The representatives of Benin’s Oba, Ewuare II, will be led to the Humboldt Forum on September 16 in Berlin, Germany, by His Royal Highness, Prince Aghatise Erediuwa.
At its second opening in Germany, the famous Humboldt Forum, a museum of art and culture, will welcome art collectors, enthusiasts, and researchers from all over the world.
According to the invitation letter made available to Beninese journalists on the occasion and jointly endorsed by the General Director Humboldt, Prof. Dr Hartmut Dorgerloh, and the Director Ethnological Museum, Prof. Dr Lars-Christian Koch, will also host friends, partners, and colleagues.
The museum which houses non-European art collections including thousands of artefacts looted from the palace of Benin Kingdom during the 1897 invasion, would be on display at the celebration and commissioning of the last part of opening of Humboldt Forum.
The delegation of German ethnological museum led by Prof Christian Koch had in April 2022, interacted with the Benin Monarch on planned return and restitution of historic Benin artefacts.
Mr Solomon Okuduwa, who provided technical support, had led the German ethnologists to the historic Igun streets where they also met with the association of Bronzes casters.
The Forum located in the heart of Berlin is a hub of exhibitions which attract researchers and art lovers and aims to be the cultural destination compared with the London museum.