# Elfenbein in Tempelhof

Elfenbein in Tempelhof at Tempelhof Museum, Friday 30 October 2026, until 3 Jan.

- Price: Free
- Venue: Tempelhof Museum, Alt-Mariendorf 43, 12107 Berlin
- Get tickets: https://www.visitberlin.de/de/tickets/ticket-neues-museum-berlin#/
- Go to page: https://www.visitberlin.de/de/kategorie/geschichte-archaeologie

"Elfenbein in Tempelhof" is an exhibition at the Tempelhof Museum about traces of colonial exploitation on the grounds of today's Franckepark. In the 19th century, merchant Theodor Francke ran an ivory bleaching facility there where ivory imported through colonial trade networks was processed, for example into piano keyboards. The Francke GmbH was also involved in trading looted art such as the Benin bronzes. The exhibition makes these previously overlooked traces of colonial exploitation in Tempelhof visible and invites a critical examination of Berlin's colonial history.

## Dates

- Saturday 10 October until 3 Jan — Tempelhof Museum

Written by a model, sources: [visitberlin.de](https://www.visitberlin.de/de/event/elfenbein-tempelhof)

## More like this

- Friday 30 October, 09:00 Interventionen. Koloniale Spuren in der ständigen Ausstellung im Museum Reinickendorf — Museum Reinickendorf — "Interventionen. Koloniale Spuren in der ständigen Ausstellung im Museum Reinickendorf" is a permanent intervention inside the permanent exhibition of the … — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/interventionen-koloniale-spuren-in-der-standigen-ausstellung-15557/
- Thursday 5 November, 17:00 Im Rausch. Von Ekstase bis Erleuchtung — Humboldt Forum — 9 € — “Im Rausch. Von Ekstase bis Erleuchtung” is a public guided tour for adults through the Humboldt Forum. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/im-rausch-von-ekstase-bis-erleuchtung-10780/
- Saturday 31 October, 17:00 Koloniale Gegenwart — Humboldt Forum — 9 € — Koloniale Gegenwart is a public guided tour for adults at the Humboldt Forum in Berlin. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/koloniale-gegenwart-10811/
- Friday 30 October, 14:00 zurückgeschaut | looking back — Museum Treptow — Free — The exhibition „zurückgeschaut | looking back - Die Erste Deutsche Kolonialausstellung von 1896 in Berlin-Treptow“ is the first permanent exhibition on … — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/zuruckgeschaut-looking-back-15692/
- Friday 30 October, 10:30 Geschichte(n) Tansanias — Humboldt Forum — 9 € — “Geschichte(n) Tansanias” is a special exhibition showing the centuries-long entanglements of present-day Tanzania through cultural belongings, texts and … — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/geschichten-tansanias-3509/
- Sunday 1 November, 17:00 Die Benin Bronzen — Humboldt Forum — 9 € — "Die Benin Bronzen – Restitution und was nun?" is a public guided tour for adults at the Humboldt Forum. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/die-benin-bronzen-10765/
- Friday 30 October, until 8 Mar Restaurierung im Dialog — Humboldt Forum — 9 € — "Restaurierung im Dialog" is a temporary exhibition about the conservation and restoration of cultural objects in museums. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/restaurierung-im-dialog-3510/
- Friday 30 October, until 3 Jan Tapetenwechsel — Berlin Museum: Ephraim-Palais, Poststraße 16, 10178 Berlin — 12 € — A guided tour through two special exhibitions at the Ephraim-Palais that revolve around art and living in a society shaped by migration. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/tapetenwechsel-33711/
- Sunday 1 November, 16:00 Öffentliche Führung — Humboldt Forum — 9 € — The public tour „Eine Stunde Ethnologisches Museum“ takes visitors through the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/offentliche-fuhrung-29387/
- Saturday 31 October, 15:00 Gespräche am Schrank – Gesprächsreihe mit der Kuratorin Bettina Klein — Werkstatt Exilmuseum — 5 € — A tour of the exhibition "Von hier aus" in which curator Bettina Klein leads talks at a cabinet. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/gesprache-am-schrank-gesprachsreihe-mit-der-kuratorin-bettin-49876/
- Friday 30 October, until 15 Nov Die Unbegrabenen. Traces of Violence — roam projects e.V. — 16–22 € — Die Unbegrabenen. Traces of Violence" is an exhibition at the project space roam projects e.V. in Berlin. Curated by Prof. Dr. Márcio Seligmann-Silva, it … — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/die-unbegrabenen-traces-of-violence-15559/
- Friday 30 October, until 3 Jan Tapetenwechsel — Berlin Museum: Ephraim-Palais — 7 € — "Tapetenwechsel" is a special exhibition on housing, migration and furniture since 1960 at the Ephraim-Palais. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/tapetenwechsel-15276/
- Friday 30 October, until 11 Apr Umstrittene Verwandtschaft. Koloniale und nationalsozialistische Gewalt — Deutsches Historisches Museum Pei-Bau — 7 € — This exhibition in the lower level of the Pei Bau at the German Historical Museum compares central features of colonial and National Socialist violence in the … — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/umstrittene-verwandtschaft-koloniale-und-nationalsozialistis-15976/
- Friday 30 October, until 14 Feb EVA FRANKFURTHER – Das Leben malen — Kunsthaus Dahlem — “EVA FRANKFURTHER – Das Leben malen” is a solo exhibition at Kunsthaus Dahlem showing more than 40 paintings and works on paper. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/eva-frankfurther-das-leben-malen-12184/
- Saturday 31 October, 14:00 One Hour Ethnologisches Museum — Ethnologisches Museum, Humboldt Forum — 8 € — "One Hour Ethnologisches Museum." is a public, one-hour guided tour of the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/one-hour-ethnologisches-museum-10721/
- Friday 30 October, 14:00 Öffentliche Führung „Umstrittene Verwandtschaft. Koloniale und nationalsozialistische Gewalt” — Deutsches Historisches Museum Pei-Bau — 3 € — A public guided tour through every section of the exhibition „Umstrittene Verwandtschaft. Koloniale und nationalsozialistische Gewalt” in the Pei-Bau of the … — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/offentliche-fuhrung-umstrittene-verwandtschaft-koloniale-und-15990/