Inventory lists

In the predecessor institutions and also in the early years of today’s Übersee-Museum, there were many attempts of classification. Index cards, paper lists and books can be found. Some mainly manage the data of the collection incoming, others are related to the individual objects. It was not until the 1930s that the inventory books were created, which are still used today. All the objects in the collection have been listed and information gathered here, so we decided to scan them first and make them available as a resource. Please note that some terminology, for example in object names or geographical attributions, may be of colonial origin or may be outdated for other reasons and so are no longer used by us today.

Inventory (Africa Collection)

Here you will find images of the individual pages of the inventory book:

pages 1 to 99 (German source, PDF)

Pages 100 to 199 (German source, PDF)
Pges 200 to 299 (German source, PDF)
Pages 300 to 386 (German Source, PDF)

Inventory (Australia and Oceania, vol. 1)

Here you will find images of the individual pages of the inventory book:

pages 1 to 99 (German source, PDF)
Pages 100 to 199 (German source, PDF)
Pges 200 to 299 (German source, PDF)
Pages 300 to 386 (German Source, PDF)