The "Franz Binder" World Ethnography Museum is located in Hermes House, a monument of architecture in the neo-Gothic style, built in the middle of the 19th century (1865 - 1867). It presents items brought from Africa and the East during the 19th century by Franz Binder, Arthur von Sachsenhein, Carl Zicheli, Andreas Breckner. The exhibits include Japanese toys, traditional artefacts from the former presidential collection and items donated by the Chinese Embassy. In September 1992 the first permanent exhibition opened: "The folk creation of world peoples", and on the 18th of May 1993 (when the museum opened officially), the second permanent exhibition was presented: "...The culture and art of the world".
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