Sponsors

Sponsors wanted!

What would a museum be without its exhibits? There are 1.2 million “contemporary witnesses” from across the world that bring history to life in the Übersee-Museum and succeed in making great distances vanish, in addition to elucidating the cultural or natural history coherences and allowing visitors to expand their knowledge. Yet preserving these for posterity is by no means simple. Restoration or taxidermy requires a high degree of expertise as well as the appropriate equipment.

Therefore, with the slogan “Museums need Friends – Exhibits need Sponsors”, the Übersee-Museum is in search of people who would like to become involved in providing financial assistance aimed at preserving and maintaining individual exhibits. By doing so, the museum is supported in satisfying its educational mandate, in addition to being preserved as a place for lifelong learning as well as intercultural encounters. Sponsorships in value of 50 to 10,000 euros can be pledged. We would be happy to provide individual consultation regarding the different sponsorship possibilities.

Benefits for “sponsor parents”:

  • Sponsor’s name is mentiones in the foyer
  • A photo and a brief description of the “sponsor child” is sent to the “sponsor parent”
  • With a sponsorship amount of €10,000 or more, the usage right to publish in company-own media Charitable donation certificate
  • Donation certificate
Golden sculpture of a seated man, his gaze roaming into the distance to the right.

Favourite disciple of the Buddha Shariputra. Provenance Myanmar | CC BY-SA 4.0 Übersee-Museum Bremen, photo: Matthias Haase

Unrestored seated portrait figure of an abbot on an ornamented seat.

Portrait figure of a Zen Buddhist abbot. Provenance Japan | CC BY-SA 4.0 Übersee-Museum Bremen, photo: Volker Beinhorn

Unrestored wooden statue of Bodhisattva Guanyin.

Unrestored statue of the Bodhisattva Guanyin. Provenance China | CC BY-SA 4.0 Übersee-Museum Bremen, photo: Volker Beinhorn

Object of a reclining Buddah that has not been restored.

Figure of the historical Buddha Śākyamuni. Provenance Thailand | CC BY-SA 4.0 Übersee-Museum Bremen, photo: Volker Beinhorn

Silver-coloured sculpture reminiscent of an etagere and decorated with golden elements.

Offering plate decorated with eight lucky symbols. Provenance Tibet | CC BY-SA 4.0 Übersee-Museum Bremen, photo: Matthias Haase