'WanBel Project. 50 Years of Papua New Guinea's Independence' Exhibition
10 September 2026 – 13 December 2026 · 10:00
Museu Etnològic i de Cultures del Món *c. Montcada, Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera, Ciutat Vella
To mark the 50th anniversary of the independence of Papua New Guinea, proclaimed on 16 September 1975, the international WANBEL initiative has brought together nearly fifty museums around the world in a year-long celebration. The project promotes exhibitions, educational activities and shared digital resources to give visibility to Papuan cultural heritage and to collections held outside the country. The name WanBel, which in Tok Pisin evokes the idea of community and unity, symbolises this collective effort to highlight the cultural richness of Papua New Guinea and strengthen the links between collections and their communities of origin. In this context the Museu Etnològic i de Cultures del Món joins the international celebration by highlighting its significant Papua New Guinea collection, largely formed through the museum's expeditions to the country in the second half of the 20th century and still present today both in the permanent exhibition and in the museum's research. In September a small audiovisual display will open at the Montcada site in the Videowall space, bringing together historical photographs from the expeditions, images of pieces from the museum's collections…
Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona · checked on 2 November 2026