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together after the end of the exhibition and to make them the basis of a colonial museum. From the outset, the aim of the museum was less a scientific approach than a propagandistic one, intended to arouse interest in the German colonies among the population. For this purpose, the most modern exhibition techniques such as photographs, panorama presentations and the reproduction of "realistic" scenes were used.
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valley in the center of the large domed building, illustrated by a flowing watercourse that visitors crossed over boulders. On the ground floor there was a reading hall where one could take a look at the colonial literature and newspapers from the colonies. In other rooms, Protestant and
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among the Berlin public. After the successful conclusion of the exhibition, the question arose as to what should happen to the objects that had been painstakingly assembled. The organisers decided to let the collection of raw products from the German colonies and products made from them remain
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reported that 481,259 visitors had visited the museum and 2,931 lectures had been given since it opened in 1899. It remains unclear how successful the museum was with the general public. The German
Colonial Museum was closed in 1915 for financial reasons.
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overseas. Its collection consisted of more than 70,000 artifacts, and it attracted a significant number of visitors, with around 481,259 visitors between 1899 and 1911.
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offered u. a coastal panorama, huts or houses on stilts with all kinds of utensils and boats typical of the region including fishing rods and nets.
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department, one could enter the replica of a verandah of a non-commissioned officers' mess, which offered a panoramic view of the
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was to be developed from these rooms by 1920. The main attraction was the replica of East Africa's
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