastro-ethnologist
(October 2011 - June 2012)

Freestyle – Writing training
Conceived and directed by Phyllis Kiehl, artist and author
(February - April 2012)

Weltkulturen Music - The World through your Ears
Curated by Oliver Augst, musician, and Vanessa von Gliszczynski, custodian for Southeast Asia at the Weltkulturen Museum
(September – November 2012)

COMMODITY – PEOPLE - CAPITAL
Curated by Carolin Knebel, art educator
(September – December 2014)