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[Collection Acquisition/ History of the South Seas Collection]
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In 1889 Wilhelm Knappe sold his collection of ethnological objects to the Erfurt Municipal Museum. From 1890 until the GDR era it was on display in the Great Hospital, today's Museum of Folklore. Today the South Seas Collection is housed in the Benaryspeicher show depot.
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Museum for Thuringian Folklore
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Steffen Raßloff: Wilhelm Knappe (1855-1910). Staatsmann und Völkerkundler im Blickpunkt deutscher Weltpolitik. Jena 2005.
Reisen ins Paradies : die Erfurter Südsee-Sammlung im Spiegel der Kunst ; [anläßlich der Sonderausstellung "Reisen ins Paradies. Die Erfurter Südsee-Sammlung im Spiegel der Kunst", (Kunsthalle Erfurt, 15. Mai bis 14. August 2005) ; ein Gemeinschaftsprojekt von Museum für Thüringer Volkskunde Erfurt und Kunsthalle Erfurt] / hrsg. von Marina Moritz und Kai Uwe Schierz
Die Südsee-Sammlung des Dr. Wilhelm Knappe : ein kolonialzeitliches Erbe in Museumsbesitz = Wilhelm Knappe's collection "Material culture of the South Seas" / [Text: Marina Moritz/Andreas Steiner-Sohn. Übers.: Nadine Pawlowsky]
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- Knappe, Wilhelm (Subject)
- Museum für Thüringer Volkskunde (Subject)