page_title: Museum Europäischer Kulturen
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Museum Europäischer Kulturen / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The interior of an exhibition at the Museum Europäischer Kulturen, part of the Dahlem Museum in Dahlem, Berlin.
context_page_description: The Museum of European Cultures - National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation came from the unification of the Europe-Department in the Berlin Museum of Ethnography and the Berlin Museum for Folklore in 1999. The museum focuses on the lived-in world of Europe and European culture contact, predominantly in Germany from the 18th Century until today.
  The museum, together with the Ethnological Museum of Berlin and the Museum of Asian Art, is located in the Dahlem Museums. The building was named after the architect Bruno Paul and is located in the modern district of Steglitz-Zehlendorf. The museum's exhibition rooms occupy the oldest building in the Dahlem Museums.
context_section_description: The current Museum of European Cultures was established from several previous institutions which arose at the beginning of the 19th century and are due in part to private initiatives as well as governmental foundations.
caption: Exhibit of European costumes in the museum
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